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These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Slow cooker recipes like these make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. These crock pot main dish and side recipes make it easy to throw together a home cooked meal in a snap for your family to enjoy for dinner after a busy day.
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Crock Pot Recipes Using Canned Goods
Updated 3/16/2020
Cris here. Whether you are stuck at home or find yourself very busy juggling all the things, pantry cooking can help put dinner on the table quick and easy.
Below is a post we did with Cans Get You Cooking a while back when they asked me to share with you a little about how my pantry helps me feed my family on busy school days. I thought it might come in handy for those of us that are trying to cook through things we might already have on hand.
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I have always been a big fan of the convenience canned food offers me. By maintaining a well stocked pantry, I have a lot of options even when I do not have a lot of time. Aside from convenience, I also love the kind of flavors you can add to a dish straight from the can. Substituting chicken broth for water will almost always take the flavor up a notch in any crock pot recipe. Additionally, there are many canned beans, tomatoes, corn, etc. that have delicious additions like garlic, onion, basil, peppers, chilies and more already added into the can.
I love using these kinds of ingredients to make a nutritious home cooked meal for my family even when our schedules are crazy. But how does the nutritional content of canned foods stack up to their frozen and fresh counterparts? Studies conducted by researchers at Michigan State University, UC Davis and Oregon State University all concluded that canned foods have similar (or better) nutritional profiles as their fresh or frozen equivalents.
Main Dish Recipes Ready to Cook in 5 Minutes or Less
These crock pot main dish recipes are some of our go-to recipes that are super easy to throw together.
This Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast is a fantastic all day slow cooker recipe. It is simple to throw together in the morning and results in a tender fall apart roast with an incredible flavor!
Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops Recipe: One of our favorite quick and easy crock pot recipes. Ready to cook in 5 minutes . Flavorful and tender chops with a fiesta twist!
Truth be told, side dishes are often an afterthought in this house. I LOVE it when my slow cooker can help me not only put together a fantastic main dish but has my back with my side dishes. Here are some great side dishes that we love to crock!
It only takes three simple ingredients to turn a can of green beans into a flavorful side dish that will remind you of your grandma's home grown green beans. You won't believe how easy our Crock Pot Green Beans are to make! These are perfect for a comforting weeknight meal and special enough for your holiday menus.
Are you looking for a great dish to bring to an upcoming party or potluck? These Crock Pot Party Beans make a fantastic dish full of flavor and everyone just loves them!
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I always keep black beans on hand. I’m going to try the Fiesta Mac & Cheese.
I always have a variety of canned beans on hand, what a life saver!!!
I always keep cream of Chicken Soup on hand.
I always have a varity of sops and tomatoes. I want to try your stuffed pepper soup in the crock pot.
I keep creamed corn and green beans on hand.
I am interested in the Fiesta Mac & Cheese
I’d like to make the One Pot Sausage Dinner sometime
I keep all kinds of cans on hand…vegetables, chicken broth, evaporated milk, tomato sauce and paste, pretty much anything. (I like Spam, too–and the cream of chicken soup.
I would like to try the Sausage Dinner, do one now on stove top which has cabbage, onions, sausage and potatoes (need to try it in a crock pot). Call it COPS. I keep a variety of cream soups and beans on hand, always come in handy.
Looking forward to making the crockpot Spanish rice.
I have saved the Party Beans recipe and plan on making it very, very soon. Looks yummy!
I always keep a variety of beans on hand and use both for bean salad and a good beans and rice dish
The crock pot 5 minute main dishes, all look interesting to me. I always keep cans of veggies, cans of tomatos of different varieties, powdered buttermilk, (just in case), etc. Like I said before, I love the Goode ole boy’s videos. They make the recipes more interesting. Thanks!
I always keep canned tomatoes on hand, as well as chicken broth, corn, & green chiles. I want to try the Spanish rice recipe next,
creamed corn
I always keep cans of green beans in my pantry!
