Slow Cooker Recipes for Vegetables

Regular readers of A Veggie Venture and my food column Kitchen Parade know that I have a love-hate with relationship with slow cookers. Yes, I know that makes me a total outlier: so many cooks live and die by their slow cooker recipes! But here's why I don't.

UNPREDICTABILITY I've bought one slow cooker after another. One runs hot and burns the food. Another runs cold and never finishes cooking. The lid breaks on one, the ceramic pot cracks on another. And on and on, over many years.
MUDDY TASTE To my taste, slow cookers make one big mush of flavor. Instead of melding flavors, instead of allowing individual flavors and textures to stand out, slow cookers just mush all the food up.

So why do I share this perspective?
Perhaps to explain why I have so few slow cooker vegetable recipes among the 1300+ recipes here on A Veggie Venture.
To assure you that the slow cooker recipes I do have, I "own" them and happily make them over and over again.

For the record, while I don't love slow cookers, I do love slow cooking, just not in a slow cooker. I use my oven for slow cooking All.The.Time! I put a big pot of stew or chili in the oven at a very low temperature (something just above/below the boiling point, say 200F to 220F) all day long and then reduce the temperature to the lowest temperature my oven will do (here that's 180F) to hold it until serving time. Works like a charm!

So c'mon in, poke around, I think you'll like what you see! With any luck, you'll find slow cooker recipes destined to become your favorites too. ~ Alanna 11/4/18

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Personal Favorites

Kitchen Parade recipes
Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions ♥
Slow Cooker Curried Vegetable Stew ♥
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits ♥
Squash & Carrot Stew ♥

A Veggie Venture recipes
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Cranberry & Orange 20min/4hrs – WW2/3 – PP2/5 – SP4/7 – NetCarb15/31 ♥
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lentil Sloppy Joes 15 min/3-8 hrs – WW2 – PP3 – NetCarb13 ♥
Sweet Potato Curry with Red Lentils, Roasted Peppers & Spinach 30min/1/4/8hrs – WW4 – PP5 – NetCarb31 ♥
Vegetable Chili with Sweet Potatoes & Chipotle 40min/24hrs – WW3 – PP4 – NetCarb22 ♥

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Slow Cooker Recipes for Vegetables

Kitchen Parade recipes
Creamy Slow Cooker Beans ♥
Crockpot Chicken Goulash ♥
Ribs & Sauerkraut for Slow Cooker or Dutch Oven ♥
Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions ♥
Slow Cooker Curried Vegetable Stew ♥
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits ♥
Squash & Carrot Stew ♥

A Veggie Venture recipes
Beefy Tomatillo Chili 40min/7hrs – WW3 – PP4 – NetCarb10 ♥
Easy-Easy Slow Cooker Honey Carrots 5min/3hrs – WW1 – PP2 – SP4 – NetCarb12 ♥
How to Cook Sweet Potatoes in a Slow Cooker 5min/5-10hrs – WW1 – PP1 – NetCarb19 ♥
LeAnne’s Slow Cooker Veggie Soup WW1 – PP2 – NetCarb8 Guest Post by My Sister!
Slow Cooker Beans & Tomatoes 25min/2hrs – WW6 – PP7 – SP710 – NetCarb19 ♥
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash with Ginger & Dried Fruit 25min/2hrs – WW1/2 – PP2/3 – NetCarb11/16 ♥
Slow Cooker Garlic Smashed Potatoes 15min/4-5hrs – WW4 – PP4 – NetCarb23 ♥
Slow Cooker Onion Soup 20min/8hrs – WW2 – NetCarb19 ♥
Slow Cooker Peanut Soup 20min/7hrs – WW4 – NetCarb8 ♥
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Cranberry & Orange 20min/4hrs – WW2/3 – PP2/5 – SP4/7 – NetCarb15/31 ♥
Slow Cooker Tomato Grits 10min/4hrs – WW4 – PP5 – SP7 – FS3 – NetCarb30 ♥
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lentil Sloppy Joes 15 min/3-8 hrs – WW2 – PP3 – NetCarb13 ♥
Slooow Country Green Beans 20min/11hrs – WW2 – NetCarb9 ♥
Sweet Potato Curry with Red Lentils, Roasted Peppers & Spinach 30min/1/4/8hrs – WW4 – PP5 – NetCarb31 ♥
Trader Joe’s Slow Cooker Hack #1 (Easy Jambalaya) 20min/3hrs – WW4 – PP5 – SP8/9 – NetCarb22/19 ♥
Ugly But Delicious Tofu for the Slow Cooker 15min/4-7hrs – WW0/WW2 – NetCarb2/7 ♥
Vegetable Chili with Sweet Potatoes & Chipotle 40min/24hrs – WW3 – PP4 – NetCarb22 ♥

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Eat more vegetables!
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