Most days, if you walk into my kitchen, you’ll find a vegetarian slow cooker recipe in the crock-pot.
I love the simplicity of taking the meal out of the freezer or fridge and putting it into the slow cooker. It fits into my busy morning routine and takes the stress out of my day.
For the last three years, I have been methodically collecting my absolute favourite vegetarian slow cooker recipes and have amassed quite a collection that I’ve either found, created, or adapted (to make vegetarian). Most of my slow cooker recipe collection is vegetarian, but some are vegan (like one of my all-time favourites that made this list!), and I keep a few meat recipes on hand for my husband if he’s feeling especially carnivorous.
Here are my – and most importantly, my meat-eating husband’s – five best vegetarian slow cooker recipes.
The Recipes
Pinch of Yum’s absolutely amazing Quinoa Stuffed Peppers (Photo credit: Pinch of Yum)
1. Quinoa Black Bean Crock Pot Stuffed Peppers
Recipe & photo from Pinch of Yum
The flavours melt together and my husband usually requests this if I’m stuck for ideas when meal planning. I often make my own refried beans and enchilada sauce and buy dried beans to keep costs low- and is consistently one of the best slow cooker meals when craving Mexican flavours.
I love serving this with either homemade or store-bought tortilla chips.
2. Slow Cooker Tikka Masala
Recipe from The Sarah Challenge
I created this recipe out of desperation and it turned out to be the quickest and easiest Indian cuisine to make at home. This recipe is a winner with either homemade or store-bought tikka masala paste and pilau rice.
3. Carrot & Parsnip Soup
Recipe from The Sarah Challenge
I’m a sucker for oven roasted veggies, and this recipe was born about of a surplus in oven roasted carrots and parsnips. It’s easy, vegetarian, and if you leave out the cream (which is optional) can also be vegan. This is best served on a cold night with warm sourdough bread.
4. Crock-Pot Veggie Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Recipe from peasandcrayons.com
Not the healthiest of recipes as it is, as advertised, fully loaded – but it hits the spot when needing something filling and compared with pasta or other takeaway staples, this is actually not the bad in the caloric arena. Every time I make this, it comes out creamy and delicious, particularly on those cold winter days.
I love lightly blending it to a hearty consistency to taste the potatoes in all their glory.
5. Eat the Rainbow Black Bean Soup
Recipe from fatfreevegan.com
When I’m craving veggies, I turn to this recipe full of amazing whole ingredients, including black beans, red cabbage, and carrots. Cumin and oregano bring the veggie flavours together – and best of all, it’s vegan!
And those are my five best slow vegetarian cooker recipes; what are some of your favourite recipes for the slow cooker?
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I’m a Chicagoan living and working in London who loves running and currently training for my 14th marathon. I’m a keen bargain hunter, slow-cooker enthusiast, and DIYer who blogs about the meeting the challenges I set for myself.
