If you don't already have a crock pot, I recommend this one because it's programmable. I love crock pot cooking because you can set it and forget it! My style! ;)
So for this beef roast I used a 3 lb roast. Feel free to adjust the other ingredients if you have a larger or smaller roast. 3lbs was for my family of 5 and left enough for some leftover lunches for my hubby!
Easy Beef Roast
Ingredients:
3lb beef roast
2 cups of organic mini potatoes, halved. (You can also use 2-3 regular potatoes and cut into quarters).
1 cup baby carrots or 3 large carrots chopped
1 onion
2 Teaspoons minced garlic
Adobo
Garlic Powder
Italian seasoning
Basil
1 beef boullion cube or 1 heaping TB of Better than Boullion
1 Cup of Water
Directions:
Slice Onion into circles and place on the botton of the crock pot.
Place the roast on top of the onions.
Cut a few 1/2 inch slices on the top of the roast and spread the minced garlic on top and inside the cuts.
Shake some Adobo, Garlic Powder, Italian Seasoning & Basil on top of the roast and rub in. I just do a few shakes of each to be honest, probably equaling about 1 TB of each if you are a "measure everything" cook. :)
The beef boullion goes in the botton with ONLY 1 cup of water. The beef creates its own liquid as well.
Put on low for 8 hours. After 4 hours add the potatoes and carrots.
Note: If you are setting it in the morning and forgetting it ;) you can add the potatoes and carrots at that time. I prefer to add later when possible so they don't overcook and get soggy.
That's it! So simple and delish!! The roast had great flavor and it's a well rounded meal even the kids loved! (Although they don't like potatoes, so I had some white rice on the side for them...hence the few grains of rice in the picture! Haha).
If you try it, let me know how you like it!! :) Happy Thursday, aka, almost Friday!
~Erin Leigh
On a side note, I recently received this Instapot and it is a MAJOR time saver!!! I'm just figuring out how to use it and I made some chicken burritos in...wait for it...15 minutes from beginning to eating. The chicken cooked in 8 minutes and it was SOOOO tasty! If you don't have one, get one! (Feel free to use the link to the Amazon one - because Amazon Prime is life). :) I'm going to (try my best to) do a series of healthy Instapot recipes as I experiment with it!! So stay tuned for that! In the meantime, this roast will be a great addition to your meal plans!! If you try it, let me know how you like it!! :)
