How to roast vegetables in the slow cooker:
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Say hello to roasted vegetables in the slow cooker!
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Below: the slow cooker vegetables and seasonings I used. Feel free to change it up.
Use more sweet potato, exchange carrots for the zucchini, cherry tomatoes for the garlic, add parsnips, add different herbs or spices to the crock pot vegetables…
How To Roast Vegetables In The Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 bell peppers, cut in large slices (as shown in the photos)
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into cubes
- 3 small zucchini, cut in thick slices
- 1/2 cup peeled garlic cloves
- salt herbs of choice, and oil (I probably used about 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp Italian seasoning, and 2 tbsp olive oil. I guess you could use oil spray if you don’t mind the taste of roasted vegetables without oil. But I like the crock pot vegetables much better with the olive oil.)
Instructions
- How to cook crock pot vegetables in the slow cooker: Grease your crock pot, then add all the veggies. (I used a 4-quart slow cooker.) Season with the salt, herbs, and oil, then stir to evenly coat. Cook 3 hours on high (or longer on low), stirring just once every hour or so. At this point, you can open the lid and drain the liquid for another use. Don’t discard it; the liquid is seriously delicious! I just drank it like soup. The veggies will be a softer texture than oven-roasted veggies, but they are actually even more flavorful and sweet. Crockpots—thanks to their slow and steady heating—are known to heighten the flavor of whatever you’re cooking.View Crock Pot Vegetables Nutrition Facts
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What a great idea to roast veggies in the crockpot, I love roasted veggies, this is perfect for hot summer days!
Also, I would totally drink the veggie liquid too, yummy!
Thanks for this; it will be great in the summer. I wrote about my attempt on my blog. It will be published Monday. http://www.carolburris.com/life_with_nin/2013/01/roasted-veggies.html
So delicious!
Thank you, Katie
wow wow wow. Mind blown! I am doing this as soon as I get home! I can’t believe I never thought of this! xo Emily @ Hungry Delights
DROOLING! yum! now i need a slow cooker asap! do you mind me asking what your eating your veggies over?! it looks delicious! is it quinoa?
That’s polenta :).
This is so yummy! I put yellow and zucchini squash, red peppers, garlic, onions and sweet potatoes in my mix. I then seasoned it with a bit of garlic powder and curry powder. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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made this recipe last night! added in carrots and used 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp chicken broth. so good! i will be making my veggies in the crock pot forever now! thanks so much 🙂
Great tip! Thank you!
I used different vegetables, but this is SPECTACULAR. It’s such a filling meal and so easy! My husband doesn’t like vegetables and even he thought it looked good.
Thank you!
I wasn’t sure about this, but gave it a try for dinner tonight and put a slightly smaller amount of different vegetables in the CrockPot and it worked great! The vegetables I used didn’t generate much in the way of juice at all, so there was nothing to drain off and the bottom layer even developed a bit of browning from the slight coating of oil!
Made this for my family’s Christmas potluck dinner and it was a HUGE hit! I increased the amount of ingredients and had more than enough for the 15 of us. Great for leftovers and everyone loved it! Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
Going to try this today. Have you thought of having a recipe plugin for you blog? It makes it much easier for the reader and also gives your blog credit when printed. Just a thought!
Thanks so much! I was searching for days for a simple veggie side dish in the crock pot and most recipes out there had cheese, potatoes, or other things i didn’t want. I just wanted straight up veggies! Thanks!!
please allow us to print the recipe without having to print all other peoples comments I cannot afford to waste all the paper and ink. The cost is to high. Thank you for understanding . Astruggling old women
To print, highlight just the recipe itself and right-click “Copy.” Then open a new Word document and right-click “Paste.” You can give this file a name and print it easily. You can also save it in a CCK Recipe folder for later reference or re-printing.
Only print the pages you need! For example you can print pages 1-4 or 2-3 or 2-2
Thanks – I have a heap of veg and herbs in the slow cooker – on their way to being pumpkin soup… Already smells great c: