• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
    • Copyright
    • Disclosure
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact / PRs / Review Policy / Link Policy
  • Recipe Index
  • Ingredients
  • As Seen
  • Credit Crunch Munch
  • Extra Veg
  • Work With Me
Fuss Free Flavours

Fuss Free Flavours

Easy recipes you will make again | Travel | Reviews

  • Home
  • All Recipes
    • Quick & Easy
    • Recipes by Course
      • Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
      • Main Meal
      • Side Dishes
      • Drinks
      • Starters & Light Bites
      • Desserts & Puddings
      • Baking
        • Biscuits and cookies
        • Bread Recipes
        • Cake
        • Cupcakes
        • Muffins
        • Pie
      • Soup
      • Salad
      • Dips, Dressings, & Sauces
      • Easy Jam, Jelly & Preserve Recipes
    • Recipes by Cuisine
      • American
      • Chinese
      • French
      • Italian
      • Other Cuisines
      • Vegetarian Recipes
      • Vegan Recipes
  • Recipes by Main Ingredient
    • Beef
    • Poultry
    • Pork
    • Lamb
    • Game
    • Fish & Seafood
    • Beans & Lentils
    • Pasta
    • Grains & Rice
    • Fruit
    • Vegetables
    • Dairy
    • Booze
  • Travel
    • Rest of Europe
    • French
    • Rest of the world
    • Food Origins and Stories
You are here: Home / Recipes / Recipes by Course / Soup Recipes / No fat slow cooker vegetable soup {Vegan, Paleo}

No fat slow cooker vegetable soup {Vegan, Paleo}

Published on March 30, 2017 by Helen 63 Comments
Last Updated on October 30, 2020

Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe
Two blue ceramic bowls containing golden yelllow fat free root veggie soup. the soup is garnished with sour cream and chopped herbs. Text overlay reads slow cooker root vegetable soup & fat free & vegan,

 This fat-free slow cooker vegetable soup is hearty, delicious and so simple to make.  The slow cooked root vegetables are meltingly soft and naturally sweet. Vegan, Whole 30, Gluten Free, Fat Free and Paleo Friendly.

This no fat slow cooker vegetable soup is hearty, delicious and so simple to make. The slow cooked root vegetables are meltingly soft, and almost sweet.

Table of Contents

  • Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
  • Slow Cooker Magic
  • More Easy Soup Recipes
  • Summer Soup Recipes
  • No fat slow cooker vegetable soup
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Notes

Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup

We really enjoy a bowl of soup. It’s one of our favourite lunches, accompanied by a slice or two of homemade bread. Here’s a comforting no fat slow cooker vegetable soup that’s so easy to prepare.  A big bowl of vegetable soup is a simple way to get you towards your 5-a-day, and root veggies are so cheap that this is a really frugal meal. For perfect home economy, make large batches and freeze it in portions.

My gorgeous slow cooker vegetable soup surely works for everyone. It’s vegan, gluten free and all-round healthy. This recipe is ideal for anyone under doctor’s orders to avoid fat completely, which can be a hard task. For the rest of us, remember your body can’t absorb all the vitamin A from those lovely golden veg without just a little fat. This gives you the perfect excuse to drizzle a flavoured oil on top or indulge in a little bit of butter on your bread.

Slow Cooker Magic

The great advantage of using the slow cooker is that it’s a real fire-up-and-forget way of cooking. It doesn’t require close monitoring and nothing will ever burn, so we can start it doing its thing and then use the cooking time to go and do something else. And there are so many recipes that really benefit from long, slow cooking times, particularly dishes that use cheaper cuts of meat.

This recipe, however, is root vegetable based. The long slow gentle cooking magically transforms them, leaving them velvet smooth and naturally sweet.  We used a vegetable stock here, but for a richer stock use chicken. (Making stock is another great use for the slow cooker: simply add your usual stock ingredients to the pot, cover with water and leave for 8-10 hours or overnight on a low setting before straining).

This no fat slow cooker vegetable soup is hearty, delicious and so simple to make. The slow cooked root vegetables are meltingly soft, and almost sweet

This soup doesn’t take nearly as long – 5 hours on low, or 3 on high on our 160-190 watt model. Once cooked, simply blitz with a stick blender until smooth, and it’s ready to serve straight away. Leftovers can be frozen. 

