Weeknight Wonders: 30 Vegan Slow Cooker Recipes (2024)

There's nothing more comforting in life than a lazy Sunday curled up with a good book while the slow cooker bubbles away in the background. Slow cookers are supper saviors. You throw everything in, turn it on, and several hours later you have delicious comfort food that hits the spot every time.

Whether kitchen connoisseur or rough around the edges chef, slow cooker recipes are always easy to make. Vegan slow cooker recipes are extra delicious as the crockpot helps vegan dishes become hearty, rich, and bursting with flavor.

Whenever you want an easy vegan meal, these thirty blissful vegan recipes should be stashed in your kitchen drawer. Take a look at some of our plant-based fave crockpot recipes that are crazy good...

1.Moroccan Chickpea Vegan Stew

Moroccan magic comes together in this sultry spice blend that simmers with soul-warming chickpeas, bright pepper, a thick tomato sauce, lentils, butternut squash, and a delicious veggie broth. Let cook for four hours before serving with fluffy quinoa and a dollop of coconut yoghurt. This is a sensational vegan slow cooker stew...

Ingredients:

1medium white onionchopped
3garlic clovesminced
1small butternut squashpeeled and chopped into bite-sized pieces
1red pepperchopped
3/4cupred lentils
115 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
115 oz can pure tomato sauce
1teaspoonfreshly grated ginger
1teaspoonturmeric
1teaspooncumin
1teaspoonsmoked paprika
1/2teaspooncinnamon
1/2teaspoonsalt and pepper+ more as needed
3cupsvegetable broth
to serve:
cooked quinoa
arugula
coconut yogurt

Recipe by: Simply Quinoa
Get the instructions: Moroccan Chickpea Stew

2. Butternut Squash Soup

Sweet Butternut Squash was made for the slow cooker. This soup is a fall fave and even if you can't get hold of squash, you can tweak it to become a bright and delicious pumpkin soup instead. Apples for tartness and coconut milk for creaminess, there's lots to love here. This is one of those vegan crockpot recipes that is super simple.

Ingredients:

1 butternut squash diced
2 cups of veg broth
4 garlic cloves
1 medium white onion diced
1 granny smith apple
a bunch of fresh thyme
1 cup of coconut milk
salt and pepper to season

Recipe by: Live Eat Learn
Get the instructions: Slow Cooker Vegan Butternut Squash Soup

3.Black Bean Quinoa Chili

Slow cooker black bean chili is always a winner and practically zero effort. Forget those watery tasteless chilis from your college days and celebrate the dark, dreamy, and deliciously filling combo of black bean meets Tex Mex flavors and wholesome quinoa. It also comes topped with creamy avocado. Your slow cooker vegan life will never be the same.

Ingredients:

1Small Red Onion, diced
1/2bunch Fresh Cilantro, stems and leaves divided
2cup Frozen Corn, thawed
2–2 1/2cup cooked Black Beans (about2cans, rinsed and drained)
2–2 1/2cup cooked Red Kidney Beans
1 cupDry Quinoa
128 oz. can Crushed Tomatoes
16 oz. can Tomato Paste
2 3/4 cupVeg Broth
2 tbspChili Powder
2 tspCumin
1 tspCayenne Pepper (optional, reduce if you are sensitive to heat)
1/4 tspBlack Pepper
1 tspSalt, plus more to taste
Avocado, for serving (optional)
Nutritional Yeast, for serving (optional)

Recipe by: From my Bowl
Get the instructions: Slow Cooker Bean and Quinoa Chili

4. Slow Cooker Ratatouille

A whole heap of wholesome veggies are chopped up and thrown into the slow cooker along with ripe Roma tomatoes, bell peppers, and seasoning. Walk away for five hours and return to one of the easiest weeknight dinner dishes you could ever wish for.

Ingredients:

1 medium eggplant, unpeeled, cubed (6 cups)
2 medium zucchini or yellow squash, coarsely chopped (3 cups)
4 Roma tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped (1 cup)
2 8-oz. cans of tomato sauce
1 large red pepper, chopped (1½ cups)
1 onion, chopped (1 cup)
4 garlic cloves, halved
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ cup chopped fresh basil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 cups cooked wheat berries (2 cups dry)
1 lemon, cut into wedges

Recipe by: Forks Over Knives
Get the instructions: Slow Cooker Ratatouille

5. Quinoa Enchilada Casserole

Enchiladas are comfort food at their finest. These meat-free crock pot cooked versions are healthy, filling, and loaded with fiber and all the other good stuff to keep you going. The Mexican warmth, bright lime, and gooey vegan cheese make these pinto bean enchiladas the stuff of dreams.

Ingredients:

2 ¼cupsveg broth(540ml)
1 ½cupsuncooked quinoa(270g)
15ozcan black beans, drained and rinsed(425g)
15ozcan corn kernels, drained and rinsed(418g)
14.5ozcan tomato, about 2 cups (do not drain)(411g)
1cupenchilada sauce(150ml)
¾cupchopped green pepper(roughly 100g)
¾cupchopped red pepper(roughly 100g)
1medium onionchopped OR ½ large red onion (100g)
5clovesgarlicminced
1tablespoonchili powder or chipotle powder
½teaspoonsea salt
½teaspoonground black pepper
1 ½teaspoonscumin powder
juice of 1 large limeabout 1 ½ tablespoons
1 ¼cupsvegan mozzarella cheese shredsor a mix if you like
TO GARNISH: chopped parsleychopped tomatoes, vegan sour cream

Recipe by: Jessica in the Kitchen
Get the instructions: Slow Cooker Quinoa Enchiladas

6. Slow Cooker Vegan Sweet Potato Curry

7.Tortilla Soup

One of our fave slow cooker soup recipes! This bean soup is beautiful and comes topped with torn tortillas, red pepper flakes, chopped avocado, cilantro, and the citrusy squeeze of lime to truly awaken all those flavors. Celebrate comfort food in style with this vivacious vegan recipe.

