Don’t turn on that oven in this hot weather! Try my Mississippi Pot Roast in the slow cooker instead.
It’s different than your normal pot roast but just as good…with a bit of a twist!
Give it a try, it might be your next favorite Sunday dinner.
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slOw cOOker pOt rOast
With summer around the corner, it’s just about time to start making recipes without turning on the oven. And in times like these we still want comfort food! My slow cooker pot roast is exactly that…just what you need on a lazy Sunday. Throw it all in the slow cooker and let it go…spend your day curled up with some puppies or a good book. It’s super easy, no oven, and sooo good!
beef tips and nOOdles
The ultimate comfort food for me is my grandmother’s beef tips and noodles.
Try out my updated version of her recipe that is slow cooked for 8 hours and is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket.
Searing the beef and slow cooking it for several hours in a red wine and beef broth gives a beautiful depth of flavor that will make you go back for a second bowl.
I use my Fagor multi cooker for this recipe but you can alter to use in an Instant Pot, or any slow cooker. If your slow cooker doesn’t have a browning or simmer function you can sear the roast in a skillet before adding to your slow cooker. No need to run out and purchase a multi cooker if you don’t have one (although I really like mine). Use what you have in your kitchen already. Any slow cooker will work…the key to this recipe is the 8 hours of cooking on low to make the meat fork tender and fall apart when you shred it.
beef strOganOff melt
Grief is a funny thing…
It comes in waves of being unbearable and not feeling a single thing at other times. It’s a juggling act of when and how to allow the pain and memories to flood your mind. Sometimes it’s uncontrollable and sometimes you can steer through the deep floods of emotions that lurk beneath the surface of the mind.
I very recently lost my grandfather expectantly and have been trying to cope with the loss. I’ve had more experience with death in my life than I care to have had…and knowing it’s a part of life doesn’t make it easier. Knowing my grandfather lived a full and happy life does make it bearable a little.
At times I am numb and don’t feel anything, like the event, didn’t affect me at all. Then it all crashes down on me and I cry and get angry at different things…I tell myself I should have done so much more with my papa, visited him more…but I realize these are all the steps to grieving and it’s normal and good to feel all of these including feeling numb. It’s a self-defense measure that doesn’t allow you to feel the whole impact of the loss at once.
I’ve found that allowing myself to remember things that we shared to be helpful…like food. Meals that we shared, special recipes I first had with him or weird dishes we both enjoyed like grilled peanut butter and onion sandwiches. Sitting with my grandmother and remembering the things he didn’t like and sharing recipes that were his favorites. It’s the things like these that make it bearable.
Like this recipe- my first time having this beef stroganoff melt was at Sunday dinner over my grandparents. Of course, my grandpa didn’t like the green peppers so he got a slice without them. Making this recipe has always made me think of him and I’ll always have that memory tied to this dish…and that is beautiful. These types of recipes are my favorites- the ones that are sprinkled with a loving memory.
patty melt
A good patty melt is the product of several different foods combined into one mouthwatering sandwich.
Imagine the buttery and crispy toast from a grilled cheese, the chuck from a good burger and the onions from French onion soup, then slap some Muenster and Mozzarella cheese on it…now tell me you’re not drooling!
The key to making this sandwich ooze with gooey cheese is combining the Muenster and Mozzarella Cheeses. Muenster is a soft cheese that melts quickly and stays melty while you are eating the sandwich so you get that stringy cheese when you take a bite.
Instead of those old plain hamburgers, you regularly make, give this a try…this may just become a regular meal.
stuffed peppers
I used to hate green peppers as a child, and the only way I would eat them was when my mother would make these stuffed peppers.
As an adult, I grew to love them and will eat them in anything, but one of my favorite ways to enjoy them is still this recipe which has been handed down from my grandmother to my mother and now to me. I’ve increased the amount of rice and chili powder from what my mother uses but that’s what makes recipes great-making them your own!
I encourage you to make these and change up the flavors by adding your own spice blend or adjusting to your liking. You really can’t go wrong when shoving something into a pepper. I especially like to add a chunk of cheese to the middle so that when you cut into it you get this gooey bit of heaven in the center.