Oven Bag Vegetables (and multi meals)

Oven bags are great for vegetables on the side of mains in your slow cooker, or multiple mains at once!

Submitted by Paulene Christie

Oven Bag Vegetables (and multi meals)

Oven bags are great for vegetables on the side of mains in your slow cooker, or multiple mains at once!
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Serving: 5
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 1 oven bag
  • Rough cut vegetable selection
  • I used:
  • - washed potatoes with skin on
  • - carrot
  • - pumpkin
  • - sweet potato
  • 2 tbsp water

Instructions
 

  • Place peeled and washed vegetables of your choice in oven bag
  • Add 2 tbsp of water into bag just to help steaming in bag
  • You could also add butter or garlic or herbs etc if you like
  • Add one cup of water to base of slow cooker
  • Twist oven bag closed at top but pierce in two places near top/twist
  • Sit bag (or bags - see below) in the shallow water of slow cooker with twist at top near the lid
  • Cover with slow cooker lid
  • Vegetables took approx 3.5hrs on high to reach tender
  • Open bag with care for hot steam

Notes

  • This method can be used to cook vegetables on the side of a main dish in another bag. Or two main dishes at once eg a less spicy main for children and a hotter one for adults, or just two dishes at once for serving various tastes in your dinner guests.
  • Bonus - next to no clean up!
  • Only use oven bags for this purpose, no other bags that are not suitable for cooking in.
  • Some (not most) slow cookers will specify not to use oven bags in them, so check your user manual first to be sure it's right for yours

9 thoughts on “Oven Bag Vegetables (and multi meals)”

  1. How bout I do lamb obsession that I wanna serve with mash can I do my potatoes in an oven bag in the same slow cooker??

  2. angela browning

    I find this great for most veg but when I did potatoes the edges that were not under liquid went black …was this just bad luck?

    1. I found this online for you 🙂
      “Cookware that contains aluminum or iron can react with the potatoes to change their color. Stainless steel cookware helps prevent this problem.
      Cooked potatoes may be soaked in a small amount of lemon juice and covered in a pan to prevent post-cooking reactions that cause discoloration.
      Black potatoes are safe for consumption and contain the same amount of nutrients as potatoes that are a normal color.”
      https://www.reference.com/food/boiled-potatoes-turn-black-4faa6604e81866e5

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