Tzimmes recipe slow cooker

Slow cooker recipes and crock pot meals including chicken dishes, soups and stews, pasta, Italian food, side dishes and meatballs.

Tzimmes is a traditional sweet-and-savory Passover dish featuring dried fruit, sweet potatoes and carrots. We’ve added butternut squash for more veggie power and cooked everything in a slow cooker to make it convenient for entertaining.

With origins as a traditional Jewish recipe, tzimmes is a dish of root vegetables and dried fruit that's ideal for cooking in late winter and early spring.

A tasty vegetarian side dish!

This meat tzimmes recipe includes flanken, grated carrot and onion, sweet potato, pitted prunes, apricot halves, oil, honey, lemon juice, and brown sugar.

"While traveling through Morocco, my wife and I fell in love with the complex flavours of the many tagines we tried. Resist the urge to stir this dish too much, as it will break down the veggies. Add shredded cooked chicken in the last 10 minutes, or serve with grilled fish." —Raymond Wyatt, West St. Paul, Minnesota

When I've got a lot going on, my slow cooker is my go-to tool for cooking veggies. The sweetness of the squash and carrots really complements the spicy seasonings. —Courtney Stultz, Weir, Kansas

This slow-cooker tzimmes is a sweet Jewish dish consisting of a variety of fruits and vegetables, and it may or may not include meat. Traditionally (as it is here), it’s tossed with honey and cinnamon and cooked slowly over low heat to meld the flavors. —Lisa Renshaw, Kansas City, Missouri

This slow-cooker tzimmes is a sweet Jewish dish consisting of a variety of fruits and vegetables, and it may or may not include meat. Traditionally (as it is here), it’s tossed with honey and cinnamon and cooked slowly over low heat to meld the flavors. —Lisa Renshaw, Kansas City, Missouri

This recipe for honey roasted carrots is whole carrots, bathed in honey and seasonings, then roasted over until tender and caramelized.