Weight Watchers Recipe: Crockpot Sloppy Joes (2024)

This Weight Watchers Recipe forCrockpot Sloppy Joes recipe came as a result of my desire to feed our son something he liked, but healthier. I adapted the recipe for Weight Watchers SmartPoints to make it easier for me to track while working the program to lose weight. The result is a delicious meal that everyone loves!

Crockpot Sloppy Joes

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I remember eating sloppy joes as a kid and kind of hating them. Whether in the school cafeteria or made at home with the infamous can of sauce my mom grabbed to help make our family budget go further, I couldn't stand to eat these sandwiches unless they were covered in copious amounts of cheese to mask the flavor.

I was never a big fan of ground meats but certainly not what I thought was the odd taste of sloppy joe sauce. Fast forward to adulthood and my son begging for sloppy joes. The result was this yummy and pretty simple recipe that simmers away in a Crockpot while I work. If you use this Programmable Crockpot, it makes it even easier to control the temperature so the sauce doesn't burn or reduce too much. Bonus points for it being a healthier option that fits easily into my Weight Watchers SmartPoints needs!

Ingredients:

1 pound lean 99% fat free ground turkey

1 can fire roasted tomatoes

1 cup tomato juice

1 onion, chopped fine

1 bell pepper, chopped fine

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

⅛ cup lite soy sauce or Bragg's Liquid Amino's

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 ½ teaspoons chili powder

½ teaspoon mustard powder

2 tablespoons raw honey

1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses

Directions for Crockpot Sloppy Joes:

• In a large skillet, brown ground meat until mostly cooked through. Drain excess grease and rinse well to remove grease.
• Place all other ingredients into blender and pulse until well mixed. Onion and bell pepper may still have some fine bits but will be mostly smooth and blended.
• Pour ground meat into yourslow cooker and cover with sauce.
• Stir well and cook on low heat for 2-3 hours.
• If preferred, you may simmer over meat on the stovetop for 30 minutes to reduce and thicken the sauce.

We like serving these Homemade Sloppy Joes on slider buns. They are perfect for game day snacks, but I love making a double or triple batch and then creating sets of 2 sliders and wrapping, freezing and having handy for quick lunches during the week.

I recommend using Sara Lee Light or Healthy Life Light buns if you can find them. These are lower in SmartPoints and just as delicious.

Makes 6 Servings of meat (these points do not reflect the buns or cheese added)

8 PointsPlus per serving

4 SmartPoints per serving on Beyond the Scale

2 SmartPoints per serving on FreeStyle Plan or Flex Plan

Want to make it a freezer meal? Stop after step 2 and simply combine ingredients into freezer bag and label. Pull from the freezer and cook for 4-5 hours instead.

More Weight Watchers Recipes:

• Weight Watchers Sesame Chicken
• Weight Watchers Crockpot Chicken Verde
• Weight Wachers Baked Veggie Egg Rolls
• Weight Watches Veggie Egg Scramble