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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 have canned soups and vegetables in my pantry. Would love to win a new crockpot as mine just burned out!
My canned item would be cream of chicken soup.
I would like to explore dessert recipe a bread pudding
I always have canned beans – dark red kidney, chickpeas, black beans to name a few – and tomatoes, spinach, often kraut!
I always have diced tomatoes on hand, with green chiles, onion, garlic, green pepper, & broth. Next recipe I want to try is Spanish Rice.
I keep Vegtable and chicken broth on hand and use them instead of water. It gives recipes more flovor.
I always have can soup and veggies rice on hand can make something up in a hurry. Have made most of your recipes like them all.
I always have some kind of canned beans on hand……whether they’re black beans, pinto beans, refried beans or even green beans, I always try to mix some sort of beans in to my recipes……my favorite crockpot recipe would be salsa chicken…….so quick and easy to throw together in the morning before work and come home to a tasty and healthy dinner…..
My items in cans are vegetables, beans, fruits, fish, chicken, pork, beef, soups, boiled peanuts, gravy, molasses, meatballs, ect. I just realized how much I live out of a can.
I am anxious to try the one pot sausage dinner and crock pot Italian pot roast.
I always have canned potatoes on hand. I throw them in the crock pot with some butter and parsley, it’s delicious! That Mac and cheese recipe looks pretty tasty!
I always keep cans of cream of chicken and mushroom soups, tins of italian diced tomatoes plus tins of beans and spaghetti all good meal bases. dying to try your Fiesta slow cooker pork chops mouth is watering already thinking of it.
I always have canned tomatoes, sauces, beans, corn, green beans, cream of… Soups and broths on hand. I would love to try the Italian pot roast and green beans.
I made your recipe for stuffed pepper soup yesterday. It was delicious. I see why Miss Ade wants it for lunch everyday. I froze a quart and am having the remainder for lunches. So good.
I always have dif. types of beans, tomatoes, cr of mush soup, tuna. I’m going to try the bean recipe.
I’m never without several varieties of can tomatoes. I use them in all sort of recipes. From my growing up days, chilled whole tomatoes were the base for side to replace salad. I definitely want to try the crockpot Spanish rice & crockpot Catalina chicken thighs very soon.
I always have beets on hand. We like Harvard Beets.
I always have green beans, tomatoes, corn. Making Spanish Rice will be my first try.
I always keep low sodium green beans on hand in my cupboard
I always keep crushed pineapple, sliced mushrooms and anda variety of vegetables.
I always keep some kind of canned soup in my pantry.
Cream of mushroom and chicken soups to add to just about anything!
I always have canned tomatoes, canned vegetables, condensed cream soups (mushroom, chicken, and celery), green chilies, and refried beans.
I like to have Salmon and Tuna, as well as broth and beans on hand.
I want to try the Mississippi Chicken.
My favorite can goods I always have on hand are the whole baby potatoes. Just open the can and they are ready to go. They always come out perfect in the crock pot!
I would love to try the Weenies and Beans recipe. Looks like something my picky son will enjoy! Thank you!
I always keep green beans & tomato sauce on hand. The recipe I want try from today’s post is Spanish Rice. I don’t like making the box mix and I haven’t found a stovetop recipe my family actually likes.
The two canned foods that are a must in my pantry are: mushroom soup and cans of mushrooms as well. The recipe that I AM going to try is the one [pt sausage dinner. It sounds easy and our family loves sausage.
I always have canned soups and vegetables in my pantry. Would love to win a new crockpot as mine just burned out!
My canned item would be cream of chicken soup.
I would like to explore dessert recipe a bread pudding
I always have canned beans – dark red kidney, chickpeas, black beans to name a few – and tomatoes, spinach, often kraut!
I always have diced tomatoes on hand, with green chiles, onion, garlic, green pepper, & broth. Next recipe I want to try is Spanish Rice.
I keep Vegtable and chicken broth on hand and use them instead of water. It gives recipes more flovor.
I always have can soup and veggies rice on hand can make something up in a hurry. Have made most of your recipes like them all.
I always have some kind of canned beans on hand……whether they’re black beans, pinto beans, refried beans or even green beans, I always try to mix some sort of beans in to my recipes……my favorite crockpot recipe would be salsa chicken…….so quick and easy to throw together in the morning before work and come home to a tasty and healthy dinner…..
My items in cans are vegetables, beans, fruits, fish, chicken, pork, beef, soups, boiled peanuts, gravy, molasses, meatballs, ect. I just realized how much I live out of a can.
I am anxious to try the one pot sausage dinner and crock pot Italian pot roast.
I always have canned potatoes on hand. I throw them in the crock pot with some butter and parsley, it’s delicious! That Mac and cheese recipe looks pretty tasty!
I always keep cans of cream of chicken and mushroom soups, tins of italian diced tomatoes plus tins of beans and spaghetti all good meal bases. dying to try your Fiesta slow cooker pork chops mouth is watering already thinking of it.
I always have canned tomatoes, sauces, beans, corn, green beans, cream of… Soups and broths on hand. I would love to try the Italian pot roast and green beans.
I made your recipe for stuffed pepper soup yesterday. It was delicious. I see why Miss Ade wants it for lunch everyday. I froze a quart and am having the remainder for lunches. So good.
I always have dif. types of beans, tomatoes, cr of mush soup, tuna. I’m going to try the bean recipe.
I’m never without several varieties of can tomatoes. I use them in all sort of recipes. From my growing up days, chilled whole tomatoes were the base for side to replace salad. I definitely want to try the crockpot Spanish rice & crockpot Catalina chicken thighs very soon.
I always have beets on hand. We like Harvard Beets.
I always have green beans, tomatoes, corn. Making Spanish Rice will be my first try.
I always keep low sodium green beans on hand in my cupboard
I always keep crushed pineapple, sliced mushrooms and anda variety of vegetables.
I always keep some kind of canned soup in my pantry.
Cream of mushroom and chicken soups to add to just about anything!
I always have canned tomatoes, canned vegetables, condensed cream soups (mushroom, chicken, and celery), green chilies, and refried beans.
I like to have Salmon and Tuna, as well as broth and beans on hand.
I want to try the Mississippi Chicken.
My favorite can goods I always have on hand are the whole baby potatoes. Just open the can and they are ready to go. They always come out perfect in the crock pot!
I would love to try the Weenies and Beans recipe. Looks like something my picky son will enjoy! Thank you!
I always keep green beans & tomato sauce on hand. The recipe I want try from today’s post is Spanish Rice. I don’t like making the box mix and I haven’t found a stovetop recipe my family actually likes.
The two canned foods that are a must in my pantry are: mushroom soup and cans of mushrooms as well. The recipe that I AM going to try is the one [pt sausage dinner. It sounds easy and our family loves sausage.