• Home
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
    • VIDEO SERIES: Learn to Cook on a Budget
    • How-To & Cooking Tutorials
    • Popular Recipes
  • Meal Plans
    • Weekly Meal Plans
    • Freezer Meal Plans
    • The ORIGINAL 20 Meals for $150 Plans
  • Classes
    • Grocery Savings 101 Workshop
    • Freezer Cooking 101 Workshop
    • Meal Planning 101 Workshop
    • Instant Pot Cooking 101 Course
    • My Efficient Kitchen Course
  • Store
    • COOKBOOK: Feeding Teenage Boys on a Budget
    • COOKBOOK: Learn to Cook on a Budget
    • COOKBOOKS & PREP KITS: MyFreezEasy Freezer Meals
    • Whis-Kid Cooking Lessons
    • Erin’s Favorite Gadgets
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • About
    • Press
  • Login

$5 Dinners | Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals

Budget Recipes, Meal Plans, Freezer Meals and Cooking Tutorials for the Busy Home Chef

Save on Groceries in 2025

Slow Cooker Root Vegetables

January 2, 2017 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

451 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Sign up to receive FREE weekly emails with recipes, coupons and other money saving tips right into your inbox. Become a friend on Facebook too AND/OR join the $5 Meal Plan Family and get meal plans delivered to you each week!

slow-cooker-root-vegetables-on-5dollardinners-com

Healthy, seasonal, ‘fix and forget’ kind of side dish…or main dish?!?

These root vegetables are so delicious and so filling…so much so that I might consider eating them as a meal by themselves. Or maybe with a side salad?!

Either way you partake in them, they are delicious.

Before we get to the recipe, I’ve got some tips for you:

  1. Place the sweet potatoes on the bottom and the carrots and parsnips on top.
  2. Rinse the sweet potatoes after you peel them, but before you slow cooker them.
  3. If you are around the house while you are making these, toss them around gently halfway through the cooking cycle. If you are not home, don’t worry – they will be just as delicious if you don’t toss them!

Now for the recipe for these scrumptious root veggies…

slow-cooker-root-vegetables-4

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Save Recipe Recipe Saved!

Slow Cooker Root Vegetables

Fix and forget type of side dish!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time3 hours hours
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 4 small sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 4 whole carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1 lb. parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Rinse the peeled and quartered sweet potatoes and put them into the base of the slow cooker.
  • Add the carrot and parsnip chunks.
  • Drizzle the balsamic vinegar and maple syrup over the vegetables and toss gently, keeping the sweet potatoes on the bottoms.
  • Sprinkle the dried rosemary, salt and pepper over the top.
  • Set on low and cook for 4 hours. If possible, gently toss once, halfway through the slow cooking cycle.
  • Serve Slow Cooker Root Vegetables as side dish, or as main meal with a salad.

slow-cooker-root-vegetables

451 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Gluten Free Casein Free Soy Free Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Potato Recipes, Side Dish Recipes

Comments

  1. Sylvia says

    December 21, 2018 at 10:50 am

    Add turnip and a small onion. Instead of rosemary and 3/4 tsp minced garlic
    Add onion garlic salt and pepper between layers.
    Also instead of vinegar use 1/2 of an orange juice box.

    Reply
  2. LL says

    September 27, 2020 at 11:47 pm

    The instructions for this are in an incorrect order…

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Search $5 Dinners

Favorite Meal Planning & Cooking Resources

Whis-Kid Cooking Lessons Grocery Budget Makeover My Freezeasy Erin Chase Store 5DD Freebie Library 20 Meals for $150 Plans

© 2025 5 Dollar Dinners | Disclosure Policy | Copyright Information | Terms of Service/Privacy Policy | Accessibility | Design & Tech Support by Klong Designs



Copyright © 2025 · 5 Dollar Dinners Genesis Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in