Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh, whole kernel corn
• 1 large potato, cut into 1" cubes
• 4 carrots, sliced into 1/2" pieces
• 1 small, sweet onion, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon basil, cut into ribbons
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne red pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 1/2 cups vegetable juice, optional tomato juice
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth, optional water
• sea salt to taste