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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 always have canned tomatoes, corn, green beans, English peas in the pantry. It is easy to come up with side dishes if I have those veggies in the pantry, either plain or tomatoes-bacon-green beans, creamed English peas, and many others. I love to cook and experiment with herbs and in the veggies.
One of my favorite fall side dishes is a hot curried fruit salad made in a CrockPot. Delicious!
I keep canned chicken handy for my recipes.
Canned soups. Want ry tbe spanish rice.
I always have canned green beans and corn on hand. Also Bush’s Baked Beans. I will try the Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops.
Crock pot green beans is what Id like to try. I always have condensed soups and corn in my pantry
I keep corn, green beans, rice, pork & beans, chili, all kinds of soup, carrots, peas, etc. in my pantry.
I would like to try the Spanish rice, green beans and one pot sausage dinner.
I keep corn and green beans in pantry. I woul like to try your sausage dinner.
I have baked beans (a few different flavors) and various soups.
I keep condensed cream of mushroom soup and condensed cram of chicken soup. Would like to try Spanish rice
My pantry is always pretty well stocked but beans and corn are a main staple. I would love to try the Catalina Chicken Thighs. My husband loves his chicken. I keep looking for new ways to cook this for him. Thank you for the recipe and the chance to win this amazing crock pot.
I always have canned tomatoes and some sort of veggie. Want to try one pot sausage dinner
My pantry is always stocked with canned soup. The recipe I will try the next time my grandson is eating at my house would be the Beans and Weenies.
I always have Cream of Mushroom On hand.
I will be trying the CP green beans!
I always have canned tomatoes on hand!
Fiesta Slowcooker Pork chops sounds like a winner to me.
Always keep canned meats in my pantry….tuna, ham, chicken and salmon.
I always have canned mushrooms on hand. Perfect for spaghetti sauce!!
cream of mushroom
I always have Sofrito it one of the best spices I know and it is easy .
I like the recipe o the fiesta pork chops
We always have veggies on hand because my DH thinks you can’t have enough veggies in your diet.
I always have cream of mushroom soup in my pantry.
I want to try the fiesta pork chops. They sound good.
I’d like to try the Fiesta SlowCooker Pork Chops!
I always have cans of low-sodium broth on hand. Chicken, beef and veggie are all very helpful to make quick satisfying meals.
I always have canned tomatoes, corn, green beans, English peas in the pantry. It is easy to come up with side dishes if I have those veggies in the pantry, either plain or tomatoes-bacon-green beans, creamed English peas, and many others. I love to cook and experiment with herbs and in the veggies.
One of my favorite fall side dishes is a hot curried fruit salad made in a CrockPot. Delicious!
I keep canned chicken handy for my recipes.
Canned soups. Want ry tbe spanish rice.
I always have canned green beans and corn on hand. Also Bush’s Baked Beans. I will try the Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops.
Crock pot green beans is what Id like to try. I always have condensed soups and corn in my pantry
I keep corn, green beans, rice, pork & beans, chili, all kinds of soup, carrots, peas, etc. in my pantry.
I would like to try the Spanish rice, green beans and one pot sausage dinner.
I keep corn and green beans in pantry. I woul like to try your sausage dinner.
I have baked beans (a few different flavors) and various soups.
I keep condensed cream of mushroom soup and condensed cram of chicken soup. Would like to try Spanish rice
My pantry is always pretty well stocked but beans and corn are a main staple. I would love to try the Catalina Chicken Thighs. My husband loves his chicken. I keep looking for new ways to cook this for him. Thank you for the recipe and the chance to win this amazing crock pot.
I always have canned tomatoes and some sort of veggie. Want to try one pot sausage dinner
My pantry is always stocked with canned soup. The recipe I will try the next time my grandson is eating at my house would be the Beans and Weenies.
I always have Cream of Mushroom On hand.
I will be trying the CP green beans!
I always have canned tomatoes on hand!
Fiesta Slowcooker Pork chops sounds like a winner to me.
Always keep canned meats in my pantry….tuna, ham, chicken and salmon.
I always have canned mushrooms on hand. Perfect for spaghetti sauce!!
cream of mushroom
I always have Sofrito it one of the best spices I know and it is easy .
I like the recipe o the fiesta pork chops
We always have veggies on hand because my DH thinks you can’t have enough veggies in your diet.
I always have cream of mushroom soup in my pantry.
I want to try the fiesta pork chops. They sound good.
I’d like to try the Fiesta SlowCooker Pork Chops!
I always have cans of low-sodium broth on hand. Chicken, beef and veggie are all very helpful to make quick satisfying meals.