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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 always have canned beans and every type of tomatoes on hand. I am looking forward to making the Italian pot roast, it will be a nice change from my usual
Irish pot roast.
I always keep a lot of different canned goods. Beans ,tomatoes,broth, cream of mushroom, chicken and celery soups. I want to try the chicken and stuffing and the sausage dish. Love this crock pot sight.
Yalways keep soups, and beans
I always keep ‘cream of’ soups, tomatoes and several types of beans on hand but the recipe I want to try from today is the crockpot stuffing – [although I’ll add onions and garlic] – thanks for all the recipes!!
Crock pot Italian Chicken
corn
My cupboard ALWAYS has rotel tomatoes and green chilis, mushroom soup and some type of baked beans…with those you can never go wrong with a quick meal or crock pot meal!!! I would love to see more dishes that do not have pasta, rice or potatoes in them. My husband has had bariatric surgery and I am next…no grains or starches in meals. Hard to find good recipes for the crock pot without those ingredients!!
Diced tomatoes, tuna, and Cr. Of Mushroom soup are always in our pantry. We’d love to see more low carb recipes ๐
I would like to try the Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops.
I always have cream of chicken soup and diced tomatoes on hand.
I ALWAYS KEEP LOTS OF CANNED VEGGIES AND SOUPS IN MY PANTRY! THESE CANNED FOODS THAT CAN BE USED TO PREPARE A LOT OFDIDDERENT DISHES!!… I AM ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ABOUT ANY OR ALL RECIPES I CAN FIND… LOVE EASY,, AND YOUR ARE JUST THAT!!… THANK YOU… MARYJO…
The canned food I keep on hand the most is Trappey’s Red Beans of Louisiana ! I am a south Louisiana Cajun . We eat a lot of red beans and rice ! I have a lot of canned food on hand at this time of the year …Hurricane season !!!!! The recipe I would like to try the most is the green beans ! My grandson loves beans and rice ! I also want to try the caramel pie ! That sound easy enough !!!! Thank you so much for your site and the recipes ! Cooking in a slow cooker is cooler than cooking on top of a stove . Here in the deep south where summer is brutal it is good not to overheat the kitchen !!!!!
I stock in every kind of be I can find and always have cans of chicken. As for which recipe I’ll try, i think I’ll try the fiesta spanish rice
I meant BEAN (sorry)
Peas and corn
As the mother of a special needs 19 year old I have learned to keep at least one of about everything in my pantry and cabinets as well. I can toss together a meal without making a trip to the store also handy in the case of power outages during storms and hurricanes here in Texas.
I would love to win this slow cooker crockpot ! I would try the crockpot italian roast and the crockpot green beans recipes! I always have diced and stewed tomatoes, cut and french style green beans, white beans, pinto and black beans, canned potatoes, creamed and whole kernel corn, mushroom and cream of chicken soup, green peas and carrots in my pantry and oh yes spaghetti makings, macaroni and cheese, and other type pastas and rice! Thank You for your wonderful recipes that save time and money! Also thank you for the opportunity to win such a nice crock pot slow cooker!
The Mac and Cheese looks good. I keep Cream soups on hand and vegetables. Love to try the cream recipes I have seen.
Pick me pick me – I cracked my other crock pot last week. I always keep canned soup and several veggies.
I always have canned green chiles on hand, I love to add them to a lot of recipes. I would most like to try the Crockpot Party Beans, it sounds like it would be nice me comforting for a winter night meal(s)
I want to try the one pot sausage dinner.
I usually always have corn, and everything low sodium whenever possible.
I always have vegetables on hand. Canned ones last longer and are always handy.
Canned diced tomatoes and tomato sauce, cream of chicken soup, black/navy/pinto beans, tuna fish, and chicken broth. I’m interested in trying the fiesta pork chops.
I always have canned beans and every type of tomatoes on hand. I am looking forward to making the Italian pot roast, it will be a nice change from my usual
Irish pot roast.
I always keep a lot of different canned goods. Beans ,tomatoes,broth, cream of mushroom, chicken and celery soups. I want to try the chicken and stuffing and the sausage dish. Love this crock pot sight.
Yalways keep soups, and beans
I always keep ‘cream of’ soups, tomatoes and several types of beans on hand but the recipe I want to try from today is the crockpot stuffing – [although I’ll add onions and garlic] – thanks for all the recipes!!
Crock pot Italian Chicken
corn
My cupboard ALWAYS has rotel tomatoes and green chilis, mushroom soup and some type of baked beans…with those you can never go wrong with a quick meal or crock pot meal!!! I would love to see more dishes that do not have pasta, rice or potatoes in them. My husband has had bariatric surgery and I am next…no grains or starches in meals. Hard to find good recipes for the crock pot without those ingredients!!
Diced tomatoes, tuna, and Cr. Of Mushroom soup are always in our pantry. We’d love to see more low carb recipes ๐
I would like to try the Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops.
I always have cream of chicken soup and diced tomatoes on hand.
I ALWAYS KEEP LOTS OF CANNED VEGGIES AND SOUPS IN MY PANTRY! THESE CANNED FOODS THAT CAN BE USED TO PREPARE A LOT OFDIDDERENT DISHES!!… I AM ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ABOUT ANY OR ALL RECIPES I CAN FIND… LOVE EASY,, AND YOUR ARE JUST THAT!!… THANK YOU… MARYJO…
The canned food I keep on hand the most is Trappey’s Red Beans of Louisiana ! I am a south Louisiana Cajun . We eat a lot of red beans and rice ! I have a lot of canned food on hand at this time of the year …Hurricane season !!!!! The recipe I would like to try the most is the green beans ! My grandson loves beans and rice ! I also want to try the caramel pie ! That sound easy enough !!!! Thank you so much for your site and the recipes ! Cooking in a slow cooker is cooler than cooking on top of a stove . Here in the deep south where summer is brutal it is good not to overheat the kitchen !!!!!
I stock in every kind of be I can find and always have cans of chicken. As for which recipe I’ll try, i think I’ll try the fiesta spanish rice
I meant BEAN (sorry)
Peas and corn
As the mother of a special needs 19 year old I have learned to keep at least one of about everything in my pantry and cabinets as well. I can toss together a meal without making a trip to the store also handy in the case of power outages during storms and hurricanes here in Texas.
mushrooms,chickpeas,tomatoes
fiesta S/C Pork Chops
Beans! Want to try Italian Pot Roast. Thanks!
I would love to win this slow cooker crockpot ! I would try the crockpot italian roast and the crockpot green beans recipes! I always have diced and stewed tomatoes, cut and french style green beans, white beans, pinto and black beans, canned potatoes, creamed and whole kernel corn, mushroom and cream of chicken soup, green peas and carrots in my pantry and oh yes spaghetti makings, macaroni and cheese, and other type pastas and rice! Thank You for your wonderful recipes that save time and money! Also thank you for the opportunity to win such a nice crock pot slow cooker!
The Mac and Cheese looks good. I keep Cream soups on hand and vegetables. Love to try the cream recipes I have seen.
Pick me pick me – I cracked my other crock pot last week. I always keep canned soup and several veggies.
I always have canned green chiles on hand, I love to add them to a lot of recipes. I would most like to try the Crockpot Party Beans, it sounds like it would be nice me comforting for a winter night meal(s)
I want to try the one pot sausage dinner.
I usually always have corn, and everything low sodium whenever possible.
I always have vegetables on hand. Canned ones last longer and are always handy.
Canned diced tomatoes and tomato sauce, cream of chicken soup, black/navy/pinto beans, tuna fish, and chicken broth. I’m interested in trying the fiesta pork chops.