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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 have canned white corn and diced tomatoes. Can add any meat and/or other ingredients.
I keep all vegetables, canned soup & broth well stocked in my pantry. This way I’m always ready for any meal. Going to try the slow cooker taco soup.
I always have Brooks Mild Chili Beans and chopped tomatoes with or without green chili peppers. The Fiesta Pork Chops are right up my alley!
I always keep stewed tomatoes, rites, different types of beans, canned vegetables, soups of different varieties. I will try the stuffed pepper soup.
I always keep pinto beans, corn and rotel in the pantry.
I would love to try the sausage dinner. Love just about any smoked sausage dish and this one sounds great.
I always keep Chicken Broth, Canned cream soups, corn and Macroni in my pantry.
I would love to try the Sausage Dinner.
Thanks for all of your slow cooker recipes. I would not be cooking 1/8th as much without a slow cooker in my life! And I really mean that. I would rather be hungry than stand over a stove for an hour!
I have pinned all of those recipes to try, but I think I will start with the Party Beans. Also wondering if they wouldn’t be good adding ground beef and making it a meal!
I always have a good supply of vegetables and creamed soups on hand as well as broths.
We always keep canned veggies but also tuna for a quick casserole. The Italian pot roast sounds like a good one to try.
I keep an assortment of canned vegetables for different crock pot recipes. I plan on making the “One Pot Crock Pot Sausage Dinner” which calls for canned green beans, canned whole potatoes and canned cream of mushroom soup.
Always have myriad of canned beans in pantry!
Will try the festive party beans recipe.
I would like to try the Catalina Chicken Thighs.
I usually have corn, RoTel, Cream of Chicken or Cream of Mushroom soups for different casserole dishes as well as having canned tomatoes. I do like to make Crock Pot meals since I don’t have to stand at a stove to cook.
always keep on hand fire roasted tomatoes, and Cannelloni Beans. love your recipes
Always have canned chicken on hand . use it with a lot of left overs.
Want to try spanish rice.
I would love to make the Fiesta SlowCooker Pork Chops!
I have on hand at all time are fruit, broth,beans and tuna
My pantry is stocked with so much I sometimes don’t remember what I have. I bought a pot roast yesterday and I am going to make the Italian Pot roast for my Sunday dinner today.
Canned vegetables, especially peas. I would love to try the Spanish Rice first as my son makes tacos occasionally and it gets very crowded at the stove, so thank you very much!
Canned corn. I will try the Spanish Rice
I always have a well stocked pantry . I buy now because canned is cheaper this time of year. As for what to try I’d like to try all !
I always love to keep tomatoes, green beans and other types of beans available.
Tomatoes and mushrooms
Want to try Italian Pot Roast and Pitato Soup recipes
Tomatoes and mushrooms.
Want to try Italian Pot Roast and Potato Soup.
I keep tomatoes and mushrooms on hand.
I’m looking forward to making the Italian Pot Roast and the Potato Soup. Actually, they all look and sound so good that I would like to try a whole bunch of ’em. Gotta win, though, because my crock pot just quit working. I think I used it too much, if that’s possible!
I always have canned white corn and diced tomatoes. Can add any meat and/or other ingredients.
I keep all vegetables, canned soup & broth well stocked in my pantry. This way I’m always ready for any meal. Going to try the slow cooker taco soup.
I always have Brooks Mild Chili Beans and chopped tomatoes with or without green chili peppers. The Fiesta Pork Chops are right up my alley!
I always keep stewed tomatoes, rites, different types of beans, canned vegetables, soups of different varieties. I will try the stuffed pepper soup.
I always keep pinto beans, corn and rotel in the pantry.
I would love to try the sausage dinner. Love just about any smoked sausage dish and this one sounds great.
I always keep Chicken Broth, Canned cream soups, corn and Macroni in my pantry.
I would love to try the Sausage Dinner.
Thanks for all of your slow cooker recipes. I would not be cooking 1/8th as much without a slow cooker in my life! And I really mean that. I would rather be hungry than stand over a stove for an hour!
I have pinned all of those recipes to try, but I think I will start with the Party Beans. Also wondering if they wouldn’t be good adding ground beef and making it a meal!
I always have a good supply of vegetables and creamed soups on hand as well as broths.
We always keep canned veggies but also tuna for a quick casserole. The Italian pot roast sounds like a good one to try.
I keep an assortment of canned vegetables for different crock pot recipes. I plan on making the “One Pot Crock Pot Sausage Dinner” which calls for canned green beans, canned whole potatoes and canned cream of mushroom soup.
Always have myriad of canned beans in pantry!
Will try the festive party beans recipe.
I would like to try the Catalina Chicken Thighs.
I usually have corn, RoTel, Cream of Chicken or Cream of Mushroom soups for different casserole dishes as well as having canned tomatoes. I do like to make Crock Pot meals since I don’t have to stand at a stove to cook.
always keep on hand fire roasted tomatoes, and Cannelloni Beans. love your recipes
Always have canned chicken on hand . use it with a lot of left overs.
Want to try spanish rice.
I would love to make the Fiesta SlowCooker Pork Chops!
I have on hand at all time are fruit, broth,beans and tuna
My pantry is stocked with so much I sometimes don’t remember what I have. I bought a pot roast yesterday and I am going to make the Italian Pot roast for my Sunday dinner today.
Canned vegetables, especially peas. I would love to try the Spanish Rice first as my son makes tacos occasionally and it gets very crowded at the stove, so thank you very much!
Canned corn. I will try the Spanish Rice
I always have a well stocked pantry . I buy now because canned is cheaper this time of year. As for what to try I’d like to try all !
I always love to keep tomatoes, green beans and other types of beans available.
Tomatoes and mushrooms
Want to try Italian Pot Roast and Pitato Soup recipes
Tomatoes and mushrooms.
Want to try Italian Pot Roast and Potato Soup.
I keep tomatoes and mushrooms on hand.
I’m looking forward to making the Italian Pot Roast and the Potato Soup. Actually, they all look and sound so good that I would like to try a whole bunch of ’em. Gotta win, though, because my crock pot just quit working. I think I used it too much, if that’s possible!