I feel aweful for starting this thread and not keeping up with it like I said I would. I'm going to run down my recipe for crock pot - pot roast. I love using my crock pot too because of the ease of use. I let it cook all day for 8 hours and the house always smells so yummy. I always use a chuck roast with a decent amount of nice marbled looking fat. I try to season it the day before with salt, pepper, garlic powder. I cut tiny slits in the meat and stuff with pieces of garlic clove which I've crushed. Before placing in crock pot I brown it in olive oil. Place the meat in the crock pot. Directly on top of the meat I put 1 package of Lipton onion mushroom soup and 1 can of campbells golden mushroom soup. Then I cut up a couple of sweet yellow onions and put those on top with some cut up mushrooms. Around the sides of the roast I throw in some small red potatoes and baby carrots. I don't measure this stuff out so it's kind of eye-balled - but I mix together some Knor brown gravy mix, a little olive oil about 1/4 cup, some rich flavored red wine - usually a Cabernet - about half cup, a little beef stock or broth - about 1/4 cup, then pour that mixture over everything. I know it sounds like a lot of gravy mix but it provides great flavor along with the wine. 8 hours later I prepare some French bread. Sometimes if I want a thicker gravy I will add some cornstarch and water to the liquid before I serve. It's very tasty!!!! Next time I make it I'll take a picture and post!!!
