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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 keep a variety of can veggies on hand along with soups and broth. I want to try the Crock Pot Party Beans and the Italian pot roast. Its looks yummy !!
Sweetened condensed milk. A must in a pantry.
The canned items I keep on hand at all times are condensed tomato soup, green beans, white corn, and crushed tomatoes. I’m most interested in trying the Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy! I love getting your email newsletter every day!
I always have canned vegetables, canned chicken, broths, and cream of mushroom and chicken soups in my cabinet.
I am going to have to try the Spanish Rice soon.
Love green beans, and I really want to try the Cataline chicken thighs, looks goooood!!
I always keep canned black beans and pasta sauces available.
I want to try a dessert recipe. I have never used my crock pot for sweets:)
I always have corn (and other veggies)
I always keep canned corn and broth on hand. Some how I can always figure out something to make with them.
A recipe I really want to try to make in the crock pot is an authentic french onion soup. So yummy on cold winter days.
I always have canned chicken on hand
I ALWAYS KEEP TUNA & CREAM SOUPS. AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF RECIPES CAN BE MADE IN A PINCH!
I always keep tuna and some cream soups! An endless variety of uses in a pinch!
diced tomatos, and cream of chicken soup
I always have canned tomatoes, broths and cream of chicken soup on hand.
I keep all sorts of canned veggies, beans and fruits on hand.
I’m cooking the Mississippi chicken tonight but of the listed recipes I’d have to try the Italian roast beef or the sausage one.
Thx ?
My pantry is well stocked always. It would be easier to tell what I don’t have. I never run out of “cream of soup” chicken, mushroom, celery ect. I will be trying the Chicken Dressing Cassrole.
I need a crockpot for a pot roast recipe that I saw last week. I have the canned beef broth and all the spices ready.
Hi Cris! I always keep a variety of canned tomatoes in my pantry! So versatile & healthy.
I’d also like to try the Crock Pot Party Beans. Sounds really good! ๐
I keep canned tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, and I am wanting to try the meatloaf, as well as the chicken and dressing.
I always have corn, tomatoes, mushroom soup . Canโt live without my beat-up slow cooker lol. Definitely going to try the slow cooker stuffed pepper
Now I am going to have to say as far as pantry items the next thing I keep on hand is dry mixes I make myself. SOS Mix in both Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken flavors. The recipes are both ones I found online, however I tweaked it to make both Cream of Mushroom and the Cream of Chicken soup mixes. Once in a while I also make Cream of Celery if I have some dehydrated celery on hand. These come in handy in making my crock pot meals and save time and a lot of money on canned soups with unknown ingredients.
I would love to see more baking type recipes, such as your dinner rolls you have featured today! Awesome!
Bonus: The Catalina Chicken Thighs recipe rocks, however I used boneless skinless chicken breasts and they turned out amazing!
I keep every kind of canned tomatoes. You name it I have it. Seems so many recipes have one type or another of tomatoes. Best time to buy them in bulk from store sales is March.
I try most all the recipes I see here.
Keep up the good work!
Slow cooker porkchops. I always have canned vegtebles handy.
I always keep canned chicken stock, diced tomatoes, a variety of canned cream soups and shredded cheeses.
I always keep Can tomatoes and pasta sauce.
I always keep a variety of can veggies on hand along with soups and broth. I want to try the Crock Pot Party Beans and the Italian pot roast. Its looks yummy !!
Sweetened condensed milk. A must in a pantry.
The canned items I keep on hand at all times are condensed tomato soup, green beans, white corn, and crushed tomatoes. I’m most interested in trying the Crock Pot Cubed Steak with Gravy! I love getting your email newsletter every day!
I always have canned vegetables, canned chicken, broths, and cream of mushroom and chicken soups in my cabinet.
I am going to have to try the Spanish Rice soon.
Love green beans, and I really want to try the Cataline chicken thighs, looks goooood!!
I always keep canned black beans and pasta sauces available.
I want to try a dessert recipe. I have never used my crock pot for sweets:)
I always have corn (and other veggies)
I always keep canned corn and broth on hand. Some how I can always figure out something to make with them.
A recipe I really want to try to make in the crock pot is an authentic french onion soup. So yummy on cold winter days.
I always have canned chicken on hand
I ALWAYS KEEP TUNA & CREAM SOUPS. AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF RECIPES CAN BE MADE IN A PINCH!
I always keep tuna and some cream soups! An endless variety of uses in a pinch!
diced tomatos, and cream of chicken soup
I always have canned tomatoes, broths and cream of chicken soup on hand.
I keep all sorts of canned veggies, beans and fruits on hand.
I’m cooking the Mississippi chicken tonight but of the listed recipes I’d have to try the Italian roast beef or the sausage one.
Thx ?
My pantry is well stocked always. It would be easier to tell what I don’t have. I never run out of “cream of soup” chicken, mushroom, celery ect. I will be trying the Chicken Dressing Cassrole.
I need a crockpot for a pot roast recipe that I saw last week. I have the canned beef broth and all the spices ready.
Hi Cris! I always keep a variety of canned tomatoes in my pantry! So versatile & healthy.
I’d also like to try the Crock Pot Party Beans. Sounds really good! ๐
I keep canned tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, and I am wanting to try the meatloaf, as well as the chicken and dressing.
I always have corn, tomatoes, mushroom soup . Canโt live without my beat-up slow cooker lol. Definitely going to try the slow cooker stuffed pepper
Now I am going to have to say as far as pantry items the next thing I keep on hand is dry mixes I make myself. SOS Mix in both Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken flavors. The recipes are both ones I found online, however I tweaked it to make both Cream of Mushroom and the Cream of Chicken soup mixes. Once in a while I also make Cream of Celery if I have some dehydrated celery on hand. These come in handy in making my crock pot meals and save time and a lot of money on canned soups with unknown ingredients.
I would love to see more baking type recipes, such as your dinner rolls you have featured today! Awesome!
Bonus: The Catalina Chicken Thighs recipe rocks, however I used boneless skinless chicken breasts and they turned out amazing!
I keep every kind of canned tomatoes. You name it I have it. Seems so many recipes have one type or another of tomatoes. Best time to buy them in bulk from store sales is March.
I try most all the recipes I see here.
Keep up the good work!
Slow cooker porkchops. I always have canned vegtebles handy.
I always keep canned chicken stock, diced tomatoes, a variety of canned cream soups and shredded cheeses.