Pot Roast

I have become a huge fan of the crockpot.  It is nice to have leftovers for lunches and/or dinners for the entire week.  This weekend I decided to make something out of my "101 Slow Cooker Recipes" cookbook:

Pot Roast

2 cups baby carrots

5 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut up (the recipe called for regular potatoes but I really like sweet potatoes)

4 lb. chuck roast

Tastefully Simple's Garlic Garlic (the recipe called for garlic salt but I put Garlic Garlic in just about everything I make)

Pepper to taste

2 cups water

1 oz. package onion soup mix

Place carrots and potatoes in slow cooker.  Place roast on top (I cut it up into chunks), sprinkle Garlic Garlic and pepper on top.  Stir together water and soup mix, pour over roast.  Cover and cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours.

This recipe called for dumplings, which I decided to skip but after eating it I think that next time I will add them.  Without the dumplings to soak up some of the liquid the pot roast was more of a soup.  I will also add more vegetables (maybe green beans, celery, etc.) and spices.  Maybe instead of the onion soup mix I would add spices (bay leaf, garlic powder, onion powder etc.).  This would cut down on the sodium and make it more flavorful.