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5 Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes for Back-To-School Season

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Back-To-School season is such a crazy time at my house. We are all adjusting to school schedules, sports and other extracurricular activity times. Afternoons go by in a blur and it’s suddenly time for dinner, which I haven’t even had the chance to start cooking. Am I the only one who finds herself in this situation?

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I need quick and easy dinner ideas this time of year. Anything that can be ready to serve in about 30 minutes is perfect. That’s where CansGetYouCooking.com recipes can really save the day. I picked out five favorite dinners to help us all out when we are short on time in the kitchen. All five of these simple dinner recipes can be prepped and on the table in about half and hour or less. Give them a try!

TIP: Keep your pantry stocked with a variety of canned items like fruits and vegetables so you always have nutritious, fresh and flavorful foods on hand. 

Quick and Easy Dinner #1:

Pasta e Faglioli Soup

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pasta faglioli soup

Featuring nutritious canned tomatoes, picked and packed at the peak of ripeness, and flavorful canned chicken broth, a hearty bowl of this Pasta e Fagioli Soup will leave you asking for seconds. 

Quick and Easy Dinner #2

Grilled Skirt Steak with Chipotle Cherry BBQ Sauce

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Canned cherries add delicious flavor to this BBQ sauce. And thanks to the canning process, which seals in the cherries’ goodness and flavor, they’re in season in your Cantry all year long.

steak with cherry sauce

Quick and Easy Dinner #3

Pineapple Jerk Chicken & Rice

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pineapple jerk chicken

The secret to success in this Pineapple Jerk Chicken dish is the canned ingredients. Fresh fruits and vegetables are harvested at their peak of ripeness and canned within hours, making the can one of the best ways to lock in nutrients and get food from its source to your family table.

Quick and Easy Dinner #4

Orange Pork Stir-fry

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orange pork stir fry

Even when summer fades away, summer fruits are here to stay, thanks to cans! Picked and packed at the peak of ripeness, fruit like mandarin oranges, featured in this Orange Pork Stir-Fry recipe, can be enjoyed all year long!

Quick and Easy Dinner #5

Shepherd’s Pie

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shepherd's pie recipe

This traditional dish is homemade made easy thanks to the canned ingredients in your pantry, like canned peas, carrots, white potatoes and tomatoes. Canned foods mean less prep and year-round availability, making healthy and hearty meals like this, a reality more often.

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What are your favorite back-to-school recipes at CansGetYouCooking.com? What canned foods do you keep stocked in your Cantry? 

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