Saucy and flavorful Sloppy Joe stuffed peppers is an easy meal your family will love. This keto recipe uses whole food ingredients to control the amount of sugars and carbs.

If you?re a busy person then having a few easy recipes up your sleeve for jam packed weeks is a must. Yummy favorites like sloppy Joe?s, taco meat, or chili lend themselves to being doubled or tripled easily to use some for today and save some for later.
Using pre-made sloppy joe filling makes this recipe go like a breeze, but making it up on the fly doesn?t take too much time. After the sloppy Joe filling is cooked, the stuffed peppers bake in the oven, leaving plenty of time for clean-up or salad making.
These sloppy Joe stuffed peppers are particularly great for low carb or keto meal prep.
How to prepare stuffed peppers
Before I start preparing my homemade sloppy Joe recipe, I like to spend a few minutes preparing the peppers. Cut the peppers in half from stem to bottom to make more shallow peppers or cut off the tops to make a deeper pepper. I do it both ways and save the top of the peppers for other dishes.
After scraping out the pepper seeds and membranes with a spoon, place the peppers in a microwaveable glass dish. Cover with cling film and cook for about 3 minutes on high power to soften them. Pour out any water that accumulates in the peppers.
Alternately, cover the peppers with foil and bake them in the oven while making the sloppy joe filling. You just want them to soften a little to cut ...