Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Nanny's Crockpot Roast

Sorry, I was gone all weekend, so I had no recipe to post. My amazing, hard working, deserving, Hubby was given an award at the annual Gulf States Toyota awards. They give you a free hotel room, at the Renaissance Worthington in Fort Worth, for the night and make a delicious fancy dinner followed by free breakfast in the morning. The dinner, though very much appreciated, was okay. I am a big food critic, one point of this blog. Anyways, It was a salad wedge with vinegarette dressing, beef medallion with (bland) chicken with some sauce, asparagus, carrots, followed by a chocolate trio mousse. The dessert was amazing, but I wasn't impressed with dinner like I usually am. Also, It obviously had something I am allergic to in it, because since dinner Saturday, I have had unbearable hives! Oh well, It was a nice break from the kids and quality time with my Hubby, and a good excuse to get all dressed up! Breakfast was good. It was in their restaurant called Vadallion, but it was a buffet, which I am not big on. I don't like the idea of my food sitting out, being passed over by a bunch of people. They gave us these AMAZING smoothies, and I finally got a real coca cola! The night of the awards, they had open bar and all Pepsi products so I was DYING for a coke (If you know me, you know I am a Coca Cola addict.) We went out around the square afterwards and I got one, but apparently they're having water problems down there and it just tasted like soap?! YUCK, so I was thrilled that morning!
 
Last night and tonight's supper is from my roast recipe. The difference is on how you serve it! Last night, I served it with the crockpot veggies over a bed of rice with gravy and tonight's will be over fries (Bo fries) and on french bread. (Po-Boy)

My love of Roast come from my Nanny (Who is like a mother to me.).
She made it for me every time I would go visit her. 
I Love you Nanny!

You will need:
1 Roast
Potatoes
Carrots
green onions 
1 beef bouillon cube
Water
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
2-3 brown gravy packets or jars (Or you could just add flour and whip it yourself.)
Seasonings (Crushed red pepper, McCormick's steak seasoning, Sea Salt, black pepper.)
1 tsp worcestershire sauce

Get to Cookin':
The night before the day I plan on eating it, is when I place it into my crockpot. I put it on HIGH by itself after supper until it's bedtime, which I then add about 4 cups of water, the bouillon cube,  and then switch it to LOW. In the morning after breakfast. I cut off the fat, flip it over, add my seasonings, and switch it back on to HIGH! 

Around noon, (You can add it all in the morning if you need to leave for work.) I add in my green onion, carrots, and potatoes, cover and let it keep cooking. Around 3-4:00 I then add in my cream of mushroom and gravy mix. By now, you should be able to take a fork and just pull the meat apart. If you need more water to cover the veggies, then add some, you can fix it latter by adding more gravy powder!

Then, at dinner time, serve as you please. These are my ways.

1.) Serve the roast and gravy with veggies over a bed of rice, with a side of corn or green beans and the option of mashed potatoes.

2). Serve on french bread or pistolet bread with mustard

3.) Serve over french fries and top it with fresh italian cheeses (with the gravy).

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