Ingredients:

1medium yellow oniondiced
3clovesgarlicminced
1red bell pepperseeds removed and chopped
1yellow bell pepperseeds removed and chopped
214-ounce cans of black beans, rinsed and drained
214.5 ounce cans Hunt's fire-roasted diced tomatoes, with juice
4cupsveggie broth
Juice of 1 lime
1cupfrozen corn
1/3cupchopped cilantro
2teaspoonsground cumin
2teaspoonschili powder
Salt and black pepperto taste

Recipe by: Two Peas and Their Pod
Get the instructions: Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup

8. Wild Rice Soup

Seasonal and sublime, this soup is always a winner. A creamy coconut broth meets fresh greens, rice, and a ton of veggies to make a delicious vegan crockpot recipe that deffo makes for a healthy happy stomach. Serve with fresh crusty bread for a festive fall supper.

Ingredients:

6 cups veg stock
1 cupuncookedwild rice
8 ounces baby bella mushrooms, sliced
4cloves garlic, minced
2medium carrots, diced
2ribs celery, diced
1large(about1pound)sweet potato, peeled and diced
1small white onion, peeled anddiced
1bay leaf
1 1/2 tablespoonOld Bay seasoning
1(14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut
2large handfuls of kale, roughly chopped with thick stems removed
fine sea saltandfreshly-cracked black pepper

Recipe by: Gimmee Some Oven
Get the instructions: Cozy Autumn Wild Rice Soup

9. Vegan Tikka Masala

Peppers, cauliflower, carrot, potato, and slow-cooked tofu marinade in a ton of tikka spices before being served alongside fluffy naan for scooping up this Indian inspired vegan crock pot delight. Even for those who are on the fence when it comes to tofu, this slow cooker recipe will change your mind in an instant...or in 3-4 hours to be precise.

Ingredients:

1(16 ounce) package extra-firm Nasoya tofu, drained and ½ inch cubed
3clovesgarlic, minced
1white onion, diced
1red pepper, cut into chunks
2medium carrots, sliced
1 1/2cupsdiced gold potatoes* (from about 2-3 medium gold potatoes)
2cupscauliflower florets
1(15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1(15 ounce) can lite coconut cream (can also use full-fat coconut cream)
½tablespoonpure maple syrup
½tablespoonfreshly grated ginger
1tablespoongaram masala
1 ½teaspoonscumin
1teaspooncoriander
½teaspoonground turmeric
¼teaspoonpaprika
¼teaspooncayenne pepper, plus more if you like things a little spicier
½teaspoonsalt
Freshly ground black pepper
¾cupfrozen peas
Fresh chopped cilantro, for garnishing

Recipe by: Ambitious Kitchen
Get the instructions: Vegan Slow Cooker Tofu Tikka Masala

10. Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Of all the meals out there, there is nothing as rewarding as sitting down in front of your fave sitcom with a big bowl of creamy mashed potatoes. Sure, it has the rep of a side dish but this mashed potatoes recipe is so good you may need this and nothing else. Of course, serve it alongside nut roasts or top off your lentil cottage pie with this creamy garlicky concoction too.

Ingredients:

10medium cloves garlic(separated from the bulb and peeled)
3poundsred potatoes(scrubbed and cut into 2-inch pieces*)
2tablespoonsolive oil + more for serving if desired
1/2teaspoonsalt + additional salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/3cupveggie broth
1/3 - 3/4cupSilk Unsweetened Original Almond milk
2tablespoonschopped fresh chives + more for topping
Vegan buttery spread for topping(optional)

Recipe by: Kitchen Treaty
Get the instructions: Vegan Slow Cooker Potato with Garlic and Chives

11.Vegan Pumpkin Chili

This sweet and spicy pumpkin chili will soon be one of your staple comfort foods. It's got the heartiness of beans, creaminess of pumpkin, and an amazing combination of warming cinnamon and spicy chili flakes. The best part? All you have to do is put it on in the morning and scoop it out for dinner. This particular recipe comes with a super easy raw cashew sour cream recipe for topping.

Ingredients:

1 can, each, black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans (drained)
2-3 cups chopped squash/sweet/potato or pumpkin (I used butternut squash)
4-5 tomatoes, de-seeded and chopped
1/2 cup vegetable stock, as needed (water works as well)
3-4 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, diced
4-6 cloves of garlic
3 T tomato paste
2 T extra virgin olive oil
2 T chili powder
2 T cinnamon
2 t cumin
1/2 t allspice and ground cloves
1/2 – 1 t chili flakes or cayenne, depending on your love of spicy-ness (I LOVE it)
sea salt and pepper as desired

Recipe by:Real Raw Kitchen
Get the instructions:Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Chili

Need even more inspiration for your slow cooker? We have plenty more where that came from. Click on the links below to discover all the awesome vegan kitchen blog ideas that are stopping our crockpot from gathering dust...

What are your favorite slow cooker recipes? Whether sweet treat or delicious dinner, share all your fave recipes with us in the comments so we can build a beautiful plant-based list to keep our slow cookers out of hibernation.

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