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Slow-Cooker New Potatoes and Spring Vegetables

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Mar 3, 2010
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Enlist your slow cooker for a delicious fresh vegetable-packed side. Here, Dijon, lemon and dill brighten asparagus, baby carrots and new potatoes.

Slow-Cooker New Potatoes and Spring Vegetables

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 6 hr 40 min
  • Servings 18
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds small new potatoes
  • 2 cups baby-cut carrots, cut lengthwise in half
  • 1 large sweet onion (such as Bermuda, Maui, Spanish or Walla Walla), cut in half and thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound asparagus spears, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
  • 6 tablespoons chopped fresh dill weed
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Cut large potatoes in half as needed to make similar-size pieces. Place carrots in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Top with onion and potatoes; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt.
  • Step 
    2
    Cover and cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
  • Step 
    3
    Add asparagus to cooker. Increase heat setting to High. Cover and cook 15 to 20 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender.
  • Step 
    4
    Mix oil, dill weed, lemon peel, mustard and 1 teaspoon salt in small bowl. Pour over vegetables in cooker; stir to coat. Vegetables will hold on Low heat setting up to 2 hours; stir occasionally.

Nutrition

80 Calories
3 1/2g Total Fat
2g Protein
12g Total Carbohydrate
2g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
80
Calories from Fat
30
Total Fat
3 1/2g
5%
Saturated Fat
0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
310mg
13%
Potassium
380mg
11%
Total Carbohydrate
12g
4%
Dietary Fiber
2g
8%
Sugars
2g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
70%
70%
Vitamin C
10%
10%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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