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This Crock Pot Lentil Veggie Stew is a wholesome family favorite. As the temperature drops, this hearty stew becomes a go-to for my busy family. It’s delicious, nutritious and requires minimal effort!
It’s been cold, rainy and — thankfully — really quiet here after the holidays, which means there’s plenty of time for me to make warm cozy soups to fill everyone’s belly. Even though I’ve been in less of a rush than usual, that doesn’t mean I’m not looking for ways to make life easier for myself in the kitchen. We love using lentils for an easy source of plant-based protein. When we’re not making this soup, we’re making Baked Farro with Lentils, Tomato and Mozzarella, Lentil Mushroom Bolognese or Smoky Red Lentil Stew!
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So, time once again to break out my crock pot! All I do is toss in some lentils, a few herbs and a mix of vegetables from the farmer’s market and serve it with a dollop of herbed goat cheese on top, which the kids love swirling in to their soup.
This recipe makes enough so that I can freeze half for cold, lazy nights when I don’t have any time to cook — which I anticipate happening quite a bit once school starts up again!
Crock Pot Lentil Veggie Stew
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 leeks, chopped (use only the white and light green part of the leek)
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 3 celery stalks, diced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1 (32 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
- 16 ounces dried lentils
- 2 cups kale or swiss chard, chopped
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat and cook the onions for 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook an additional minute.
- Place the onion mixture with the remaining ingredients in a crock pot and stir.
- Cover and cook the lentils on high heat for 4 hours or low heat for 8 hours or until lentils are tender.
- Top with desired accompaniment and serve.
Notes
- * You can also place all of the ingredients in a large pot over low to medium heat and cover for 90 minutes or until tender.
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I have a 7-quart!
I have a really large slow cooker and I still can’t fit the 8 cups of stock!! What size did you use?????
Tomatoes add body and flavor, so you’ll see them in almost all stew and soup recipes. You can omit the tomatoes, but you’ll need to increase the stock by about anther cup or two (or you can dilute it with water). Omitting the tomatoes will alter the flavor, but there are still so many other flavors in this stew it should be okay. If you still want the red you can add a diced red bell pepper. That’ll give a different flavor. I hope this helps!
How do you think this would turn out without the tomatoes? My son has a tomato allergy and it seems like almost every crock pot recipe calls for tomatoes.
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I made this on the stove top tonight and it was excellent – thank you!
Thanks for all of the easy crock pot recipes. I have a Crock Pot brand crockpot that has a recurring problem – veggies are still firm and recipes are generally not cooked after 4 to 5 hours on high. It seems that the food does not even start to simmer until more than 3 hours in. Is this normal? Anyone else have this problem? I’m wondering if there is a defect in my particular model….like it has the “keep warm” and “high” settings mixed up?
I put this together this morning and am excited to try! However, there was not enough room in my “standard” sized crock pot for all of the ingredients (had to cut back on the broth), so I’m assuming you used a large crockpot?? I will have to invest! I’m still hoping it will turn out okay. Thanks for the healthy recipes, this should be perfect after our chilly, snowy Colorado day today!
this was great!! my 2 year old kept saying “mmm” and finished every last veggie and drop of soup
Has anyone done this with ham? If so, did you add it before so the flavor would be added to the soup, or stirred in after? Suppposed to “rain” in SoCal this weekend (ahem, yeah right) so this is officially on the menu!
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Just got everything in the crock pot minus 4 cups of stock and my crock pot is about to overflow! Dang, oh well, what better reason to buy a new kitchen gadget!!!
I made this last week, and it was delicious! I will be making this on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful recipes!
Just had this for dinner with some delicious homemade bread. Everyone (even my fussy 6 yr old) loved it!