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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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We are going to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese this weekend and in our pantry we always have green beans and corn and mushrooms and tomatoes and pretty much everything
WOW….I am impressed. Thanks for the chance to win I enjoy your videos!
I always have black beans on hand, great for a quick chili recipe! I want to try a recipe with pumpkin.
I keep a lot of creamed soups and tomatoes on hand for a quick meal. So easy to fix a quick meal if needed.
I always keep creamed corn on hand so we can use it for gravy on our potatoes if we don’t have gravy. I want to try the Spanish Rice.
Vegetables, tomatoes, beans, broth, on and on
I would like to try your Spanish rice recipe and about a billion others that I have printed out for someday. ๐
Canned tomatoes and canned vegetables in my cupboard. I like the spanish rice and sausage dinner.
We have mostly tomato sauce and diced tomatoes, Rotel etc… The kids love El Pato so we always have lots of that. I guess we don’t use much canned products of anything else.
I always keep on hand green beans and corn. Can’t wait to try the Crock Pot Green Beans and Crock Pot Party Beans .
I LIKE TO HAVE COCONUT MILK ALSO CHILIES THEY MAKE FOR FAST MEALS
I LIKE TO ALWAYS HAVE SEVERAL KINDS OF BEANS. bLACK BEANS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES
Can’t wait to try the Root Beer Pulled Pork.
I want to try the crock pot green beans and the crock pot party beans !!
I always keep on hand green beans and corn.
Can items I always have on hand are tuna, spam, veggies, refried beans, tomato, mushroom and cream of chicken soups, LOVE can peaches!
Enjoy all your recipes but maybe some Potato recipes, they are my addiction!!
My pantry is stocked with all kinds o f veggies, and I would try all the recipes as they look good !!! But since I have to choose one: Fiesta mac and cheese !!
Thanks for the chance to win
Always have cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups along with variety of tomato/sauce. I love to do soups in the crockpot.
I always keep canned cream soups because they make it easy to just toss in some meat and/or veggies and you can have a great casserole. I am definitely going to try the Fiesta Mac and cheese.
I keep all kinds of vegetables, soups, and sauces in my pantry. I am going to try all of the side dishes and most especially the pot party beans. They look absolutely delicious.
I always have canned broth and tomato sauce or puree (kids don’t like tomato chunks!) And for some reason, I always seem to have canned pineapple. Really looking forward to trying the Blueberry French Toast and the Homestyle Cube steaks and Gravy.
Thanks!
Thank you sharing this giveaway with us. All kinds of beans and tomatoes are canned staples at our house. I can’t wait to try the pot roast recipe. I’ve enjoyed trying all your crock pot recipes.
Vegetables (corn and beans), soups, and diced tomatoes. I can use any and all of these to add in for a great meal.
Dinner rolls in a crockpot? That’s a first. I guess all I’ve have to do is pull out some jelly from the pantry.
Can potatoes a good thing to have on hand
Want to try Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna.
I cannot find anywhere that I can enter to see if I can win a free crockpot. I try at the places where it says enter here, and all it does is goes back to the picture and recipes. I give up!!!!!
We are going to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese this weekend and in our pantry we always have green beans and corn and mushrooms and tomatoes and pretty much everything
WOW….I am impressed. Thanks for the chance to win I enjoy your videos!
I always have black beans on hand, great for a quick chili recipe! I want to try a recipe with pumpkin.
I keep a lot of creamed soups and tomatoes on hand for a quick meal. So easy to fix a quick meal if needed.
I always keep creamed corn on hand so we can use it for gravy on our potatoes if we don’t have gravy. I want to try the Spanish Rice.
Vegetables, tomatoes, beans, broth, on and on
I would like to try your Spanish rice recipe and about a billion others that I have printed out for someday. ๐
Canned tomatoes and canned vegetables in my cupboard. I like the spanish rice and sausage dinner.
We have mostly tomato sauce and diced tomatoes, Rotel etc… The kids love El Pato so we always have lots of that. I guess we don’t use much canned products of anything else.
I always keep on hand green beans and corn. Can’t wait to try the Crock Pot Green Beans and Crock Pot Party Beans .
I LIKE TO HAVE COCONUT MILK ALSO CHILIES THEY MAKE FOR FAST MEALS
I LIKE TO ALWAYS HAVE SEVERAL KINDS OF BEANS. bLACK BEANS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES
Can’t wait to try the Root Beer Pulled Pork.
I want to try the crock pot green beans and the crock pot party beans !!
I always keep on hand green beans and corn.
Can items I always have on hand are tuna, spam, veggies, refried beans, tomato, mushroom and cream of chicken soups, LOVE can peaches!
Enjoy all your recipes but maybe some Potato recipes, they are my addiction!!
My pantry is stocked with all kinds o f veggies, and I would try all the recipes as they look good !!! But since I have to choose one: Fiesta mac and cheese !!
Thanks for the chance to win
Always have cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups along with variety of tomato/sauce. I love to do soups in the crockpot.
I always keep canned cream soups because they make it easy to just toss in some meat and/or veggies and you can have a great casserole. I am definitely going to try the Fiesta Mac and cheese.
I keep all kinds of vegetables, soups, and sauces in my pantry. I am going to try all of the side dishes and most especially the pot party beans. They look absolutely delicious.
I always have canned broth and tomato sauce or puree (kids don’t like tomato chunks!) And for some reason, I always seem to have canned pineapple. Really looking forward to trying the Blueberry French Toast and the Homestyle Cube steaks and Gravy.
Thanks!
Thank you sharing this giveaway with us. All kinds of beans and tomatoes are canned staples at our house. I can’t wait to try the pot roast recipe. I’ve enjoyed trying all your crock pot recipes.
Vegetables (corn and beans), soups, and diced tomatoes. I can use any and all of these to add in for a great meal.
Dinner rolls in a crockpot? That’s a first. I guess all I’ve have to do is pull out some jelly from the pantry.
Can potatoes a good thing to have on hand
Want to try Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna.
I cannot find anywhere that I can enter to see if I can win a free crockpot. I try at the places where it says enter here, and all it does is goes back to the picture and recipes. I give up!!!!!