[blueerica]

So, a while back, J & I saw a Crock Pot with a timer and the works. We figured, "Ahh... we'll get it later..." For two months, we haven't seen it until today. WOOHOO!

I'm doing my first pot roast, I've been keeping a small amount of bacon fat in the fridge, so I threw it in the pan, seasoned my beef on all sides with salt, pepper, cumin, dried onion and some other random stuff that sounded good. Once it was seared on all sides, I took it out of the pan, threw it in the slow cooker, put some beef broth into the pan and got the good bits off the bottom. Chopped up carrots, potatoes, onions (big chunks) and peeled some garlic, threw it all in along with some more broth and have been patiently waiting for it to finish. Sadly, I didn't feel like driving down to the state liquor store for good wine, and I didn't have any celery, which I love to throw in the later stages of my roasts.

But... smells awfully good!