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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 sways have a large variety of canned veggies and soups on hand in the pantry. Today the cream of mushroom soup came in very handy after I watched your You Tube video on how to make Salisbury
Steak, the video was adorable so I cranked out the crock pot and my Salisbury Steak is cooking right now, thanks for the great site and I cannot wait for dinner!?
Never without Christoforo Columbo 6 in 1 GroundTtomatoes. Buy ’em by the case at Glorioso’s Market in Milwaukee (because we live 5-1/2 hours away in Presque Isle WI and they are not available in this area) and have used them on Eddie G.’s recommendation for some 25-30 years.
I always have green beans, chick peas and corn on hand. I would love to try the crock pot party beans and crock pot green beans
I like the pot roast recipes best. Always have soup on hand.
I always have canned tomatoes on hand in my pantry.
I always seem to have tuna on hand in my canned cabinet. There are a few recipes I would like to try…..Crock pot Italian pork chops and Crock pot Italian Chicken.
i have fruit, beans and onion
Always have cream soups in pantry. Will be trying Italian Pot Roast soon!
I keep canned diced tomatoes in the pantry, as well as cans of chicken broth, beef broth, and vegetable broth. I plan to try the the Italian pot roast.
I always have tomatoes on hand and green beans. I am interested in trying the Italian pork chops.
I always have cream of mushroom soup with roasted garlic on hand.
I always have canned veggies on hand because can get my finicky husband to eat them. ๐ Fingers crossed!
I have many Dif canned veggies in the pantry. I have tried many of your rec. Next will be todays chops rec.
Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken…my staples are always in cans in my cupboard!
Those Fiesta Pork Chops looks delicious! Making Italian Pork Chops right now for dinner.
Canned Food always in my pantry – Beans for chili and tomato puree for my homemade BBQ sauce. My sauce gets rave reviews from all of our friends, they all want me to bottle it and sell it, we have named it “Awesome Sauce” ๐
I always have some type of tomatoes on hand. I am gong to try the pot roast soon.
I always keep canned veggies on hand. I would like to try the crock pot Italian pot roast. Thanks for the great recipes and chance to win.
I always have a couple of cans of cream of mushroom soup in the cabinet. If I were to win the crock pot I definitely would make the Fiesta Mac and Cheese in it.
I would love to make the Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs, in fact I am making them tonight!
One of my favorite things in a can is Corn! Toss it in some yellow rice or in a stew or soup, even in some cornbread and its the perfect measurement. Thx:)
I always seem to have a can of French cut green beans somewhere in the pantry, I’ve always been a green bean type of gal. The recipe that I’d most likely try from the list would have to be the Fiesta Mac and cheese. I like that it’s a twist on the traditional Mac and cheese (:
I always have in the pantry cream of something soup and chicken broth. I am going to try the Italian Pot Roast.
Cream of mushroom & cream of onion soup!
We try to always ave Ragu brand hearty garlic tomato sauce. You can dd just about anything to it in the crock pot and go for the day and dinner is ready when we get home. As far as a recipe I want to try in my crock pot I would have to say a loaf of bread.. Hard to beat the oven but I think I might break down and try if I got to win this beautiful new crock pot. And IF I can’t win with one entry then I am not meant to win it but someone else is. Thanks for such great drawings.
I usually have canned green beans, corn, tomatoes, varous beans, creamed soups, broth, and Rotel
I sways have a large variety of canned veggies and soups on hand in the pantry. Today the cream of mushroom soup came in very handy after I watched your You Tube video on how to make Salisbury
Steak, the video was adorable so I cranked out the crock pot and my Salisbury Steak is cooking right now, thanks for the great site and I cannot wait for dinner!?
Never without Christoforo Columbo 6 in 1 GroundTtomatoes. Buy ’em by the case at Glorioso’s Market in Milwaukee (because we live 5-1/2 hours away in Presque Isle WI and they are not available in this area) and have used them on Eddie G.’s recommendation for some 25-30 years.
I always have green beans, chick peas and corn on hand. I would love to try the crock pot party beans and crock pot green beans
I like the pot roast recipes best. Always have soup on hand.
I always have canned tomatoes on hand in my pantry.
I always seem to have tuna on hand in my canned cabinet. There are a few recipes I would like to try…..Crock pot Italian pork chops and Crock pot Italian Chicken.
i have fruit, beans and onion
Always have cream soups in pantry. Will be trying Italian Pot Roast soon!
I keep canned diced tomatoes in the pantry, as well as cans of chicken broth, beef broth, and vegetable broth. I plan to try the the Italian pot roast.
I always have tomatoes on hand and green beans. I am interested in trying the Italian pork chops.
I always have cream of mushroom soup with roasted garlic on hand.
I always have canned veggies on hand because can get my finicky husband to eat them. ๐ Fingers crossed!
I have many Dif canned veggies in the pantry. I have tried many of your rec. Next will be todays chops rec.
Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken…my staples are always in cans in my cupboard!
Those Fiesta Pork Chops looks delicious! Making Italian Pork Chops right now for dinner.
Canned Food always in my pantry – Beans for chili and tomato puree for my homemade BBQ sauce. My sauce gets rave reviews from all of our friends, they all want me to bottle it and sell it, we have named it “Awesome Sauce” ๐
I always have some type of tomatoes on hand. I am gong to try the pot roast soon.
I always keep canned veggies on hand. I would like to try the crock pot Italian pot roast. Thanks for the great recipes and chance to win.
I always have a couple of cans of cream of mushroom soup in the cabinet. If I were to win the crock pot I definitely would make the Fiesta Mac and Cheese in it.
I would love to make the Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs, in fact I am making them tonight!
One of my favorite things in a can is Corn! Toss it in some yellow rice or in a stew or soup, even in some cornbread and its the perfect measurement. Thx:)
I always seem to have a can of French cut green beans somewhere in the pantry, I’ve always been a green bean type of gal. The recipe that I’d most likely try from the list would have to be the Fiesta Mac and cheese. I like that it’s a twist on the traditional Mac and cheese (:
I always have in the pantry cream of something soup and chicken broth. I am going to try the Italian Pot Roast.
Cream of mushroom & cream of onion soup!
We try to always ave Ragu brand hearty garlic tomato sauce. You can dd just about anything to it in the crock pot and go for the day and dinner is ready when we get home. As far as a recipe I want to try in my crock pot I would have to say a loaf of bread.. Hard to beat the oven but I think I might break down and try if I got to win this beautiful new crock pot. And IF I can’t win with one entry then I am not meant to win it but someone else is. Thanks for such great drawings.
I usually have canned green beans, corn, tomatoes, varous beans, creamed soups, broth, and Rotel