Crock Pot Beef Roast, Carrots & Potatoes!

I felt like I was home in Iowa sitting at the table with my family on a snowy night while eating one of my favorite recipes from my mom, her crockpot roast! Before my parents took off for Mexico yesterday morning, I called my mom up and grabbed her recipe so I could make the roast for the cold night. When it’s freezing outside, warm foods sound the best. I haven’t had her pot roast in years! I was a pescetarian for a while and had to pass up her delicious roast.Grumples and I bundled up and headed to the grocery store to pick up ingredients for the roast. At first, I was intimated to make her roast because it always looked hard when she did it, but it’s actually pretty simple. It takes about 45 minutes to prepare and the rest is up to the crockpot.You Will Need: 

*1 Package Baby Carrots, *1 Bag Red Potatoes, *2 Packets Brown Gravy, *1 Package Lipton Onion Soup Mix, *4 Cans Beef Broth, *1 Good Sized Roast, *Olive Oil!Heat a frying pan on high and add olive oil. You’ll need to sear the roast on all sides before throwing it into the crock pot.While all the roast is searing, add all ingredients to the crockpot on medium except the carrots, potatoes, and one can of beef broth.
Continue to sear all sides of roast.When the sides are seared, add the roast to the crockpot.Pour the leftover can of beef broth to the pan you used to sear the roast. The broth is going to grab all the flavors of the roast.
Add the leftover broth and roast juices to the crockpot with the roast.Add carrots and cover.
Boil all the red potatoes.
When the potatoes are tender, slice them, and add them to a frying pan with olive oil. You can add garlic for more flavor too.
-Fry the potatoes until they are golden brown. I like eating them like this with flavors sometimes with dinner.Set the potatoes aside for six hours while the roast cooks on medium heat.Add the potatoes to the roast six hours later and let it continue to cook for another hour.Slice the roast to check if it’s done. Once it’s done, turn the temperature off. Sometimes, my mom adds egg noodles to the broth to serve with the roast. It’s amazing, but I have no self control when those egg noodles are floating around.
I bought whole grain wheat toast at Harris Teeter for mine and it was delicious dipped into the broth.The carrots are my favorite part of the dish. They are so tender and soak up all the flavors.I love the crockpot recipe because I’ll have leftovers all week! I need to cook at home more often because it saves so much money. I’m proud of myself for conquering my fears and making my mom’s recipe! I think you’d love it!