Tuscany Pot Roast and Veggies – The secret is in the sauce!
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Y’all, I love me some pot roast. It’s one of my family’s favorite meals, too. For the most tender roast, I always use a slow cooker (known as crock pot to some) and a jar of my favorite store bought beef gravy. But there are a few additional tricks you can take advantage of to make that roast even MORE tender and add an extra little boost of flavor as well. Enter my Tuscany Pot Roast and Veggies.
The great thing? You don’t have to buy anything weird. Most of y’all reading this know exactly what I mean when I say that, too! 🙂
You’ll start with your traditional roast and veggie ingredients: Chuck Roast, Russet Potatoes, Carrots, Beef Gravy. Add in a packet of Italian Dressing Mix and some White Vinegar and we’ve just taken this up a notch.
What does the vinegar do? It helps to further tenderize the meat. Don’t worry, you won’t taste it in the roast.
A funny story about carrots: My sweet dog, Zoey, is part lab (I am assuming that may make a difference) and carrots are one of her favorite things IN THE WORLD. She gets so excited when I am in there peeling carrots because she knows I’m going to peel one just for her.
The funny part is that I have two little dogs (Sweetie and Pick) who absolutely hate carrots. But every time Zoey goes into the kitchen all excited, they get excited, too. Just watching her, they figure it must be something good. So Zoey sits there wagging her tail while she waits on her carrot and Sweetie and Pick sit right beside her, waiting just as anxiously for their mystery treat.
I hand Zoey a carrot, she snatches it an runs off, then I give each of the little dogs a piece of a carrot and they grab it up, then quickly spit it out, look at me like I am crazy, and lower their heads in disappointment as they leave the kitchen. I know they must be thinking “Again with the stupid carrots.”
On another note, my teenage son also loves carrots and cooked carrots are one of his favorite things so I usually double the amount I put in this roast because he will eat an entire plate of carrots alone. I find that kind of odd that a teenage boy loves cooked carrots so much, but I’m sure not questioning it!
Peel your carrots and potatoes and cut them up into bite sized chunks.
Place roast in bottom of slow cooker and put veggies on top.
Place gravy, vinegar, and dressing mix in small bowl and stir until mixed well.
Pour sauce over roast and veggies.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Printable recipe below!
I hope you get to make this soon. Keep me posted!
Ingredients
- 1 chuck roast 3.5-5 pounds
- 5-6 carrots cut into chunks
- 5-6 medium sized russet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 12 ounce jar beef gravy
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1 Packet Italian Dressing Mix
Instructions
- Place roast in 6 quart slow cooker. Add carrots and potatoes.
- In medium sized bowl, mix together beef gravy, white vinegar, and Italian dressing mix. Pour over roast. Cook for 8 hours on low.
- Remove roast and veggies to platter to serve.
Nutrition
Be sure and check out the motivational quote at the bottom of this post…. 😉 
Just threw this in the crock pot with pork and pork gravy I will let you know tonight how it is.
We made this a month ago but couldnt try it since our old crock pot decided to die with this meal in it.
I made this recipe and it is wonderful. Even the carrots ad potatoes have the best flavor. My husband loved it, too and I shared some with my brother and he said it was yummy and so tender. He said that is a keeper recipe and I agree.
I am so glad to hear it was a hit!! Thank you so much for giving it a try!!
I just made this recipe yesterday and it was delicious and so very easy. This will be my go to recipe for now on when I’m craving roast.
I am so glad to hear you liked it!!!
My guide dog, who is an English lab, loves carrots and knows just what your zoe dog knows. She also loves apple too.
Oh my goodness, I had to look up what an English Lab looks like. Gorgeous dogs!!!