I would love to try the crock pot green beans recipe!!
black beans – always! I have a wide assortment of canned veggies including other bean varieties always on hand and also salsa and tomato juice I canned myself. I work 2nd shift so a crock pot is very essential item for dinners for me. I am by myself so I prepare the next days meal at night when I get home from work. I am looking forward to preparing #1 Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs, #2 Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops, # One Pot Sausage Dinner just for starters. They all sound so good!
I always try to keep cream of chicken in the cupboard. And I will try the crockpot spanish rice
i have beans, bakedbeans, potatoes, corn,tomatoes,soups , I want to try the Catalina
Chicken Thighs. I have all the fixings for it. Also the green beans.
I keep Spam, green beans ,Peas , corn.
I keep a variety of beans on hand. I would love recipes for meatball subs!!
We keep re fried beans on hand. My husband loves Tacos and burritos.. I would like to try the the Italian Pot Roast in the crock pot…
I keep cream soups on hand and I would love to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese.
Tuna and veggies are my staple canned goods.
I always have canned tuna, and peas and carrots for a simple and easy tuna noodle casserole.
I would love to try the Crock Pot Party Beans. I feel like I don’t have many potluck/party recipes and this one seems so yummy and easy.
I now always have a can of French Onion, Cheddar Cheese, and Golden Mushroom Soup and a pork loin in frig or freezer since the day I discovered your Easy Crock Pot Pork Loin. Delicious!
I always keep black beans on hand. I’m going to try the Fiesta Mac & Cheese.
I always have a variety of canned beans on hand, what a life saver!!!
I always keep cream of Chicken Soup on hand.
I always have a varity of sops and tomatoes. I want to try your stuffed pepper soup in the crock pot.
I keep creamed corn and green beans on hand.
I am interested in the Fiesta Mac & Cheese
I’d like to make the One Pot Sausage Dinner sometime
I keep all kinds of cans on hand…vegetables, chicken broth, evaporated milk, tomato sauce and paste, pretty much anything. (I like Spam, too–and the cream of chicken soup.
I would like to try the Sausage Dinner, do one now on stove top which has cabbage, onions, sausage and potatoes (need to try it in a crock pot). Call it COPS. I keep a variety of cream soups and beans on hand, always come in handy.
Looking forward to making the crockpot Spanish rice.
I have saved the Party Beans recipe and plan on making it very, very soon. Looks yummy!
I always keep a variety of beans on hand and use both for bean salad and a good beans and rice dish
The crock pot 5 minute main dishes, all look interesting to me. I always keep cans of veggies, cans of tomatos of different varieties, powdered buttermilk, (just in case), etc. Like I said before, I love the Goode ole boy’s videos. They make the recipes more interesting. Thanks!
I always keep canned tomatoes on hand, as well as chicken broth, corn, & green chiles. I want to try the Spanish rice recipe next,
creamed corn
I always keep cans of green beans in my pantry!
I would love to try the crock pot green beans recipe!!
black beans – always! I have a wide assortment of canned veggies including other bean varieties always on hand and also salsa and tomato juice I canned myself. I work 2nd shift so a crock pot is very essential item for dinners for me. I am by myself so I prepare the next days meal at night when I get home from work. I am looking forward to preparing #1 Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs, #2 Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops, # One Pot Sausage Dinner just for starters. They all sound so good!
I always try to keep cream of chicken in the cupboard. And I will try the crockpot spanish rice
i have beans, bakedbeans, potatoes, corn,tomatoes,soups , I want to try the Catalina
Chicken Thighs. I have all the fixings for it. Also the green beans.
I keep Spam, green beans ,Peas , corn.
I keep a variety of beans on hand. I would love recipes for meatball subs!!
We keep re fried beans on hand. My husband loves Tacos and burritos.. I would like to try the the Italian Pot Roast in the crock pot…
I keep cream soups on hand and I would love to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese.
Tuna and veggies are my staple canned goods.
I always have canned tuna, and peas and carrots for a simple and easy tuna noodle casserole.
I would love to try the Crock Pot Party Beans. I feel like I don’t have many potluck/party recipes and this one seems so yummy and easy.
I now always have a can of French Onion, Cheddar Cheese, and Golden Mushroom Soup and a pork loin in frig or freezer since the day I discovered your Easy Crock Pot Pork Loin. Delicious!