I am always looking for new products to use when my gluten free or vegetarian friends and family visit for meals. I am excited to share my newest find, that I used in our favorite recipe for sloppy joe casserole, with you today. Even though I was compensated for this post, all thoughts and opinions expressed here are 100% my own.
With fall and back to school fast approaching, I am starting to build a great list of go to recipes that easy to make and taste great too. My sister in law was visit recently and she is vegetarian. I thought she might be joining us for dinner one night so I did a little research on what I could make that my family of meat eaters would love and she could enjoy too. That was when I was introduced to #BeyondMeat. BeyondMeat is a meat substitute that takes all of the familiar things in meat {amino acids, fats, trace carbohydrates, minerals and lots of water} from plants and applies heating, cooling and pressure so that the result is just like meat. I used the BeyondMeat to make a delicious sloppy joe casserole and everyone LOVED it.
Since we are total meat eaters, the world of meat substitutes was totally foreign to me. I found out from sources like The Today Show and the NY Times that BeyondMeat was completely soy free and was made with 100% Non-GMO pea protein. The beef crumbles are also gluten free and Kosher but offer the same amount of protein as ground beef. I found mine at my local Whole Foods store in the frozen section using the store locator.
Cooking with the beef crumbles was really simple. I added them to my sloppy joe casserole in place of beef with no problems at all.
- 1 package Beyond Meat beef crumbles
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- 2 Tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- 1 can biscuits
- Preheat oven to 375. Spray a 2 quart casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, zucchini and garlic and saute for 3-5 minutes or until softened. Add beef crumbles and cook, stirring occasionally, another 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in red wine vinegar. Stir in shredded cheese. Pour into prepared baking dish and top with biscuits.
- Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned.
- You can use 1 lb ground beef in place of Beyond Meat beef crumbles if desired.
The casserole was a huge hit with our family! My sister in law didn’t end up eating with us but I didn’t tell my family, at first, that it was real beef in the casserole and they didn’t even notice.
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Looks delicious! And vegetarian too! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Crystal recently posted…Is this pear ripe yet?
We are NOT a vegetarian family either, but I have switched to ground turkey instead of beef and no one has really noticed. I wonder if I could try this and fool them for meatless Monday 🙂
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My kids would go crazy for this! Looks delicious! Pinning!
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I would have never guessed this didn’t have meat!
Shannah the photos and this meal look AMAZING! We’ve never seen a fan present a Sloppy Joe this way, so thank you for sharing this awesome review and getting so creative in the kitchen. We’re glad to hear your family enjoyed the Beef Crumbles and love hearing how they couldn’t even tell the difference.
Thanks again for the support and the amazing recipe and we can’t wait to share this with all of our fans. Looking forward to following along with more of your tasty adventures!
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I never thought about turning sloppy joes into a casserole but it does look really good. Easy to make too!
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That would be such a big hit in my house. It sounds so yummy!
This looks yummy! I love sloppy joes! The only thing that could make them better would be to put them into casserole form… oh wait. YOU DID!
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Oh wow does that look great! Love those sloppies!
What a great way to turn a popular meaty dish into a meat-free one! Looks terrific!
valmg @ From Val’s Kitchen recently posted…WW – If This Was The Small Size I’m Afraid To See The Large
I love Sloppy Joes. Turning them into a casserole is the best idea I’ve seen in a long time. Delicious!
Debi – Travel Blogger recently posted…8 Tips for Traveling with kids
I love that they didn’t even notice it wasn’t really meat. In a family that loves the taste of meat, that is huge plus!
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I have never heard of this before but looks like a great solution for when my vegetarian friend is over since we are big meat eaters at my house!
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This sounds so good! We have been trying to cut out the meat in our house!
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That looks really good. Thanks for the recipe, will have to try it for my hubby.
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This is such a cool idea. Thanks for sharing this one.
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