Can you even believe that Thankgiving is next week? Me either, but it is! Now I love a good thankgiving feast almost as much as I love Christmas Vacation.
In fact, right now I have a turkey breast slathered in
Roasted Garlic Infused Oil and
Rustic Herb Seasoning slow cooking away for my Taste-Test Tuesday at the Cafe. This turkey is going to be nice and juicy unlike poor Catherine's overdone bird.
Such fun to cook when you have time during the holiday season. The crock pot really can be the busy cook's bff. Because I am the proud owner of a real Crock Pot, thanks to my mom who picked up this bad boy at a rummage sale for me, I was invited to participate in a Smiley 360 mission for Crock Pot's new seasoning mixes.
Saturday I tried out the Beef Stew Slow Cooker Mix. Here is what I did:
1. 2 lbs chuck roast cut into cubes.
2. 5 cups veggies of my choice chopped. I did a couple of cups of portabella mushrooms, cup of celery, potatoes and onion.
3. 1 1/3 cups water, wisk in the dry mix and pour over the veggies and meat in the crock pot. Then cook on low for 8 hours.
I did this overnight, so Tom woke up to enjoy some fresh hearty stew.
Reviews:
Me=Super easy.
Tom- he would have liked more flavor
Kids-they loved the meat and the potatoes.
Yes I know adding the mushrooms was going out on a bit of a limb...but they were on clearance and I like mushrooms in a beef stew!
Overall, definitely worth doing again!
Disclosure: I rec'd a free packet of the stew mix to try out and agreed to blog about how we used it. All my opinions are my own!