Pot Roast

The best meal is currently being cooked right now.  My Grandma's pot roast!  It's mouthwatering and super easy to make.  It's a meal you're going to have to save a little for, because the meat is kind of expensive, but you get a good amount for what you pay. I would recommend making this if you have a slow cooker, that's all I've ever used for it, but I'm sure you can put it in a big glass pan in the oven at 375 degrees for about 4-6 hours. So, the shopping list for this is going to consist of . . .

1.  1 chuck roast, I got a smaller one because I'm only cooking for 3 tonight. (Hyvee 7.50)
2.  1 bag of russet potatoes (Hyvee 3.00)
3.  1 bag of baby carrots, I got a big bag, (Hyvee 2.50)
4.  Olive Oil about a 1/2 cup (Walmart 2.00)
5.  Spices, I used, salt, pepper, seasoning salt, garlic salt, and onion salt
6.  1/2 cup of water

This total is 15.00 plus the spices, but I don't know what I paid for each of them separately.  So, your're probably using about 13.00 worth of stuff, so make sure it's for a good occasion ;]

What you're going to do for your pot roast is, get your slow cooker.  Put the meat in the middle of the slow cooker.  Wash and cut the potatoes in 4 pieces, I used half the bag and place around the meat.  Wash the baby carrots, I used 1/2 the bag, and also put them around the meat.  Mix up the potatoes and carrots up with big spoon so that when you put the seasoning in it gets on all of it.  Once everything's in there pour the water and the olive oil all over the meat and veggies.  You can put more olive oil in there with everything depending on how full your crock pot is.

Then your going to put the salt and pepper on.  Don't use too much salt because the carrots will really soak it up and you won't even be able to eat the carrots they will be so salty!  So use in moderation. Then add everything else, not too much, just enough to cover the top layer of all the food.

Then, leave the roast in the crock pot or oven for about 4 to 6 hours.  It honestly doesn't matter how long you leave it in after the roast is done cooking, you just need to make sure you keep adding water and olive oil to keep it moist.

When it's cooked all the way through take out the meat, slice it, toss it back in the crock pot and serve! Everyone's mouths will be drooling when they take the first bite.

-Steph