More Easy Soup Recipes

  • Good soup often starts with a soffritto recipe.   Make a big batch, freeze and use every time you make soup.
  • Carrot and lentil soup
  • Pumpkin and sweet potato soup 
  • Swede Soup
  • Butternut squash soup
  • Tomato and lentil soup
  • More easy soup recipes

Summer Soup Recipes

  • Gazpacho with canned tomatoes
  • Pea and lettuce soup
  • Salad soup
  • Pappa al pomodoro
Tried this recipe?If you try this recipe please tag #FussFreeFlavours on Instagram or Twitter. It is amazing for me when for me when you make one of my recipes and I really do love to see them. You can also share it on my Facebook page. Please pin this recipe to Pinterest too! Thanks for reading Fuss Free Flavours!
Easy to make delicious no fat slow cooker vegetable soup
Print Recipe
BookmarkSaved!
4.82 from 27 votes

No fat slow cooker vegetable soup

Adaptable and easy to make delicious no fat slow cooker vegetable soup - slow cooking the root vegetables makes them meltingly soft and almost sweet. Paleo, Whole 30 and Vegan.
Servings: 4 large bowls
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time3 hrs
Total Time3 hrs 5 mins
Prevent your screen from going dark

Ingredients

  • 3 Carrots
  • 2 Parsnips
  • 2 sticks Celery
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 1/2 Celeriac
  • 1 small turnip (or wedge of swede)
  • 4 cups Stock

Instructions

  • Peel and roughly chop the vegetables
  • Add to slow cooker, and cover with stock.   Season with salt and pepper.
  • Switch onto high until simmering, then either leave to cook for a total of 3 hours, or then switch onto low and cook for 5 hours.  
  • Once the vegetables are soft blitz with a stick blender, adding a little more stock if needed.

Notes

  • To make a heartier version add a handful of red lentils
  • Do not add the dollop of sour cream as shown in the image if you want to keep it vegan
  • This recipe is 5 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Nutrition Facts
No fat slow cooker vegetable soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 141
% Daily Value*
Sodium 1087mg47%
Potassium 802mg23%
Carbohydrates 32g11%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 8235IU165%
Vitamin C 28.2mg34%
Calcium 97mg10%
Iron 1.2mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Vegan, Vegetables
Keyword: slow cooker vegetable soup, soup
Delicious Recipes Emailed To You!Get easy, tasty recipes for FREE when you subscribe! Click to Subscribe Now!!
Share by Text

A hot weather alternative to this is my leftover salad soup. It’s perfect for using up wilting salad vegetables that are are past their best. For more healthy slow cooker ideas you may also like my fat free slow cooker tomato sauce.

You will love this easy to make delicious, healthy no fat slow cooker vegetable soup
Pin it for later

 

Related Posts

  • Close up of pork stew in a bowl
    Slow Cooker Spanish Pork Stew with Chorizo
  • Recipe: The Simplest Beef Casserole (Slow Cooker)
  • Go oven-less with this delicious slow cooker cornbread. A quick and easy recipe that cooks in your crock pot or slow cooker.
    Slow Cooker Cornbread
  • Chicken and Fennel one pot meal
    Chicken and Fennel one pot meal in the Pyrex Slow Cooker Casserole

Filed Under: Autumn, Easy Ways to Extra Veg (and Fruit), Recipes, Soup Recipes, Spring, Vegan Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes, Winter Ingredients: Onion, Parsnips, Stock, Swede, Turnips, Vegetables

Previous Post: « Yogurt, Pomegranate Molasses, Mint & Tahini Dip
Next Post: A Wander Around Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada »

Reader Interactions

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

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

    Recipe Rating




  1. Helen at Casa Costello

    Love a good hearty soup – Great way to use up the veg that lies awaiting in the bottom of the fridge. We tend to just eat double to use up soup as forget that we can freeze it. Never made it in my slow cooker before – will have to explore.

    Reply
  2. Helen @ family-friends-food.com

    That soup looks great – really thick and nourishing. Yum.

    Reply
    • Rachel

      HI! I’d love to make this soup but I’m based in the UK – could you tell me how much 4 cups of stock is in ml? Also, I assume I could use bone broth instead of stock?

      Thanks very much!

      Reply
      • Helen

        2 cups is just a bit under a litre. Bone broth is just another name for homemade stock.

        Reply
  3. Mellissa Williams

    5 stars
    I love my slow cooker and this recipe looks so delicious and simple to make. Bookmarked!

