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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 your Slow Cooker Cantonese Pork recipe.
We always have corned beef hash on hand for a quick lunch or snack.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOUPS
I keep all kinds of canned beans and tomatoes on the shelf. They are great in a lot of our favorite crock pot dishes! I can’t wait to try Slow Cooker Cantonese Pork.
I also have canned meat, broths and canned fruit.
I have cream soups, and beans, and diced tomatoes.
I always keep diced tomatoes, chicken broth, cheddar cheese soup, cream of mushroom or chicken soups in my pantry for quick crockpot recipes. Those seem to be a staple in many recipes!
I’m excited to try the fiesta mac & cheese, sounds great!!!
We always have lots of beans on hand! I’d like to try the Italian Pot Roast, the Spanish Rice and The Party Beans!!
A variety of beans and hot title tomatoes as well as tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and soups. Others too but too many to name! Lol.
Canned tomatoes whole, diced, paste. I want to try the Italian Pot Roast. A great comfort food meal.
I always have canned corn on hand as that is all my hubby eats for vegetables. And the recipe that I would love to try would be the One Pot Sausage Dinner.
Gonna try the crockpot green beans. My neighbor gave me a bunch from his garden!
I keep canned soups, veggies, tomatoes and fruits on hand.
Love all of your recipes.
I have your Italian Pork Chops in my slow cooker now. Sure glad I had canned tomatoes on hand! Can hardly wait till dinner time. Thanks for always having such great recipes.
I always have canned broth, fruit and tomato soup ๐
I always keep cream of chicken soup and mushroom soup on hand. I want to try the green beans and the catalina chicken recipes. I like using my crock pot. thanks
The “Best Crock Pot Beef Stew” recipe calling for canned tomato juice looks delicious. I will be trying that soon – woke up to a chilly New England morning and it’s getting to be beef stew weather. I have also used Mrs. T’s Bloody Mary Mix in my beef stew recipes and that is wicked good! Try it!
I am a prepper with many children and grand children, so my storage room is full of about everything. When Wally World runs low on items, they call me.
Since I raise my own piggies in the back yard, I eat mostly Crock Pots with pork in them.
I’d also like to try the Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast
I always keep cans of green beans, whole kernel corn, cream corn, and tuna stocked in my pantry. Green beans fried in Bacon grease are my favorite side. Tuna makes for a great quick snack when needed.
I can’t wait to try the One Pot Sausage Dinner. I live alone and work long hours. I love to fix big crock pot meals to have a supply to take for lunch every day.
I love trying new slow cooker recipes.
I always keep chicken and beef broths handy. Being without those would be like being without the cheese for Mac & Cheese. I am excited to try your Italian Pot Roast recipe next.
I am going to try the Spanish Rice this week. I always keep canned tomatoes in my pantry.
I’d like to try the One pot Sausage dinner…sounds easy and yummy.
I always have canned corn and creamed corn on hand. The family likes when I mix the two together to give our creamed corn a little more oooomph!
mixed veggies always on hand but pot roast looks goo
I want to try your Slow Cooker Cantonese Pork recipe.
We always have corned beef hash on hand for a quick lunch or snack.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOUPS
I keep all kinds of canned beans and tomatoes on the shelf. They are great in a lot of our favorite crock pot dishes! I can’t wait to try Slow Cooker Cantonese Pork.
I also have canned meat, broths and canned fruit.
I have cream soups, and beans, and diced tomatoes.
I always keep diced tomatoes, chicken broth, cheddar cheese soup, cream of mushroom or chicken soups in my pantry for quick crockpot recipes. Those seem to be a staple in many recipes!
I’m excited to try the fiesta mac & cheese, sounds great!!!
We always have lots of beans on hand! I’d like to try the Italian Pot Roast, the Spanish Rice and The Party Beans!!
A variety of beans and hot title tomatoes as well as tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and soups. Others too but too many to name! Lol.
Canned tomatoes whole, diced, paste. I want to try the Italian Pot Roast. A great comfort food meal.
I always have canned corn on hand as that is all my hubby eats for vegetables. And the recipe that I would love to try would be the One Pot Sausage Dinner.
Gonna try the crockpot green beans. My neighbor gave me a bunch from his garden!
I keep canned soups, veggies, tomatoes and fruits on hand.
Love all of your recipes.
I have your Italian Pork Chops in my slow cooker now. Sure glad I had canned tomatoes on hand! Can hardly wait till dinner time. Thanks for always having such great recipes.
I always have canned broth, fruit and tomato soup ๐
I always keep cream of chicken soup and mushroom soup on hand. I want to try the green beans and the catalina chicken recipes. I like using my crock pot. thanks
The “Best Crock Pot Beef Stew” recipe calling for canned tomato juice looks delicious. I will be trying that soon – woke up to a chilly New England morning and it’s getting to be beef stew weather. I have also used Mrs. T’s Bloody Mary Mix in my beef stew recipes and that is wicked good! Try it!
I am a prepper with many children and grand children, so my storage room is full of about everything. When Wally World runs low on items, they call me.
Since I raise my own piggies in the back yard, I eat mostly Crock Pots with pork in them.
I’d also like to try the Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast
I always keep cans of green beans, whole kernel corn, cream corn, and tuna stocked in my pantry. Green beans fried in Bacon grease are my favorite side. Tuna makes for a great quick snack when needed.
I can’t wait to try the One Pot Sausage Dinner. I live alone and work long hours. I love to fix big crock pot meals to have a supply to take for lunch every day.
I love trying new slow cooker recipes.
I always keep chicken and beef broths handy. Being without those would be like being without the cheese for Mac & Cheese. I am excited to try your Italian Pot Roast recipe next.
I am going to try the Spanish Rice this week. I always keep canned tomatoes in my pantry.
I’d like to try the One pot Sausage dinner…sounds easy and yummy.
I always have canned corn and creamed corn on hand. The family likes when I mix the two together to give our creamed corn a little more oooomph!
mixed veggies always on hand but pot roast looks goo