We are not big roast beef eaters and to be honest I don’t know that we’ve ever eaten a whole roast after I cooked it.Usually we become very good friends with our cats and dogs. But I was determined this time to make it so good that we’ll eat it.
So of course I wanted to get it into the crock pot as soon as I could so I had to think fast on my feet. I thought it those people on that one cooking show can make full meals in 30 minutes – heck bring on the challenge!
I ran quick to get the crock pot heating up while I started to brown the roast beef. Next thing to do was to put some type of base in the crock pot so I grabbed an onion. I mean onions go with everything right? So I sliced that up and into the crock it went. Then I saw some celery in the refrigerator and some carrots – so they joined the party. The only thing that puzzled me was why in the world wasn’t the crock pot getting hot? Well, I found out that I had it only on warm! Good thing I’m not on any cooking show. But to my defense, I lost the knob a couple of years ago, so you have to use the ‘feel’ method to see where you’ve got it set. OK, now we were cooking and I mean literally! I had some green peppers that I had in the freezer from this summer so I put some of those in the pan and then added my roast. Well it kinda looked bland so I sprinkled a packet of powdered Ranch dressing over it. I crossed my fingers and left it alone for a few hours. After it was done, I took the cooled broth and pureed it for a gravy and reduced it on the stove to make it even thicker, oh yea and I added some butter to it 🙂 And guess what? It’s really pretty good! I think I’ll serve it over mashed potatoes or noodles. Come to think of it , probably homemade noodles – yum.