Recipe: Greek-Inspired Roast

Once again, "Holy deliciousness!" There was only one glitch. . . I took the roast out of the freezer on Monday early evening and stuck it on the counter to thaw. I put it in the fridge before I went to bed. Tuesday morning, when I went to put it in the Crockpot, it was still frozen solid. As. A. Rock. So, we had Round Table last night. This made my Round-Table-Loving-Hubby VERY happy.

Now my mom tells me you can throw a frozen roast in a Crockpot, and it will still work, just cook it a little longer. Aren't Crockpots wonderful?

I actually know where this recipe came from. I found this one on the Stacy Makes Cents website. She didn't freeze hers, but freezing works fine. . . as long as you thaw it long enough. I did make a couple of modifications, e.g., I threw the onions in the bag raw.

Greek-Inspired Roast

3 pounds beef roast
1/3 cup olive oil, butter, or other fat
3/4 cup onion, chopped
6-7 whole cloves
5-6 peppercorns
1 two or three inch-long cinnamon stick
1 can diced tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste

Pour half of the oil in the bottom of a large skillet and brown the roast on the skillet, using tongs to carefully flip it over and brown it on all sides. Pour the rest of your ingredients in your Ziploc, seal and freeze.

Thaw. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve over brown rice.

Commentary on the Process

Super easy. Brown the roast, throw a few things in the bag. The original recipe called for tomato juice, but said that diced tomatoes work fine. I actually changed it to diced tomatoes. I like the chunkiness, and I am far more likely to have diced tomatoes on hand than tomato juice. Simple, simple, simple. However, it should be noted that I did not double this recipe, so I only have one roast bag. I might double it next time. Yes. There will be a next time.

Blogger has decided my photos are oriented wrong and kindly auto-rotated them for me. Wasn't that nice? I don't feel like figuring out how to fix it at the moment. So just turn your head slightly. . . I DESPISE WYSIWYGs!

Anyway, I threw the roast in this morning and set my rice maker to "Brown" -- went to music class, work, came home. Served. DELISH.

Ratings

Ease of preparation: A
Taste: A
Quantity: 2 servings, and I am guessing 2-4 more.
Notes: Easy. Delicious. The brown rice makes a difference. It's soooooo good.