Gluten free, Dairy free , low carb optional
Rough Ingredients:
One beef roast (that fits in your slow cooker)
Celery (enough to cover the bottom of your slow cooker)
One onion
Water
5 ish carrots full size or 1 cup baby carrots
1.5 lbs potatoes of your choice (or whatever fits
1-2 tsp garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
Line the bottom of your slow cooker with celery stalks like a raft
Put the roast on top of celery w the fat cap side up. It is important to get a roast with fat marbled throughout.
Put some water in the bottom. Do not put enough that it is touching the roast. You don’t want to boil the meat. You just want to keep the veg that is touching the sides from burning.
Add seasonings. Do not replace dried garlic w fresh. It will burn and make things gross. If you need a low sodium diet leave off the salt.
Cut carrots and place them around the roast if using baby carrots. If you are using big carrots move this step up and add the carrots as part of the raft. Do not put to many carrots in or you may end up with a very carrot flavored roast.
Cut potatoes to a reasonable and consistent size. If you get russet potatoes you will want to peel them too. Add around the roast.
Cut up one onion and place on top. I’d avoid red onions for this usage.
I have a slow cooker w a probe and cook it on slow until it reaches 165F on low. I know some people like their roast rarer and if that’s you just lower the temp. Cook roast for roughly 6-8 hrs on low or 4-8 on high although a roast cooked on high will probably be tougher and better suited to be turned into stew later. (Psst if you find your roast is tougher than you’d like don’t toss it but turn it into tomorrow’s stew. ;))
Inspired by:
Probably Betty crocker. My mom cooks a lot w Betty Crocker but I wanted to do mine without soup mix so it’s been modified.
*non of the veggies are vegetarian cause they were cooked w the meat.
** skip potatoes if you want it to be low carb
Rough Nutritional Information:
Roast beef – 4oz- 223 calories, 11g fat, 315 mg sodium, 1.2g carbs, 39.1g protein
Steamed potato – 100g- 132 calories, 23g carbs, 2.3g protein, 2.6g fat
Steamed carrots – 1oz- 10 calories, 2.2g carbs, .2g fat, .2g protein