Top 12 Vegeterian Recipes For Your Multi Cooker

When it comes to multi cooker meals, most people tend to picture a giant roast or a meat-heavy stew. Vegetarian recipes are just the opposite! Lighter, healthier, and packed with nutrition from the freshest produce. Dishes rich with slow-simmered veggie flavour are perfect for a cook-at-home date night, and makes for a fast and easy family dinner when fully cooked under high pressure. Pump up your multi cooker with vegetable goodness as you try 12 of the most satisfying meatless recipes you'll ever taste.

1. Minestrone Soup

Dump everything good-for-you right in your slow cooker. Simmer tomato, onion, garlic, celery stalks, carrots, mushrooms, basil, oregano for several hours. Add pasta and cheese a few minutes before serving.

2. Spaghetti Squash Bowl

Slow cook squash a full 8-9 hours while you're busy at work. Once you get home, shred the noodles, add peanut sauce, and enjoy the Asian flavours.

3. Greek Stuffed Peppers

Fast to prep and cook, these multi cooker vegetarian wonders yield a practical dinner for two. Stuff peppers with a bean mixture of couscous, scallion whites, oregano, garlic, and feta, and witness how they come out tender and tasty!

4. Red Lentil Curry

Cook a large batch of saucy, spicy, loaded-with-texture, super healthy meal for your family and guests. As a vegetable recipe that makes great leftovers, this quick and easy multi cooker dish is perfect for the budget savvy.

5. Bean and Spinach Enchiladas

Cheesy roll-ups filled with black beans, corn and spinach. Serve with fresh, crisp salad on the side.

6. Vegetarian Chili With Sweet Potatoes

Plenty of spice and smoky notes from chili powder, cumin, cocoa and cinnamon comprise this interesting vegetarian meal.

7. Root Vegetable Stew

A fantastic way to use those seasonal root veggies. Just slice and dice, then slow-cook. Toss into the multi cooker pot some:

• butternut squash;
• Yukon potatoes;
• sweet potatoes;
• carrots;
• onions;
• parsnips.

8. Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Make your meal chunky by leaving the potatoes cubed upon pressure cooking, or comfortingly smooth using an immersion blender to break out the root vegetables.

9. Vegan Stroganoff

Onions and mushrooms gently cooked in melted butter, added to the multi cooker pot and poured over with stock and spices. Four hours of cooking, you can stir in the sour cream and chopped parsley, then serve over pasta or rice for a cozy vegetarian meal.

10. Slow-Cooked Artichokes

Ever wondered how exactly you would approach an artichoke? Just this intriguing vegetable, salt and lemon juice tossed into the multi cooker can pull off an amazing meal with various health benefits! Pluck individual leaves, dip the bottom into butter, and pull it between your teeth to strip off the meaty portion. Keep going until you reach the very reason for eating it - the artichoke's heart.

11. Vegetable Noodle Soup

Veggies cooked low and slow in tomato-based broth for 8 hours that's worth the wait. Simply drop the pasta and parmesan cheese towards the end.

12. Mashed Cauliflower

One of the most awesome vegetarian recipes because it gives you the feeling of eating mashed potatoes, but you're merely consuming fraction of the calories! Use an immersion blender to make the pressure-cooked cauliflower creamier to your desired consistency.