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.
Easy Side Dishes for Busy Back- to- School Days
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!
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Nancy Hrba says
Love to try the Fiesta pork chops.
Maybe this weekend!
raymond a bauer says
I want to try your Crock Pot Catalina Chicken thighs.
raymond a bauer says
I love beets but they are too much work to cook from fresh and no one else in the family will eat them so i keep some small cans on hand.
Wendy says
Green chilies, corn, tomatoes, an beans are always in my pantry. I’d like to try the Catalina Chicken Thigh recipe – looks interesting!
Kareisha says
All of the new recipes look great.. I really want to try the green beans and the pork chops.: I always have any Campbell cream of soup on hand those can make a dish even better. I recently started using a crock pot for nearly all my meals and your website help me with new ideas. Last week I did your roast and my family loved it.. A new crockpot is always welcome to make my family even happier .. And your receipes are a joy..
Helen says
I always have canned soups, broths and veggies to use in a variety of recipes. Most importantly I ALWAYS have canned chicken to make dips with – either buffalo chicken dip or straight up chicken dip. They are the quickest appetizers that I make that everyone loves!
Mark Billiot says
Always have green beans and I’m definitely gonna be trying the creamy corn
Cheri says
I always have canned whole kernel corn on hand. And I can’t wait to try Fiesta Mac & Cheese!
Thanks.
Terry Smith says
I keep plenty of whole kernel corn in my pantry!
I’ll be trying the taco recipe
Trudy says
I always keep various canned goods on hand but I especially make sure I always have canned tomatoes.
Kathy M. says
I keep Rotel, chicken/beef/vegetable broth and cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soups on hand.
Sandy Hudson says
I always keep green beans on hand. I want to try the old fashioned mac and cheese.
Pat Wilson says
I always have broth on my shelf – chicken and beef. I use it in so many recipes.
Joy says
Boy, that Stuffed Pepper Soup looks good. Let me win so I can make it.
Janet says
I always have all the cream and cheesy soups on hand
Going to make the Italian pot roast
Jeannie Huff says
I think pot roast is on the menu tomorrow with tomatoes and stock from my cupboard.
Edie Chesworth says
I always keep canned mushrooms, baked beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato sauce as well as canned peaches and some kind of canned pie filling. I also keep chicken broth and beef broth in cartons and the freezer has usually got peas, carrots, corn and california vegetables .
Lori says
Always in the pantry corn and “cream of” soups.
Receipes I would most like to try Fiesta Mac and Cheese(cant have enough mac and cheese receipes) and the Spanish Rice (mine is just not like my grandma’s was).
Laura L Klug says
I keep canned veggies & tomatoes on hand. I’m going to try the Crockpot Green beans.
Lynn Fisher says
I love anything with chicken like the one pot chicken dinner.
I always have black bean on hand.
Ginny S. says
Beets come in handy for an extra veggie.
Want to try crock pot ranch pork chops.
Greg Rault says
tomatoes chick peas mushrooms .
Fiesta S/C Pork Chops
Cy says
I always have at least 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes and green chilies.
I would like to try the Green bean recipe.
Pam Luttenberger says
I always keep canned cream of mushroom soup on hand.
The recipe I’d most like to try is your: Crockpot CARAMEL PIE – sounds super easy & delicious!
Phoenix says
Fiesta Mac n Cheese! Sounds divine! The canned goods I always have on hand are canned green beans (Italian), corn and creamed corn (wicked good in cornbread!), a variety of tomatoes and mild green chilies – I put those little babes in everything! Thanks for the opportunity! 🙂