How to roast vegetables in the slow cooker:
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And the idea that one can make flavorful roast vegetables without turning on the oven, heating up the entire house, and watching fastidiously to ensure the crock pot vegetables don’t burn?
Much too good to be true.
This one is true.
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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I made this and the vegetables turned out great. Thanks for posting the recipe.
This sounds awesome. I was just wondering – what do you use the leftover liquid for?
Maybe use it like vegetable stock?
I used sliced sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and chunks of eggplant and green pepper. They were done in about four hours on low. I mixed them with quinoa cooked in vegetable broth. I usually roast the vegetables in the oven, but this works better. More juice and you don’t make the kitchen unbearably hot!
I have a large new Hamilton Beach crock pot, followed the recipe and ended up pulling them out 45 minutes early and they were overdone (yet still delicious!). Next time going to double the amount, and cook on high for 1:30hr… Be mindful of the unit your using, cooking time will vary!
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Thank you for this super simple recipe. I can do this. I will do this. Today.
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This worked marvelously. I usually steam my veggies in the morning to pack in a thermos for lunch, so tried this crock pot method. I turned them on low overnight (good 7 hours) and they were great. Will do this method more often!
Thanks — been looking for a recipe like this. I love roasted veggies, but don’t like to use the oven because it heats up the kitchen and runs up the electric bill. Think I”ll use some veggies from the farmer’s market, that would be awesome!