Easy Crock Pot Recipes- 5 minutes or less

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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.

These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Italian Beef Roast, Fiesta Pork Chops, One Pot Sausage Dinner, Catalina Chicken, Spanish Rice, Fiesta Mac and Cheese, Crock Pot Green Beans, Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies and more! These recipes make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. #Ad #CansGetYouCooking
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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.

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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.

These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Italian Beef Roast, Fiesta Pork Chops, One Pot Sausage Dinner, Catalina Chicken and Italian Chicken are all a snap to throw together. These recipes make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. #Ad #CansGetYouCooking
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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.

Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast
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!
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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!
One Pot Crock Pot Sausage Dinner
This One Pot Crock Pot Sausage Dinner is warm and filling!
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One Pot Crock Pot Sausage Dinner makes supper a snap! This easy recipe is dinner in a bowl. The savory sauce is so good you can serve even serve it as a soup if you'd like!
Crock Pot Italian Chicken
Our Crock Pot Easy Italian Chicken is a filling, yet simple recipe that has a delicious rich flavor.
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Crock Pot Easy Italian Chicken is a filling, yet simple recipe that has a delicious rich flavor.
Fiesta Pork Chops
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!
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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!
Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs
Life is go, go, go sometimes. When you find yourself having one of those weeks, Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs will come to your rescue!
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This Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs recipe is perfect for when you are short on time!
These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Party Beans, Spanish Rice, Fiesta Mac and Cheese, Crock Pot Green Beans, Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies are all a snap to throw together.These recipes make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. #Ad #CansGetYouCooking
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Easy Side Dishes for Busy Back- to- School Days

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!

Crock Pot Green Beans
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.
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These Crock Pot Green Beans taste just like Gramma's!
Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies
Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies from Gooseberry Patch’s 303 Simple & Satisfying Recipes
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Are you looking for a great side dish to bring to a potluck or serve on a weeknight? This recipe for Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies is great to keep on hand.
Crock Pot Fiesta Mac n Cheese
Crock Pot Fiesta Mac n Cheese from Red Gold
Crock Pot Party Beans Recipe
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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Crock Pot Party Beans: The PERFECT dish for any potluck! Fantastic flavor. Everyone will want this recipe.
Crock Pot Spanish Rice
Fantastic Crock Pot Spanish Rice recipe from Gooseberry Patch’s Slow Cooker Fall Favorites.
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These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Italian Beef Roast, Fiesta Pork Chops, One Pot Sausage Dinner, Catalina Chicken, Spanish Rice, Fiesta Mac and Cheese, Crock Pot Green Beans, Slow Cooker Beans and Weenies and more! These recipes make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. #Ad #CansGetYouCooking

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  1. Jarred mandarins

  2. Canned Apples

  3. Cherry Pie Filling

  4. Vegetable stock

  5. Beef broth/stock

  6. Chicken broth

  7. I also keep evaporated milk

  8. I always keep canned beans

  9. Green Chilis and Rotel along with various veggies and beans. Crockpot Green Beans would be my first choice to try!

  10. I always keep on hand sweet pickles. My Great Aunt Johnnie made them for me every summer and when I got married she gave me her recipe. Well, every summer we make about 17 quart jars of those sweet suckers and we have about 2 to 3 jars left by the next summer. Between the kids, the wife, and I we eat them up!

  11. Italian stewed tomatoes. Add them to canned spaghetti sauce and taste the difference. My wife loves it when I make your Stuffed Pepper Soup. It’s beyond good.

  12. I always have soups and broth on hand for a multitude of uses.

  13. Peggy Clark says:

    I always keep my kinds of canned vegies, cream soups, and broth!! I love all your recipes and have tried so many of them. They are all Awesome!! Thank you so much!! next I will try Spanish rice.

  14. I always keep chicken broth on hand.
    The crockpot Spanish rice sounds wonderful….will have to give it a try

  15. Helen Stoffel says:

    Petite diced tomatoes are always in my pantry. I’d love to try the Fiesta Pork Chops.

  16. Barb Pugh says:

    I am not a fan of green beans but my husband is, want to try the green bean recipe for him, hoping I will like it too! ๐Ÿ™‚

  17. Barb Pugh says:

    I always have beans on hand

  18. I always keep canned beans, tomato sauce, and mushrooms on hand. They are all so versatile. I cant wait to try the Louisiana shrimp recipe!!!!

  19. Sarah Gray says:

    I would love to make the Crock Pot Italian Chicken!

  20. Canned green beans, corn and peas

  21. I always have peas and corn on hand.

  22. Susan Day says:

    I always have some kind of canned soup and I am going to make fhe Fiesta Mac ad Cheese!

  23. I keep green beans and corn on hand at all times.
    I’m interested in the crock pot green beans.

  24. Tomatoes (sauce, diced, all kinds), spaghetti sauces and canned soups are always in my pantry.

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