Vegetarian Lentil Sloppy Joes

I'm way behind on my food blogging! A few weeks ago, Caitlin and I made dinner from one of her vegetarian cookbooks. This dish was called "Snobby Joes" -- "Snobby Joe thinks he's better than all the other Joes because he doesn't have any meat."

Lentils replace the meat in this dish, so we started boiling them while we chopped up one onion, one green bell pepper, and two cloves garlic.

 We sauteed the vegetables in olive oil and then added the cooked lentils, 2 teaspoons oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons chili powder (the recipe called for 3 TBSP chili powder, but we made it a bit less spicy). We then added a can of tomato sauce, 1/4 a cup tomato paste, and cooked a little longer. We threw in a couple tablespoons maple syrup, and a tablespoon yellow mustard. We cooked it a little longer and then it was ready to be served on a bun!

I really didn't miss the meat much in this dish, but if you do, you could pretty much make the same recipe and sub meat for lentils. This makes really good leftovers too.

P.S. We also made yummy mashed potatoes, which you will see pictured here on the plate.