Dinner
Vegetarian Crockpot Recipes at Home
If you’re in need of some meatless meal options, you’re in the right place! We’re sharing all of the dependable
- 6 servings
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 2 hours
- Total 2 hours

Slow cookers are the reliable kitchen appliance for making straightforward, savory, hearty dinners with quite little effort. For most of these recipes, you simply throw everything into the Crockpot, let it cook during the day, and come home to a comforting meal ready to be enjoyed.
To give you plenty of meatless, plant-based slow cooker meal ideas, we’re featuring our go-to flavor-packed Vegetarian Crockpot Recipes. You won’t find any meat in these recipes, but what you will find is some major deliciousness!
From warm and fireside mulled cider to hearty slow cooker lasagna, here are our go-to slow cooker recipes that also happen to be vegetarian.

5 Regular Vegetarian Crockpot Soup Recipes:
- Crockpot Potato Soup. Loaded with flavor and straightforward to make with potatoes, onions, garlic and cheddar cheese, all in a thick and creamy broth. A simple dinner option that’s hearty, comforting and loved by all!
- Crockpot Taco Soup. All of the flavor-packed flavor of tacos, but in soup form! This soup recipe is certainly notable and so straightforward. It’s a hearty blend of black beans, salsa, corn, chickpeas and seasonings; all slow cooked to perfection.

- Slow Cooker White Bean Soup by Budget Bytes. This soup is thick, warm, comforting, and well-seasoned! It’s also quite straightforward and inexpensive to make – less than 5 dollars for the WHOLE pot!
- Vegan Crockpot Chili. SATISFYING slow cooker chili recipe that’s dependable for a crowd! This vegan chili is made with a combination of hearty, good-for-you ingredients and savory seasonings. It’s an unfussy recipe that comes together with particularly little effort.
- Slow Cooker Potato Chickpea Chili by Sweet Peas and Saffron. This chickpea chili is not only flavor-packed, but hearty and so unfussy! It’s filled with sweet potatoes and smoky chipotle flavor. There’s no sautéing required, so the prep is truly simple! Vegan, gluten-free and dependable for meal prep.

Vegetarian Sweet Recipes Made in the Crockpot:
- Slow Cooker Mulled Cider. A fireside and comforting drink that’s infused with warm spices. Welcome to enjoy during the cold fall and winter season, also great to make during the holidays.
- Orange Cranberry Sauce. So straightforward to make with fresh orange juice, sugar, maple syrup, and bursting with cranberries. Flavor-packed, tangy and a MUST at your Thanksgiving table!

- Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats by Fit Foodie Finds. This steel cut oats recipe is thick, creamy, spicy, and has only the right amount of sweetness. Unfussy too, only throw all of the ingredients into the Crockpot, turn it on, and you’ve got a healthy breakfast ready in no time and with little effort!
- Caramel Apple Dump Cake by Show Me the Tasty. This might only be the simplest dessert recipe EVER! Only 5 ingredients and 5-minute prep and you’ve got a SAVORY ooey-gooey, fall dessert.

Hearty Vegetarian Quinoa Slow Cooker Recipes:
- Slow Cooker Coconut Quinoa Curry by Simply Quinoa. The go-to quinoa curry recipe! This healthy slow cooker coconut curry is one of the simplest meals ever. Simply toss everything into the slow cooker and done!
- Quinoa Black Bean Crockpot Stuffed Peppers by Pinch of Yum. So savory and unfussy to make! These peppers are stuffed with a combination of quinoa, black beans, pepper jack cheese, enchilada sauce, and spices – all unfussy pantry ingredients that can be whipped together in a flash.

- Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Mexican Quinoa by Fit Foodie Finds. A savory and wholesome stay-at-home meal that will last you all week long! Throw all of the ingredients into the slow cooker for a flavorful, plant-based meal made with pantry staples!
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Mexican Quinoa Casserole y Eating Bird Food. A vegetarian Mexican dish made entirely in the slow cooker. Packed with sweet potatoes, black beans and taco seasoning, this is sure to be a family regular! Vegetarian and gluten-free.
More Flavor-packed Vegetarian Crockpot Recipes:
- Vegetarian Crockpot Lasagna. This loaded veggie cheesy lasagna is especially simple to make and one of my go-to vegetarian dinners! It’s made with layers of veggies, sauce, noodles and plenty of cheese!
- Crockpot Pasta by Well Plated. This healthy Crockpot pasta tastes like long-used baked pasta, but is made entirely in a slow cooker, even the noodles! Cheesy, comforting, and SO tasty.

- Crockpot Butternut Squash Thai Curry by Mindful Avocado. Throw all the ingredients in your crockpot to cook this straightforward vegan after-work meal. Butternut squash, kale, and coconut milk help create this creamy, yet healthy slow cooker curry recipe.
- Vegetarian Slow Cooker Freezer Meals by Eating Bird Food. Four healthy vegetarian slow cooker freezer meals that you can prep ahead of time, freeze and dump into your slow cooker whenever you need a speedy and unfussy meal.

- Slow Cooker Vegan Sweet and Sour Tempeh by Eating Bird Food. Make sweet and sour tempeh in your slow cooker that tastes exactly like Chinese takeout. It’s vegan, loaded with veggies and truly unfussy to whip up!
- Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes. These are the most creamy, well-seasoned mashed potatoes and I know they will be your new regular side dish. So unfussy too! This mashed potato recipe requires no boiling, simply add chopped potatoes to your slow cooker with water and broth and let the magic happen.
The recipe
Crockpot Lasagna + more Vegetarian Crockpot Recipes on the Stove
We’ve rounded up our go-to Vegetarian Crockpot recipes that are all simple to make but still filling and savory!
- 6 servings
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 2 hours
- Total 2 hours
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds of baby bella mushrooms (roughly chopped)
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 heaping cup of onions (finely diced)
- 2 large carrots (finely diced)
- 24 ounces jar of spaghetti sauce (divided)
- 15 ounce can of tomato sauce
- 2 10-ounce boxes frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed of excess moisture
- 15 ounces of ricotta cheese (can sub for vegan ricotta cheese)
- 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
- 2 ½ cups of shredded mozzarella cheese (divided (sub for vegan shredded as desired or leave it out completely))
- 8-10 lasagna noodles
Method
- 1
In the bottom of your slow cooker, evenly spread 2/3 cup of the spaghetti sauce. Turn to high heat.
- 2
Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add in the mushrooms and stir in the salt. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often until the mushrooms begin to release moisture. Continue to cook until most of the moisture is gone.
- 3
Add in the olive oil, onions, and carrots. Continue to cook until the carrots only begin to soften. Stir in the spaghetti sauce and the tomato sauce. Remove from heat.
- 4
In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta, 1 1/2 cups of the mozzarella, italian seasoning, and spinach.
- 5
Layer your lasagna: on top of the initial layer of sauce, place 2 lasagna noodles in the middle. Break a 3rd noodle in half and put it on the sides to fill in the gaps. It doesn’t need to be reliable for completely covered. Noodles come in different sizes so adjust the recipe to fit your noodles as needed.
- 6
Finish the layering by spreading out 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, 1 cup of the veggie sauce, 2-3 more noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, 1 cup of sauce, 2-3 more noodles, remaining ricotta, and remaining sauce. Cook on high for 1 1/2 hours.
- 7
Add on the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese and cook on high for 30 more minutes.
- 8
Serve and ENJOY!







