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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.
Cans Get You Cooking
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 want to try the potato and green bean.. I keep tomato and corn and can potato in my pantry all the time.
I’d like to try the crockpot party beans
I always have baked beans as well as many other canned goods. I will try the crock pot beans and weenies.
mushroom soup(cream)
Spanish rice is the recipe I want to fix,
I always have all kinds of tomatoes
I want to try the Italian chicken recipe and
the loaded baked potato recipes. They both sound yummy
as a mater o fact I’m going to try them this week.
Thank you. I needed some new recipes. I’m bored
I’d like to try One Pot Sausage Dinner, Catalina Chicken Thighs, and Beans and Weenies. They all sound yummy!
Cream soups…mushroom, chicken, celery. Lots of different kinds of beans. Canned tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Tuna and salmon, canned luncheon meat and Vienna sausages. And of course, a wide variety of vegetables.
Spam; black beans; kidney beans; pinto beans; corn; tomato sauce; tomato paste; rotel; diced tomatoes; creamed soups; pasta; I plan on trying the potato soup.
I always have baked beans on hand.
The Fiesta mac and cheese looks great.
A well stocked pantry at my house!
Beans galore, all kinds of tomatoes, broths, & soups take up my canned goods space.
Love your recipes!
I always have 3 broths in my pantry: beef, chicken and vegetable
I’d love to try the creamy pork chop recipe.
I would like to try the Italian Chicken.
I always have canned corn, green beans, peas and Baked Beans in the house along with chicken and beef broth .
I always try to keep cans of Cream of Chicken stocked up.
I like to try different versions of Chili in the cooler months .
I always have condensed cream of chicken and mushroom soup on hand.
I want to try the Fiesta pork chops and the Spanish rice to go with it.
1would like to win the programmable crock pot!
I would like to make the Italian chicken I always keep canned and frozen vegetables and stocks and broth and canned cream soups and canned beans like refried beans
I keep canned tomatoes in the pantry. The sausage, green beans, & potatoes dish looks good to me. I will try it soon.
I always keep chicken broth on hand! Great for lentil or split pea soup….for adding flavor for mashed potatoes…..my pantry is well stocked for we live way out from town…. And a recipe I like to see? Perhaps bread recipes, such as quick breads for the slow cooker! Yes….that’s the ticket on these hot days! ?
I always have canned baked beans around.
As for the recipe I’d most like to try: Crock Pot Chicken Stuffing Casserole
kidney beans!! I would like to try the french onion soup
I always keep a variety of beans on hand such as black, pinto, kidney and many more. Also always have diced tomatoes in a can. I want to try the Spanish Rice and the Fiesta Mac n Cheese. Love all your recipes ๐
I try to keep Condensed Evaporated Milk for baking cookies and cakes. I try to keep nuts too, but that’s a losing proposition.
I always have black beans on hand in the pantry. I would love to try fiesta Mac n Cheese. Love the crockpot for everything!! Easy peezy!!???
I usually have green beans on hand, but the frozen veggies are always available too.
I want to try the potato and green bean.. I keep tomato and corn and can potato in my pantry all the time.
I’d like to try the crockpot party beans
I always have baked beans as well as many other canned goods. I will try the crock pot beans and weenies.
mushroom soup(cream)
Spanish rice is the recipe I want to fix,
I always have all kinds of tomatoes
I want to try the Italian chicken recipe and
the loaded baked potato recipes. They both sound yummy
as a mater o fact I’m going to try them this week.
Thank you. I needed some new recipes. I’m bored
I’d like to try One Pot Sausage Dinner, Catalina Chicken Thighs, and Beans and Weenies. They all sound yummy!
Cream soups…mushroom, chicken, celery. Lots of different kinds of beans. Canned tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Tuna and salmon, canned luncheon meat and Vienna sausages. And of course, a wide variety of vegetables.
Spam; black beans; kidney beans; pinto beans; corn; tomato sauce; tomato paste; rotel; diced tomatoes; creamed soups; pasta; I plan on trying the potato soup.
I always have baked beans on hand.
The Fiesta mac and cheese looks great.
A well stocked pantry at my house!
Beans galore, all kinds of tomatoes, broths, & soups take up my canned goods space.
Love your recipes!
I always have 3 broths in my pantry: beef, chicken and vegetable
I’d love to try the creamy pork chop recipe.
I would like to try the Italian Chicken.
I always have canned corn, green beans, peas and Baked Beans in the house along with chicken and beef broth .
I always try to keep cans of Cream of Chicken stocked up.
I like to try different versions of Chili in the cooler months .
I always have condensed cream of chicken and mushroom soup on hand.
I want to try the Fiesta pork chops and the Spanish rice to go with it.
1would like to win the programmable crock pot!
I would like to make the Italian chicken I always keep canned and frozen vegetables and stocks and broth and canned cream soups and canned beans like refried beans
I keep canned tomatoes in the pantry. The sausage, green beans, & potatoes dish looks good to me. I will try it soon.
I always keep chicken broth on hand! Great for lentil or split pea soup….for adding flavor for mashed potatoes…..my pantry is well stocked for we live way out from town…. And a recipe I like to see? Perhaps bread recipes, such as quick breads for the slow cooker! Yes….that’s the ticket on these hot days! ?
I always have canned baked beans around.
As for the recipe I’d most like to try: Crock Pot Chicken Stuffing Casserole
kidney beans!! I would like to try the french onion soup
I always keep a variety of beans on hand such as black, pinto, kidney and many more. Also always have diced tomatoes in a can. I want to try the Spanish Rice and the Fiesta Mac n Cheese. Love all your recipes ๐
I try to keep Condensed Evaporated Milk for baking cookies and cakes. I try to keep nuts too, but that’s a losing proposition.
I always have black beans on hand in the pantry. I would love to try fiesta Mac n Cheese. Love the crockpot for everything!! Easy peezy!!???
I usually have green beans on hand, but the frozen veggies are always available too.
Bonus–sausage dinner.
Would be great to serve when family comes over.