Pumpkin Sloppy Joes

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I know. It's not adjacent October, and you can't plaything a reusable buying tote without hitting immoderate signifier of pumpkinized nutrient oregon drink. But to paraphrase Monty Python, this hasn't got overmuch pumpkin successful it. The puree adds assemblage to the sauce, positive fiber, potassium and vitamin A.

Instead of piling this sloppy Joe connected buns and watching it squish retired onto the placemats, lukewarm up flatbread oregon naan, teardrop it into large pieces and past alternate layers of sloppy Joe and the bladed bread. It makes an impressive, if homely, heap.

Serve with coleslaw oregon a kale salad.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4 (makes a generous 2 cups)

1/2 mean onion
1 clove garlic
8 ounces thin crushed pork
1/2 cupful plain canned pumpkin puree (may substitute saccharine murphy oregon butternut squash puree)
4 ounces plain herb sauce
1 tablespoonful airy brownish sugar
1 tablespoonful yellowish oregon Dijon-style mustard
1 spoon chili powder
1/2 spoon kosher salt
1/4 spoon pumpkin pastry spice (see NOTE)
4 whole-wheat Mediterranean flatbreads oregon whole-wheat naan
Cotija cheese, queso fresco oregon goat cheese, for garnish (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using flatbreads)

Calories
420
Fat
15 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
45 g
Sodium
1000 mg
Cholesterol
55 mg
Protein
24 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Pumpkin Pie Spice Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for Sweets, Treats and Other Autumnal Delights," by Stephanie Pedersen (Sterling, 2014).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published September 23, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026