Wanna Take a French Dip?! {Recipe Files}

Lately I've been on a big cooking kick and having a fun recipe linkup has helped me document some of the new meals we've been making at home. With it being so cold, I've been on the hunt for tasty but also clean crock pot recipes and last week we made one found on *this* pin. A tasty meal waiting for me when I get home from work? Yes, please!

There are a lot of tasty looking meals on the pin and I plan on making a few, but this time I grabbed the *Crock Pot Shredded French Dip* recipe. According to Meagan it's a super easy recipe [4 sloths on the laziness meter] and I have to agree with her, you don't need to put forth much effort to make this tasty meal.

Ingredients

4 lbs pot roast

32 oz low sodium beef broth (We didn't need a whole container)

7 cloves garlic, peeled (I did about 10)

1 onion, cut into quarters 

1 TBSP Italian Seasoning 

1 TBSP Ground Mustard (I'd omit this next time and add a different spice)

1 TBSP Pepper 4 rolls ( we completely omitted rolls since it was a fat day)

Step One: Place pot in your slow cooker. Next place garlic, onions and spices in the pot then pour beef broth over your concoction. Personally I don't think the mustard did much, so next time I plan to use dried rosemary or thyme.

Step Two: Turn crock pot on low for seven hours. When the time is up, your pot should look like this.

Step 3: Remove roast and place on cutting board.

Step 4: Using a fork [and a knife if you prefer] shred the roast into small pieces [this should be easy because the meat is so tender from cooking].

Step 5: We chose to not use rolls, so instead we put all of the au jus in a processor and blended everything together as a sauce. If we used rolls I would have kept the onions and garlic as add ons to my sandwich.

Step 6: Plate and enjoy

I really enjoyed this meal and look forward to trying it again with my own lil tweaks. I think it needs more salt overall and I'd season the meat after I shredded it on the cutting board, too. I hope you'll give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Tonight I'm planing to make my SHROVE tuesday pancakes with *this recipe* I found via Kathy. I hope that y'all get your Shrove Tuesday on today and enjoy Phat Tuesday as well. Last chance to party until Easter, friends!

Linking up *here*, *here*, *here* and *here*.

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psdotcom. Today is my engagement anniversary and I know it's cheesy silly, but I can't help but give it a mention here on le blog. That night changed my life for the better and I'm so thankful to be married to the guy of my dreams.

Engagement of my dreams