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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 have evaporated milk on hand. I can’t wait to try the cube steak with gravy.
Diced tomatoes are a must have staple. Want to try the Italian Roast.
tomatoes of all kinds
I always keep cream of mushroom soup and spaghetti sauce on hand. I love to put a chuck roast in my crock pot with potatoes, carrots and pour spaghetti sauce over it for a change to having traditional pot roast.
Italian diced tomatoes are my can’t live without. I am trying the party beans today, can’t wait.
I think I will try out the Spanish rice recipe the next ti me I cook a Mexican dinner.
i have a very larg pantry and I keep it well stocked when it is on sale I stock up.
I love to just go to my pantry and fond everything I need.
I ALWAYS have diced tomatoes in my pantry. They make great sauces for any main dish, and can really punch up the flavor of a vegetable medley side dish.
I always have canned green beans on hand. I’m excited because I also have the potatoes and soup on hand right now, so I’m making the Sausage Dinner tonight.
I always have canned veggies, especially corn. I am definitely going to try the Fiesta pork chops since the hubby loves pork chops and I am always trying to come up with new ways to prepare them.
There is always green beans in my pantry…lol
I always have a ton of canned beans and tomatoes! Can’t wait to try Spanish Rice and I have made Party Beans! Very Good!!!
Campbell’s canned soups are always in my pantry !!
The Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs were a bi hit with my family! We loved them and will definitely be making them again!!
I always keep Diced Tomatoes, Rotel, Ranch Style Beans, and other canned vegetables, along with beef and chicken broth and evaporated milk in my pantry. I am looking forward to trying the Crock Pot Mac n Cheese, and the green beens. My family loves the Chciken and Stuffing and ask for it almost every week. Have tried so many of your receipes, so easy and so delicious.
HI I Have been using the crock pot for a few months and just love it ! I have made your Mississippi Pot Roast and chicken dishes and hope to do Italian Pot Roast this week. I am excited when they come out and everyone digs in ๐ Anyway, I keep diced tomatoes ( unsalted), tomato paste, spaghetti sauce, string beans, olives, chickpeas, broth (chicken and beef), cream of celery and cream of chicken soup.
Because I love beans of all kinds I always have several kinds available in my pantry. I want to try the party “crazy” bean recipe
I keep diced tomatoes in my pantry…Whether it’s crockpot cooking or stovetop cooking I just love most recipes that include tomatoes. I guess you can tell they are my favorite. I always double the amount the recipe call for ! ๐
I always have green beans in my cupboard. I want to try the Italian Chicken and the One pot Sausage dinner.
Have a heavy stocked pantry, and would love to try One Pot Sausage Dinner
I have a heavy stocked pantry of canned goods, mushrooms, soups, tomatoes and sauces, vegetables, evaporated milk…
I would love to try One Pot Sausage Dinner, but don’t have a good working slow cooker
I am going to try the Fiesta Pork Chops. I always have a variety of canned tomatoes, tomato sauces and pastes in my pantry.
I always have green beans and corn on hand. I think I would love to try the Spanish rice.
I always have canned diced tomatoes and various beans. Taco soup is our favorite crock pot recipe.
I always have canned vegetables or cream soups like cream of mushroom or cream of chicken.
Interested in a good Italian chicken or even a good Salisbury steak meal. Don’t like recipes that you have to cook the meats first then put in crock pot. I just don’t have the time in mornings.
I always keep green beans and tomatoes on hand. I will be trying the pot roast recipe. It looks yummy
I have evaporated milk on hand. I can’t wait to try the cube steak with gravy.
Diced tomatoes are a must have staple. Want to try the Italian Roast.
tomatoes of all kinds
I always keep cream of mushroom soup and spaghetti sauce on hand. I love to put a chuck roast in my crock pot with potatoes, carrots and pour spaghetti sauce over it for a change to having traditional pot roast.
Italian diced tomatoes are my can’t live without. I am trying the party beans today, can’t wait.
I think I will try out the Spanish rice recipe the next ti me I cook a Mexican dinner.
i have a very larg pantry and I keep it well stocked when it is on sale I stock up.
I love to just go to my pantry and fond everything I need.
I ALWAYS have diced tomatoes in my pantry. They make great sauces for any main dish, and can really punch up the flavor of a vegetable medley side dish.
I always have canned green beans on hand. I’m excited because I also have the potatoes and soup on hand right now, so I’m making the Sausage Dinner tonight.
I always have canned veggies, especially corn. I am definitely going to try the Fiesta pork chops since the hubby loves pork chops and I am always trying to come up with new ways to prepare them.
There is always green beans in my pantry…lol
I always have a ton of canned beans and tomatoes! Can’t wait to try Spanish Rice and I have made Party Beans! Very Good!!!
Campbell’s canned soups are always in my pantry !!
The Crock Pot Catalina Chicken Thighs were a bi hit with my family! We loved them and will definitely be making them again!!
I always keep Diced Tomatoes, Rotel, Ranch Style Beans, and other canned vegetables, along with beef and chicken broth and evaporated milk in my pantry. I am looking forward to trying the Crock Pot Mac n Cheese, and the green beens. My family loves the Chciken and Stuffing and ask for it almost every week. Have tried so many of your receipes, so easy and so delicious.
HI I Have been using the crock pot for a few months and just love it ! I have made your Mississippi Pot Roast and chicken dishes and hope to do Italian Pot Roast this week. I am excited when they come out and everyone digs in ๐ Anyway, I keep diced tomatoes ( unsalted), tomato paste, spaghetti sauce, string beans, olives, chickpeas, broth (chicken and beef), cream of celery and cream of chicken soup.
Because I love beans of all kinds I always have several kinds available in my pantry. I want to try the party “crazy” bean recipe
I keep diced tomatoes in my pantry…Whether it’s crockpot cooking or stovetop cooking I just love most recipes that include tomatoes. I guess you can tell they are my favorite. I always double the amount the recipe call for ! ๐
I always have green beans in my cupboard. I want to try the Italian Chicken and the One pot Sausage dinner.
Have a heavy stocked pantry, and would love to try One Pot Sausage Dinner
I have a heavy stocked pantry of canned goods, mushrooms, soups, tomatoes and sauces, vegetables, evaporated milk…
I would love to try One Pot Sausage Dinner, but don’t have a good working slow cooker
I am going to try the Fiesta Pork Chops. I always have a variety of canned tomatoes, tomato sauces and pastes in my pantry.
I always have green beans and corn on hand. I think I would love to try the Spanish rice.
I always have canned diced tomatoes and various beans. Taco soup is our favorite crock pot recipe.
I always have canned vegetables or cream soups like cream of mushroom or cream of chicken.
Interested in a good Italian chicken or even a good Salisbury steak meal. Don’t like recipes that you have to cook the meats first then put in crock pot. I just don’t have the time in mornings.
I always keep green beans and tomatoes on hand. I will be trying the pot roast recipe. It looks yummy