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Root Vegetables in a Slow Cooker

"Bake" root vegetables in a slow cooker - set it up in the morning, and make enough for several meals. An easy and delicious winter vegetable recipe.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large onion
  • 1 1/2 pounds mixed root vegetables carrots, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, daikon, potatoes, etc.
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Peel the onion, quarter it, and slice it fairly thin. Strew half of it in the bottom of a slow cooker.
  • Prepare other vegetables - scrub, peel if needed, and chop in bite sized pieces. Add them to the slow cooker.
  • Distribute the rest of the onion over the top. Add the peeled garlic. Sprinkle salt lightly over the vegetables.
  • Cook on High heat for five hours.