Day 20: Yankee Pot Roast(Crock Pot)

I had coffee with the Bon and Laura(Poor Katie got the stomach flu) today at 2pm, so I knew I wouldn't be home in time to make dinner and planned this recipe for today. I was bummed in the morning when the sun was shining because it wasn't a pot roast day, but thanks to screwy Illinois weather, by dinnertime it was cloudy and rainy...PERFECT pot roast weather. This recipe is from Dianna. It actually suggests you cook in steps in a dutch oven on the stove, but Dianna said that she has always made it in the crock pot. I'm all about easy and not having the stove on all day, so I took her advice and hunted down my crock pot.

Yankee Pot Roast(serves 8)
2 1/2 lbs boneless bottom round roast, trimmed
2 large onions, sliced
1 3/4 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic or red wine vinegar
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 3/4 lbs red potatoes, quartered
1 lb baby carrots
salt/pepper

Step 1: Put all ingredients in crock pot

Step 2: Cook on low for 8 hrs

Calories: 300 WW: 6 points

Kitchen Play by Play: Five minutes to prep the meat and veggies. I used balsamic vinegar, a 1 1/2 lb roast and only a very small pinch of thyme because we discovered we don't like it 3 recipes ago. I stirred it twice throughout the cooking process. THE END. I served it with biscuits.

The Finished Product The Verdict:
Nicole: Great flavor. I loved the baby carrots. They got super tender and sweet. I thought the meat was flavorful, but a tad dry. There was a ton of liquid in the pot, so I can't imagine how it could be dry. I think I may have trimmed a little too much fat off the meat. It had like no white on it when I put it in. I'll try to keep a little on next time and see if that makes a difference. I give it a 4.5 due to taste and sheer easiness.

Paul- " Good Flavor, a little dry, but putting all the ingredients together lands it a 4."

Austin- Big fan of the carrots. Ate a little meat, but for him tonight the biscuits is where it was at.