    Reply
  4. Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry

    5 stars
    This looks super healthy. I think slow cookers are magic, as you can just chuck everything in and it comes out amazing

    Reply
    • Helen

      I think you need to have a bit of refinement, but they are pretty much fool proof.

      Reply
  5. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche

    Great idea to use the slow cooker for this so you don’t need to add any oil – will definitely be trying that trick myself. Looks perfectly hearty, especially with a nice slice of toasted homemade bread and butter :)

    Reply
    • Helen

      I really like that there is no need for oil. I often feel there is little need for any fats in this kind of soup.

      Reply
  6. Choclette

    5 stars
    We’re big fans of soup too. I’ve never thought to try making it in a slow cooker. Thank to you I have a slow cooker so I ought to give it a try. Love the colour contrast between the bowl and soup.

    Reply
    • Helen

      Slow cookiers are ideal for soup, so I certainly recommend using.

      Reply
  7. Vikki Holness

    5 stars
    I’ve never thought to use the slow cooker for making soup – what a brilliant idea! This looks so hearty and yummy! xx

    Reply
    • Helen

      Slow cookers are ideal; I love the method of adding ingredients and letting it do its thing.

      Reply
  8. Jennifer Helen

    I love the look of this soup – one of my favourite lunches!

    Reply
    • Helen

      We are a big fan of soup lunches here.

      Reply
  9. Julia @ HappyFoods Tube

    5 stars
    Love your photos! The colors of this soup are amazing. I rarely buy parsnips & turnip but looking at this delicious soup I think I will reconsider :)

    Reply
    • Helen

      Thank you Julia. The great thing about soup is that vegetables you may not like on their own, become delicious when make in to soup.

      Reply
  10. Erren

    This seems absolutely perfect for me! It looks so good and I bet it tastes amazing! Great flavors, the perfect comfort soup!

    Reply
    • Helen

      Something very satifying about a soup like this, and comfort food does come to mind.

      Reply
      • Sara Rowlands

        5 stars
        Hi Helen, can you add chicken and blitz still? Thanks :-)

        Reply
        • Helen

          I think I would throw in the chicken and cook with the vegetables, then fish it out and shred, blitz the soup then add the chicken back in.

          Reply
  11. Rhian Westbury

    I’d never think about doing soup in a slow cooker, such a good idea x

    Reply
    • Helen

      Slow cookers are perfect for soup as you can switch them on and forget them.

      Reply
  12. Rachelanne_bee

    5 stars
    This looks so good! I’m obsessed with my slow cooker! And those bowls are beautiful!!!

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is so easy too. I love those bowls, I hardly every use them though as I am scared they might get broken.

      Reply
  13. Sarah

    Nothing beats an easy to make soup…especially when 12″ of snow is in today’s forecast! Perfect timing to give it a try!

    Reply
    • Helen

      I hope the snow is not too awful. It is a lovely spring day here in London.

      Reply
  14. Sarahjane Wood

    This soup looks so delicious! Perfect for lunchtime :)

    Reply
    • Helen

      Ideal for lunch! Put it on first thing and it will be ready!

      Reply
  15. Rachel

    This does sound lovely and at least now I know what else to do with some celeriac, the colour is really quite something x

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is a great way of using celeriac, having that lovely flavour is wonderful.

      Reply
  16. Yaya

    Slow cooker recipes are some of my favourite and are always handy to have, especially when they sound as simple and delicious as this one! x

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love using the slow cooker, the great feeling of adding ingredients, walking away and letting the good stuff happen while you do something else.

      Reply
  17. Claire

    5 stars
    This sounds lovely, I must try to make it
    thankyou for sharing with us

    Reply
    • Helen

      Barely any hands on time, but so delicious.

      Reply
  18. Michelle Topham

    This looks delicious and vegan, which is perfect for me :)

    I’m also into soups and always looking for new recipes, as they’re easy to make and very very healthy.

    Thanks for this. Will be trying it out soon!!

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is such a quick and delicious soup. Do enjoy it!

      Reply
  19. Jan Bennett

    5 stars
    Oooh now that soup looks good! Love that you made it in a slow cooker.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love making soup in the slow cooker, even the oldest, toughest root vegetables become soft and sweet.

      Reply
  20. cookilicious

    Very nice recipe and amazing photography. Love the idea of adding red lentils to increase the health quotient!

