Crock-pot french dips

Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches
Ingredients:
approx 3 1/2 lbs beef chuck roast
16-oz. beef broth (1 1/2 cans)
1 10.5-oz. can condensed French onion soup
6-oz red wine
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste
4-6 French rolls
sliced provolone cheese, optional

Directions:
Trim excess fat off of beef roast and season meat all over with salt and pepper.
Pour beef broth, condensed French onion soup, red wine and garlic powder into slow cooker and place beef roast into liquid.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Slow cookers have different time intervals that you can select, so work with your cooker. Depending on how the settings on your slow cooker work, the time will vary. Since this is cooking in liquid, you don’t have to worry about the meat drying out in the same way you might if you were roasting the meat in the oven. Mine took 7 1/2 hours and was falling apart tender.
Take beef out and rest it, covered with aluminum foil, for about 15 minutes. Slice beef and return to slow cooker on low or very low for 30 minutes.
Lightly toast the bread and evenly distribute cheese between rolls, if using. Divide beef onto rolls and spoon the beef juice* into ramekins or other small bowls and eat everything while it is hot. Serve each sandwich with its own dip.

Seves 4-6.

Paige's opinion: This meal was very easy. Ray enjoyed these and he's not much of a french-dipper!

3 Packet Pot Roast

My oh my! This one is delish!!

Ingredients:
1 Beef roast (any size)
1 Packet Dry Italian Dressing Mix
1 Packet Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
1 Packet Brown Gravy Mix

Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Put roast in crock-pot. Cover roast with dry ingredients. Pour 1/2 cup warm water over roast. Cook on low 6-8 hours.

Paige's opinion: OMGosh is what we had to say about this one. We had it with garlic mashed potatoes and veggies and it was so juicy and full of flavor. Dax even scarfed it down!