A roast may seem like an impossible mid week meal, but if you pull out your crock pot you will find it is not only possible, but easy. It doesn't matter if you have a pork, beef or even venison roast in your freezer it can easily become Wednesday nights dinner in no time at all.
You can make a well balanced meal out of roast with veggies you probably already have sitting in the kitchen. Potatoes, carrots, onions and green beans go great with roast. Make sure you cut your potatoes in equal size pieces, so they will cook evenly. You can add some potatoes to the bottom of the crock pot, since they take the longest to cook. You can even make up a packet of gravy and add it to the potatoes at the bottom. Add your carrots around the edges of your roast. Top your roast with the onions to keep them from turning to mush. If you want to add a splash of color add your green beans about 30 minutes before your cooking time is up. This will keep them from getting mushy.
You can season your roast with a variety of things. You can use a packet of onion soup mix. You can use cream of mushroom soup. You can also go ethnic choosing spices that correspond to maybe Italian or even Spanish flavors.
When you add spices you can just add in dry spices at the beginning. They will be fine to flavor throughout the cooking time. If you are using fresh herbs it's better to wait until the last hour of cooking to add them. They will quickly infuse the roast with flavor.
What is your cooking time going to be? It depends on a few factors. Your personal crock pot and its cooking temperature. The size of your roast. Whether it is frozen or thawed. No matter what any of these variables are you can bet on at least 6 hours to cook your roast. It may take as much as 9 if it is a large frozen roast. The more you cook roasts in your crock pot the better you will know how long it's going to need to cook.
This long cooking time for a roast makes it perfect to make during the week. You can easily add your meat and vegetables before your go to work. You can even throw in a frozen roast. This will take a little longer because it has to first use the heat to defrost the meat, but it works out perfectly when you are going to be gone the whole day. I find a 2 to 3 pound roast added frozen comes out perfectly after about 8 or 9 hours. If you have a programmable crock pot, even better. You can set it to switch to warm mode after the meat reaches the appropriate temperature.
Eating at home is a great way to connect with your family, as well as keep them healthy. You know exactly what goes into the food you eat. You may think of roast as a Sunday meal, but with a crock pot it is now so easy you can have it any day of the week.
You can make a well balanced meal out of roast with veggies you probably already have sitting in the kitchen. Potatoes, carrots, onions and green beans go great with roast. Make sure you cut your potatoes in equal size pieces, so they will cook evenly. You can add some potatoes to the bottom of the crock pot, since they take the longest to cook. You can even make up a packet of gravy and add it to the potatoes at the bottom. Add your carrots around the edges of your roast. Top your roast with the onions to keep them from turning to mush. If you want to add a splash of color add your green beans about 30 minutes before your cooking time is up. This will keep them from getting mushy.
You can season your roast with a variety of things. You can use a packet of onion soup mix. You can use cream of mushroom soup. You can also go ethnic choosing spices that correspond to maybe Italian or even Spanish flavors.
When you add spices you can just add in dry spices at the beginning. They will be fine to flavor throughout the cooking time. If you are using fresh herbs it's better to wait until the last hour of cooking to add them. They will quickly infuse the roast with flavor.
What is your cooking time going to be? It depends on a few factors. Your personal crock pot and its cooking temperature. The size of your roast. Whether it is frozen or thawed. No matter what any of these variables are you can bet on at least 6 hours to cook your roast. It may take as much as 9 if it is a large frozen roast. The more you cook roasts in your crock pot the better you will know how long it's going to need to cook.
This long cooking time for a roast makes it perfect to make during the week. You can easily add your meat and vegetables before your go to work. You can even throw in a frozen roast. This will take a little longer because it has to first use the heat to defrost the meat, but it works out perfectly when you are going to be gone the whole day. I find a 2 to 3 pound roast added frozen comes out perfectly after about 8 or 9 hours. If you have a programmable crock pot, even better. You can set it to switch to warm mode after the meat reaches the appropriate temperature.
Eating at home is a great way to connect with your family, as well as keep them healthy. You know exactly what goes into the food you eat. You may think of roast as a Sunday meal, but with a crock pot it is now so easy you can have it any day of the week.
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