    Reply
  21. Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy

    5 stars
    Slow cookers and soup are a match made in heaven. The cold weather has landed, and bowls of goodness will be flying out of the kitchen over the next several months. This sounds delicious.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love this soup so much, so filling, but frugal on the calories.

      Reply
  22. Denise Wright

    5 stars
    I think root vegetables have so much more flavor then others and I love that they give your soup such creaminess! I can’t wait to give this a try. Anything you can throw into the slow cooker and turn into a healthy, hearty dish is my kind of recipe.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love root veggies, they are also so frugal too!

      Reply
  23. Denise Wright

    5 stars
    I meant to ask you, is there a substitute for the celeriac? Sometimes it’s hard for me to find. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Helen

      Probably some celery and maybe throw in a leek too?

      Reply
  24. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way

    5 stars
    We love our soups — this one sounds perfect for a chilly day. I haven’t done a whole lot with root vegetables – I don’t know why. This certainly is an inspiration to get off my duff and make some. My slow cooker is waiting.

    Reply
    • Helen

      Perfect for a chilly day. I’m in the habit of a late lunch after a dog walk these days.

      Reply
  25. Arlene Mobley

    5 stars
    This soup looks amazing and so easy to make!

    Reply
    • Helen

      So easy, healthy and delicious.

      Reply
  26. Veena Azmanov

    5 stars
    I love using my slow cooker for soups too! This looks so hearty and nutritious. A bowl on this on a cold evening would make perfect comfort food.

    Reply
    • Helen

      the slow cooker is amazing for soups. Mine lives on the countertop in the winter.

      Reply
  27. Brenda

    5 stars
    I make soup every week, freezing what we don’t eat for the days afterwards. Cannot fault it. Lovely sounding soup, root veg have such a good flavour.

    Reply
  28. Poppy Millen

    4 stars
    Soup is such a good thing to have to take to work for lunch. Great idea to use a slow cooker.

    Reply
  29. Linda Holland

    5 stars
    I love using my slow cooker. Always makes great soup.

    Reply
  30. Gareth T

    4 stars
    My parents have a soup ritual every lunchtime. My Mother regularly is found making batches of soups to freeze. I bet she would like this, sounds really tasty and simple.

    Reply
  31. Sally Potter

    5 stars
    A perfect kind of soup for me. Tasty, easy to make, and veggie. Great for all the family.

    Reply
  32. Casey

    5 stars
    Hi, would this work if I added a head of broccoli?

    Reply
    • Helen

      It probably would, but you would need to add it in about 10 mins before the end of the cooking time. I’m not convinced that it would be an improvement though – I’d probably steam it and serve it on the side.

      Reply
  33. jacqueline aisbitt

    should the water be hot to begin with ?

    Reply
    • Helen

      It doesn’t make that a much of a difference – I’d use hot as some slow cookers can take a while to come to temperature

      Reply
  34. Julianne

    5 stars
    I have this cooking away right now and it smells SO good. I cook for a months worth (1 per week) so made quadruple and will freeze three meals worth.

    Reply
  35. Abbie

    5 stars
    Super easy to make and tasted amazing! Definitely going to make again

    Reply

Primary Sidebar

About Me

Headshot of Helen Best-Shaw, Food Blogger at Fuss Free Flavours I'm Helen, full time freelance food writer, photographer and blogger. On this site you will find my fuss-free recipes, travel and reviews. Learn more here
Email Button, a white envelopw with orange box coming out of it Twitter Logo, bluw circle with a white bird Facebook logo, blue square with a white F inside You Tube Logo, a red box with the words You Tube on the inside Pinterest Logo, a red circle with white P on the inside Instagram Logo, a rainbow box with a square and circle inside of it Flipboard Logo - Red square with a white F on the inside

Press/As Seen On

Image-1

Subscribe

Footer

Latest Posts

Three Ingredient Chocolate Coffee Fudge

Three Ingredient Chocolate Coffee Fudge

Easy Homemade Sandwich Spread

Easy Homemade Sandwich Spread

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash (& How to Prep)

Roasted Butternut Squash (& How to Prep)

Cream Cheese Pasta Recipe

Cream Cheese Pasta Recipe

Easy Mini Egg Ice Cream (No Churn)

Easy Mini Egg Ice Cream (No Churn)

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 Helen Best-Shaw / Fuss Free Flavours - Easy Recipes You Will Make Again