Slow cooker harvest vegetables is a healthy side dish that’s perfect for your next holiday gathering or family dinner. Make this vegan, paleo, whole30 recipe with ease in the slow cooker.
With the holidays up, I’m revamping some of my favorite holiday slow cooker recipes. This vegan side dish uses a combination of your preferred vegetables and a light, homemade sauce.
Ingredients For Harvest Vegetables
- Butternut Squash
- Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes
- Brussels Sprouts
- Green Beans
- Cranberries
What Vegetables To Use
I encourage you to make this recipe work for you. Use the vegetables in the recipes as a guide and swap in your preferred harvest vegetables. I used my favorite autumn vegetables for this but if you don’t like brussels sprouts & green beans, use another vegetable like asparagus or broccoli. Some veggies are better than others when it comes to slow cooking; stick with sturdy or root vegetables like carrots or even parsnip. What you see in the pics is butternut squash and potatoes. Feel free to use your preferred white potato or sweet potatoes. Don’t like butternut squash? Omit them and use all potatoes instead. Or make this with all green vegetables.
How To Cook Vegetables In The Slow Cooker
- Add all the vegetables to the slow cooker. Season with salt, sage, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper. Toss to mix. Add the cranberries on top.
- In a small bowl mix together the broth and balsamic vinegar. Pour the mixture on top of all the food in the slow cooker.
- Cook HIGH 2-3 hours, LOW 4-6.
Homemade Sauce
The sauce will not cover all the vegetables when slow cooking starts. Don’t worry, it’s enough sauce. When it’s done, pour the sauce from the slow cooker on top of the food before serving. If you don’t have dried sage, substitute another dry herb like marjoram or rosemary.
Tips For This Recipe:
- Store leftover vegetables in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Cut your butternut squash and sweet potatoes into larger chunks than you normally would. This will help them to hold their shape while cooking. You can also leave the skin on the sweet potatoes.
- If you are not concerned about this being vegan or vegetarian, I suggest you garnish this harvest vegetable recipe with some crispy bacon before serving.
- I used a 3.5-quart slow cooker for this recipe.
Side Dishes
PrintSlow Cooker Harvest Vegetables
Slow cooker harvest vegetables is a healthy side dish that’s perfect for your next holiday gathering or family dinner. Make this vegan, paleo, whole30 recipe with ease in the slow cooker.
- Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound butternut squash, peeled & chopped
- 1/2 pound potatoes or sweet potatoes, peeled & chopped
- 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed
- 1/2 pound brussels sprouts, sliced
- 2 1/2 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries
- 3/4 cup vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or more if you want)
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Add all the vegetables to the slow cooker. Season with salt, sage, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper. Toss to mix. Add the cranberries on top.
- In a small bowl mix together the broth and balsamic vinegar. Pour the mixture on top of all the food in the slow cooker.
- Cook HIGH 2-3 hours, LOW 4-6.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 116
- Sugar: 7 g
- Fat: 1.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 25.9 g
- Fiber: 5.9 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
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Michelle Cothran
Thursday 24th of November 2022
Hi. What brand slow cooker do you use. I’m nervous about mushy vegetables. Michell in Maine
Shannon Epstein
Thursday 24th of November 2022
Hi Michelle, I used a crockpot manual casserole-shaped slow cooker. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Crock-Pot-3-5-Quart-Casserole-Manual-Charcoal/dp/B00KD346MW/r
That's a valid concern, it's very easy to overcook vegetables. If you have the time, I would check it after a couple of hours. If it's cooking quickly, turn it to WARM or even turn it off. If you turn off the slow cooker & keep the lid on, it will still continue to cook. Let me know if you need more assistance!
Terry
Saturday 19th of November 2022
Can you assemble this the night before and dump it into the slow cooker in the morning?
Shannon Epstein
Sunday 20th of November 2022
Yes absolutely!