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Warm up with this Florentine Pot Roast

Reported by: Elaine Keightley
Last Update: 10/23 1:55 pm
This simple recipe requires little prep time and produces a healthy and hearty meal that can warm up any fall night. 

Use this recipe on a day when you want to come home and have dinner already made... all you need is a slow cooker!

Florentine Pot Roast
Prep - 15 minutes
Cook - 8 to 10 hours (low)
Makes 6 servings

1 pound whole baby red-skinned potatoes, halved
1 large onion, quartered
1 3-pound beef chuck roast
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
1 can (10 ounce) condensed cream of mushroom soup, Campbell's (r)
1 packet (1.5 ounce) beef stew seasoning mix
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 package (8 ounce) sliced fresh mushrooms
1 can (28 ounce) Italian stewed tomatoes, cut up

1)  In a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker, combine potatoes, and onion.  Sprinkle both sides of roast with rosemary. Place meat on top of vegetables in slow cooker.

2)  In a small bowl, stir together mushroom soup, stew seasoning mix, and garlic in a small bowl.  Pour over roast in slow cooker. Top with mushrooms and tomatoes.

3)  Cover and cook on Low heat setting for 8 to 10 hours.

Excerpted from the book, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Money Saving Slow Cooking, by Sandra Lee
Copyright © 2009 SLSH Enterprises, Inc. http://www.semihomemade.com 



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