Gluten Free Pot Roast

This is a great busy day dinner.

Put in the crockpot and enjoy that evening.

The rootbeer gives a really nice buttery flavor to the meat.  

Gluten Free Pot Roast

2.5 lb roast

salt and pepper to taste

3 carrots, peels and cut into chunks

Olive oil

18 oz. rootbeer, room temperature (A&W rootbeer is gluten free)

1 onion, cut into chunks

2 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

Season roast on all sides with salt and pepper.  Set aside for while you cut the carrots, onion, and potatoes.

Heat a frying pan and add a drizzle of olive oil.  Brown roast on all sides.  This is to get a nice caramelized crispness to the meat.  

Pour 1/3 of the rootbeer into your crockpot.  Add the meat carefully.  Add the carrots, onion, and potatoes.  

Pour the remaining rootbeer carefully and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is done.

Also try:
Gluten Free Spiced Cran-Apple Roast

Spiced Cran-Apple Roast

We had a really good roast tonight for dinner.

It had a fall flavor.

Paul gave it the "thumbs-up" sign.

It's a good change up from the usual Sunday roast, and so easy. You just dump everything in your crockpot and when you get home from church, dig in!

Spiced Cran-Apple Roast

1 roast, 2-3 lbs

1/2 cup apple butter (it's but the jam or the peanut butter, depending on which store)

1/4 cup apple juice

2 T. cider vinegar

1 t. ground pepper

1/2 t. salt

1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled and cubed

1 celery rib, chopped

1 small red onion, chopped

1/3 cup dried cranberries

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 T. cornstarch

3 T. cold water

Coat crockpot with cooking spray. Place roast in crock pot.

In a large bowl, combine the apple butter, juice, vinegar, pepper and salt. Stir in the apple, celery, onion, cranberries, and garlic. Pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender.

Remove meat to a serving platter; keep warm. Transfer juices to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Served with meat.