Just Add a Can: 18 Recipes Made Better With Canned Ingredients
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Every cook knows that fresh is always better, but canned ingredients are one of a few food-editor-approved shortcuts in the kitchen. Need to bulk up your pasta? Add chickpeas. Want easy homemade tomato sauce? Start with a can of whole tomatoes. These 18 recipes are all made better by the addition of canned ingredients, and they're just as easy as they are tasty.
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Easy Tomato Sauce
Get the recipe: easy tomato sauce
Cans needed: tomatoes
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Slow-Cooker Ham and White Bean Soup
Get the recipe: slow-cooker ham and white bean soup
Cans needed: white beans
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Microwave Queso Dip With Green Chiles
Get the recipe: microwave queso dip
Cans needed: green chiles or Rotel
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Easy Slow-Cooker Chili
Get the recipe: easy slow-cooker chili
Cans needed: tomato puree, pumpkin puree
Easy Puttanesca Pasta
Get the recipe: easy puttanesca pasta
Cans needed: anchovies, tomatoes, capers, olives
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Olive Tapenade
Get the recipe: olive tapenade
Cans needed: olives, anchovies, capers
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Linguine With Kale and Chickpeas
Get the recipe: linguine with kale and chickpeas
Cans needed: chickpeas
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Tuscan White Bean and Vegetable Soup
Get the recipe: Tuscan white bean and vegetable soup
Cans needed: cannelini beans, Great Northern beans
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Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad
Get the recipe: sun-dried tomato pasta salad
Cans needed: sun-dried tomatoes, capers, olives
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Vegan Chipotle Black Bean Tortilla Soup
Get the recipe: vegan chipotle black bean tortilla soup
Cans needed: black beans, corn
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Italian Sausage, White Bean, and Kale Soup
Get the recipe: Italian sausage, white bean, and kale soup
Cans needed: cannellini beans
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Marinated Chickpea Salad
Get the recipe: marinated chickpea salad
Cans needed: chickpeas
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Spicy Marinated Olives
Get the recipe: spicy marinated olives
Cans needed: olives
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Tuscan Farro and Bean Soup
Get the recipe: Tuscan farro and bean soup
Cans needed: tomatoes, borlotti beans
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Spinach and White Bean Soup
Get the recipe: spinach and white bean soup
Cans needed: cannellini beans
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Chickpea Soup With Kale and Bacon
Get the recipe: Tuscan chickpea soup with kale and bacon
Cans needed: chickpeas
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Chrissy Teigen's Green Bean Casserole
Get the recipe: Chrissy Teigen's green bean casserole