16 Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes
If you’re looking for the best, ridiculously easy, healthy vegetarian slow cooker recipes that you can just throw in the slow cooker – you’re in the right place! From baked beans to creamy chowders, the recipes in this collection are all simple to prepare and perfect low-effort weeknight wins!
The crockpot is great for vegetarian cooking! If you’re new to slow cooking, this curated list of easy recipes is the perfect place to start. Cook your way through this list and you’ll be a crockpot pro in no time.
The dishes that work best for this type of cooking are soups, curries, stews, beans, and even some dips. So you’ll see plenty of those recipes here for you to choose from.
These vegetarian slow cooker recipes are all super simple, gluten-free, dairy-free, and totally delicious – so everyone can enjoy them. And, to make things even simpler for you, I’ve organized these plant-based one-pot wonders into three recipe categories:
a collection of the easiest vegetarian slow cooker recipes
If you’ve read my book, then you know I’m all about simplifying things. Less decisions = less stress. At least one dinner a week, I make an easy slow cooker recipe and these are some of my family’s favorites.
Each recipe only needs a few hands-on minutes of prep time. Then simply add your real food ingredients to the pot, set to cook, and let it do the work for you!
The Slow Cooker I Use
Here’s the slow cooker (affiliate) I use for all my recipes, this size works great for our family and I love how easy it is to use!
these recipes are…
dairy free , gluten free , mayo free , soy free , vegetarian
I hope you’ll make these soon.
If you do, be sure to share it on Instagram and tag me at @realfoodwholelife so I can see!
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Slow Cooker Autumn Minestrone Soup
Ingredients: chickpeas, white beans, butternut squash, diced tomatoes, swiss chard (or spinach), stock, onion, garlic and other spices
Crockpot Creamy Tomato Soup (paleo, whole30, dairy-free)
Ingredients: diced tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, tomato paste, stock, onion, garlic, raw cashews, Italian seasoning and other spices
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Soup with Canned Pumpkin
Ingredients: canned pumpkin puree, stock, tomato sauce, coconut milk, onion, garlic, herbs & seasonings
Slow Cooker Creamy Potato Corn Chowder (Dairy-Free)
Ingredients: russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, broth, coconut milk, onion, garlic, white wine vinegar and other spices
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash, Kale & Quinoa Stew
Ingredients: butternut squash, quinoa, kale, tomatoes, broth, onion, garlic, white wine vinegar, cumin, paprika, and other spices
10-Ingredient Slow Cooker Vegetable and Quinoa Stew
Ingredients: sweet potatoes, white beans, chickpeas, carrots, diced tomatoes, quinoa, kale, onion, stock
Easy Vegetarian Slow Cooker Snacks, Sides, and Sauces
Easy-Prep Slow Cooker Baked Beans (Refined Sugar-Fee)
Did you know you can use your crockpot to cook dried beans too? I'll show you how to do it in this recipe for slow cooker refried bean tacos (another great vegetarian dinner option).
Slow Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free)
Ingredients: frozen spinach, artichoke hearts, raw cashews, almond milk, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, mayo or veganaise
The Best Dairy-Free Salsa Cheese Sauce
Ingredients: Russet potatoes, carrots, chicken or vegetable stock, cashews, nutritional yeast, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, chunky salsa, and salt.
Easy Vegetarian Slow Cooker Chili & Main Dish Meals
Slow Cooker Barbecue Chickpeas
Ingredients: chickpeas, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, kosher salt, tomato paste, maple syrup (or honey), molasses, apple cider vinegar, and water.
Slow Cooker Turmeric Lentil Chili
Ingredients: kidney beans, lentils, stock, onion, tomato paste, coconut milk, cumin, turmeric and other spices
Slow Cooker Veggie Coconut Curry
Ingredients: baby potatoes, carrots, chickpeas, stock, asparagus, peas, coconut milk, red Thai curry paste, lime juice and cilantro
5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Black Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients: black beans, sweet potatoes, salsa, garlic powder and smoked paprika.
Slow Cooker Refried Bean Tacos
Ingredients: dry pinto beans, water, salt and any taco toppings you like.
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Apple Cider Chili
Ingredients: sweet potato, black beans, kidney beans, tomato sauce, onion, stock, apple cider, chili powder, and other spices
Slow Cooker Enchilada Quinoa (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free)
Ingredients: quinoa, canned black beans, bell pepper, onion, cumin, garlic powder, mild chili powder, tomato sauce, diced fire-roasted tomatoes, green chilis, lime juice and salt
14+ Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes: Enchilada Quinoa
Ingredients
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon mild chili powder
- 2 15- oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15- oz can tomato sauce
- 1 15- oz can diced, fire-roasted tomatoes
- 1 cup water
- 1-3 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
- 1 4- oz chopped green chilis
- Juice of 1 small lime
Equipment
Instructions
- Combine the onion, bell pepper, cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, beans, tomato sauce, fire-roasted tomatoes, water, salt (taste the mixture prior to adding the quinoa, adding salt to taste), and quinoa to a 6-quart slow cooker, stirring to combine. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 hours, or until the quinoa is cooked through.
- Uncover and stir in the green chilies and lime juice. Taste and add additional salt or lime juice if you like.
- Serve with any toppings you like such as avocado, chopped green onions, cilantro, grated cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, or sliced limes. If you want crunch, go for crushed corn chips and chopped white onion.
Notes
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Too bad I was hoping for some dishes that weren’t primarily soups, stews, or similar dishes…even when you scroll past the soup section and get to the main dish meals there are very few just more soup, mostly types of chilli. They have whole cookbooks on vegetarian slow cooker meals but lazy websites come up with the same 5 that are on every other site.
Janet, we have lots of readers who enjoy these simple recipes. Sounds like they’re not for you!
Hi Robyn,
I’m an “older” vegetarian from the 90’s. The recipes I could find were through the “Vegetarian Times” cookbook. There were some recipes that were in so many stages of cooking I lost interest. I’ve prepared recipes less tedious but not too many in one cooker.
Your recipes give “options” to try a different or substitute ingredients to your taste. Yours do and I like that.
I’m going to try the Slow Cooker Autumn Minestrone Soup and Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup.
Oh, thank you so much for letting the reader/cook know prior to the recipes that they are Gluten-Free or Dairy Free etc.. My Granddaughter is not able to eat dairy of any kind and I can make the recipes above without worry.
Thank you for your web-site and kindness to share.
Constance
Constance, yay, I’m so glad you’re finding the adaptations useful! I hope you find some recipes here that you and your whole family can enjoy.