28 Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Recipes

Easy plant based slow cooker recipe! This Vegan Slow Cooker Mole is recipe full of potatoes, beans, and a delicious mole sauce made of dried chilies.

A whole head of cabbage is drizzled with a spice oil and then slow cooked to tender perfection. It's delightful served with rice and another curried dish. Make oil free by using nondairy yogurt in place of the oil!

Easy plant based slow cooker recipe! It's so easy to make refried beans without oil - even without cooking them a second time!

Mushrooms are a delicious substitute for meat in Mexican recipes. This recipe cooks them slowly in an easy to make mole sauce.

Homemade vegan pizza rolls that you make in your slow cooker. Nothing else needs to be said!

These hearty Slow Cooker Vegan Sloppy Joes are perfect for a meatless meal your whole family will enjoy!  Lentils are slowly simmered with stock, tomatoes, and spices.

This Slow Cooker Chili Mac is perfect comfort food, plus is has a make ahead freezer to crock pot option.

This ridiculously easy recipe is sure to be a hit any weeknight dinner. I have to admit that I was skeptical about cabbage steaks, but once I tried them I was hooked. This takes very little effort and makes the perfect stick to your ribs meal. You can double the potatoes if you’re extra hungry.

This Chinese takeout inspired recipe gets its rich flavor from the mushrooms and rice vinegar as well as a great crunch from the water chestnuts.

This Vegan Slow Cooker Curry Pot Pie Topped with Whole Wheat Biscuits is a variation of my original Veggie Pot Pie from The Vegan Slow Cooker. Today’s version has different veggies and is lightly spiced with curry flavors.

This is my version of one of my favorite Indian dishes. It's made with simple ingredients, but the spices and cashew cream really turns it into something special. Don't let the long ingredient list put your off, it's mostly spices. This recipe makes a ton, but it freezes well!

Delicious and comforting vegetarian split pea soup. This easy slow cooker split pea soup takes just 10 minutes to prepare! Try it the next time you have a busy day and enjoy coming home to a warm, nourishing dinner. 

This Vegan Slow Cooker Soup Recipe, Jackfruit Tom Kha Gai, is a vegan version of a traditional Thai chicken soup. It’s in a rich broth of coconut milk, mushrooms, and a few things you need to pick up at the Asian market. I made mine mild, but you can add a little chili oil to spice yours up a bit.

Another vegan slow cooker soup recipe! This healthy wild rice soup made with butternut squash, kale and white beans. This Slow Cooker Wild Rice Vegetable Soup is a vegetarian and vegan crockpot soup recipe.

The base for this mushroom congee recipe gets most of its flavor from the mushrooms, but it’s dressed up by the toppings that you choose. This is a great warming dinner and is a perfect get well-fast soup because it is gentle on your stomach.

Here’s a completely plant based meal that will satisfy the hungriest at your table. The potatoes and chickpeas are filling and full of nutrients. The sauce and the rest of the veggies make a sauce that packs a flavor punch.

Have some fancy heirlooms beans that you’ve been saving? Get them out and make them for dinner! Or grab the cheapest ones in your pantry - they will taste just as good.

If you’ve been neglecting your slow cooker, it’s time to put back on your kitchen counter. Vegan Slow Cooker Lasagna is your new best friend and last minute weekend dinner.

The ultimate one-pot family meal - Rich and hearty Vegan Portobello Pot Roast with red wine, herbs & vegetables. They all combine to make a delicious plant-based feast! 

It’s best to use fresh Italian tomatoes since they are meatier and not as juicy. If you use regular tomatoes seed them or be prepared to cook your sauce down longer than 8 hours. You can also seed the Italian ones to make a thicker sauce.

It's a great way to preserve the summer harvest.

This recipe is an incredibly simple slow cooker tomato cream sauce which incorporates cashews for the creaminess, but doesn’t require you to make your cashew cream separately. Instead, you just throw the whole cashews in the slow cooker with the canned tomatoes and the tomato juices will soak and soften those cashews just right.

This easy slow cooker veggie chili is loaded with healthy ingredients like beans, quinoa, and butternut squash. It's vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free!

This cheezy sauce is ridiculously easy to make. Even better no one in your family will realize just how healthy these vegan au gratin potatoes really are. They are gluten-free, soy-free and have no oil added! (You can oil your slow cooker to make clean up easier or press a large piece of parchment paper in and layer your potatoes on top of that.)

You will love this rich and well-seasoned slow cooker soup which is taken up a notch with wild mushrooms.

I used dry beans in my version, but you could just as easily use a can of pre-cooked beans that you drain and rinse. 

This jackfruit chili is perfect on its own but I’ve also had it over rice, pasta, and quinoa and it’s tasty that way too.

Too busy after work to make dinner? Place all of the ingredients for this Slow Cooker Curry with Tofu and Veggies in your crockpot before work, and dinner will be ready when you get home!

Looking for a sophisticated dish? Well, look no further than this recipe from my first book, The Vegan Slow Cooker. This recipe combines the complex flavor of port wine with fresh figs and nutty tempeh. Serve over mashed potatoes with roasted asparagus for a meal that will wow the toughest critic.