Sloppy Black Eyed Peas are perfect for lunch or dinner. It's a great twist on a classic for a healthier, meat-free Sloppy Joe recipe.
This recipe is Vegan, Soy-Free, Oil-Free, and can be made GF as well. Plus it's just plain delicious and will make you taste buds super happy!
My friend Kathy Hester is an amazing cook. She's also a very talented cookbook author. Yesterday I featured Kathy's recipe for Lentil Quinoa Bolognese Sauce from her cookbook, The Great Vegan Bean Book.
Kathy blogs at Healthy Slow Cooking. It's such a wonderful site filled with so many recipes that are sure to be a hit in your household. I love this gal, and her cookbooks. Her recipes are much like she is, approachable. That's a good word when it comes to people, and recipes.
I like a recipe that you don't have to jump through hoops to make. I found the ingredients for this one easily, which is saying something considering I seem to live in the culinary black hole.
Today I'm featuring another one of Kathy's wonderful recipes. This recipe is from her Vegan Slow Cooking Cookbook.
This particular recipe for Vegan Sloppy Black-Eyed Peas really caught my attention. I knew it would be a hit with hubs and the hooligans. I was not wrong. These sloppy joes went over like gangbusters here. They were scraping the bottom of the slow cooker to get it all. Now there's a sign of a good recipe.
Honestly, look at these sloppy sandwich. Don't you just want to sink your teeth into it? I'd let you but I might have gobbled it all up already. You need Kathy's cookbook. Seriously.
About Kathy's Cookbook:
When you buy her cookbook you're going to want to check out the Green Beans in Black Bean Sauce with Tofu and the Wacky Cincinnati Chili.
All of the recipes we tried were gobbled up and demolished in minutes here. If people clean their plates in under 3 minutes in this household I know it's a winner.
I loved this cookbook, Vegan Slow Cooking so very much. Just like her other cookbooks, The Great Vegan Bean Book and Oatrageous Oatmeals.
The recipes are easy to follow and the ingredients are simple to find. You can adapt the recipes to your own taste.
I love the weight of the book, it's not too heavy or awkward to hang on to. It's beautifully illustrated with lots of photos.
Kathy explains recipe variations really well. I am a slow cooker fanatic so this book was a huge hit for me. It's a keeper.
Disclosure: Kathy provided me a copy of her book, for free, but there was no other compensation for this review. Y’all know me, if I didn’t like something I’d straight up tell you that. This is one I not only liked, but loved.
MORE DINNER IDEAS (not vegan):
- Slow Cooker Short Rib Ragu
- Easy Cheesy Pasta Bake with Sausage and Peppers
- Sloppy Joe Casserole
- Pizza Pull Apart Bread
- Slow Cooker Huli Huli Chicken
- 30 Minute Chicken Vegetable Skillet Pasta
- Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas
- Smoked Bacon Macaroni and Cheese
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Vegan Sloppy Black-Eyed Peas
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Morning Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- ⅓ cup dry black-eyed peas
- ⅓ cup carrots chopped
- ⅙ cup millet
- 2 tablespoons bell pepper minced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- ⅛ teaspoon liquid smoke to taste
For the Evening Ingredients:
- 1 cup greens (collard, kale, etc) minced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- 1 package buns for serving (GF)
Instructions
In the Morning:
- Add all of the morning ingredients to the slow cooker. Cook on low setting for about 7 to 9 hours.
In the Evening:
- About 30 minutes before you wish to serve this you need to add the greens and tomato paste. Cover and allow to cook for the remaining 30 minutes. (I left mine on for about an hour as I was multi-tasking)
- Right before serving add the salt and pepper, along with more cajun seasoning if desired.
- Pile the sloppy mixture on your buns.
- Serve with a big old happy and sloppy smile!
Notes
Nutrition
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Kim Beaulieu
Great thing to make in a slow cooker.
Itzia
I like to make spicy lentils in the slow cooker.
Kim Beaulieu
I love the sound of that.
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WendyJ
Love my slow cookers - all of them. Soups and stews are great of course, but what I really like doing in the slow cookers are jams, apple sauce, and fruit butters, oh so easy!
Kim Beaulieu
Love all of those. It's so nice to have more than one right. That way you can make multiple items. Plus they rock on holidays for keeping things warm.
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Jenn
I like making beans or chilli in my slow cooker
Kim Beaulieu
I love both of those things.
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I liked Healthy Slow Cooking on FB too
jacquie
I don't have a slow cooker so no favorite recipes - but if I won the book I would get one.
Kim Beaulieu
You will love it when you get one. I use mine often.
jac
I was never a sloppy Joe fan, but I adore black-eyed-peas, so I might have to try that one!
Kim Beaulieu
Hope you love it if you get a chance to try it.
Lyn
I love to make split pea soup in the slow cooker
Kim Beaulieu
My gramma used to make that. Great dish.
Wendy Read
I liked and loved both of you on facebook:) I don't use my slow cooker very much, but one of my favorites to make is slow cooked black beans.
Kim Beaulieu
I love that. Sounds fabulous.
Joey
I don't have millet, could i use another grain?
Kim Beaulieu
I'll get in touch with Kathy to be sure. She'll be in touch soon.
Samra
This looks fantastic! I think I'm going to make this later this week, but I want to make sure that this recipe does not require you to pre-soak the dry beans. Is that correct?
Jennifer
Hey! Ii currenty have this in my crockpot and its not coming together. I forgot to add the millet and now realize that i dont have any will it still come together? Right now it just looks like soup 🙁
Kim Beaulieu
Hi Jennifer. Just saw this. I was offline for a bit today. Did it turn out okay? The millet missing would definitely impact the texture. Let me see if I can grab Kathy to see what she has to say. She developed the recipe and might have some recommendations to salvage it.
Kathy Hester
The millet is was . makes it thick. You will also have extra liquid since the millet was meant to soak it up.
However you can still fix it if you transfer it to a pot and put on your stove - cook the extra water out of it, then add a cooked grain you have in the fridge - even white rice should work.
Option 2: Cook up some rice or quinoa, steam some veggies and use the soup as "gravy".
anne marie
I have been wanting to make this for a while, and today, as was nearly done it in the crock, realized I didn't have millet after all. I did sub quinoa, and it was not super thick, so added in some corn starch towards the end and cooked for a while longer. it was soooo delicious. I put in on a homemade gluten free bun and served it open faced with finely diced pickles, tomatoes, and onions. Thanks for a wonderful recipe..def a keeper.
Kim Beaulieu
I'm so happy you liked it. I've run out of things while cooking too. Quick thinking on subbing quinoa. I bet it was amazing.