Weekend Whole30 Set it and Forget It!

If you're anything like me, weekends are your time to relax, get away from work and spend some quality time with your friends and family. The last thing I want to be doing is slaving over the stove for dinner. And, money being what it is, eating out isn't always the best idea (especially if you're trying to control what you eat!) So for these reasons, I love my crockpot!
Firstly, you can make the meal in advance, and you know when it will be done. Painless!
Second, it makes your house smell amazing while it's cooking.
And thirdly, it has an awesome ability to turn even the hardest cuts of meat into juicy, tender, flaky, delicious morsels!

This weekend, my crockpot was full of pot roast!

By Janine, via Wikimedia Commons

Whole 30 Pot Roast

Adapted from a Recipe in Paleo Comfort Foods and Inspired by "I breathe, I'm hungry"

You will need:

• 2-3 pound beef roast (most recipes suggest a Chuck Roast, but I chose an Arm Roast because of the beautiful marrow bone in the middle of the one I got from the farmer).
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 5-6 stalks of celery, chopped
• 2-3 carrots, chopped
• 2 cups of beef broth
• Seasonings, such as salt, pepper, thyme

Chop the veggies!
Season the roast with salt and pepper on both sides.

Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and saute the garlic until just fragrant.
Add roast, and sear on all sides (about 2-3 minutes per side, depending on the size of the roast and your pan).

Remove roast from heat and place in the bottom of your crockpot.
The combination of onions, carrots, and celery is called mirepoix, and it's a staple in french (and almost all) cooking. It will give a great savory flavor to your roast and the liquid as it cooks! Add the mirepoix on top of the roast, and add your liquid.

Set your crockpot on low for 8 hours or high for 5 hours, and you will end up with a delicious roast that looks like this:

 LET IT REST FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE CARVING!!!

Serve! I chose to serve mine with leftover burger dressing and a failed attempt at paleo mayo (which made a great lemon vinaigrette instead).

Now, however, is the best part: THE MARROW BONE. If you've never had bone marrow, it is delicious and great on toast. Obviously on Paleo or the Whole30, toast is right out, so just eat it with a spoon and enjoy its decadence. 

By Marecheth Ho'eElohuth, via Wikimedia Commons

 A local restaurant serves this as an appetizer with pickles and olives, for $10! This whole roast cost us about $8, and we get the marrow bone to boot! Awesome!

Enjoy!