Pot Roast Recipe Results and Review

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:35:01 GMT

I promised to write a review about the Pot Roast With Vegetables, that was featured in the Sugar Wars Cookbook. Veridict gives it an 8 on a scale of one to 10. DH didn't like it, because he said it tasted too sweet and that the lack of au jus was less than my ususal pot roast. He did like the new veggies OK, but thought the ketchup addition to the recipe was what made the recipe too sweet. He prefers I make it the standard way, which I probably will from now own. However that said, my review of it was pretty good, I loved the rutabaga addition and even the pumpkin. I think if DH's experience had of been better I would of rated this recipe a 9.5. The cut of meat I used was a sirloin tip roast. I'll be serving rutabagas again soon. Pumpkin is out of season now, so unless it's canned pumpkin won't be having it again until Fall.

Happy Cooking!!!

Shari

The post below was from my previous blog, about finding the recipe and a friends's results.

Here is the recipe, it is written by a friend of mine at Low Carb Discussion, so it is she that tried it out.

Pot roast update: I made the "Pot Roast with Vegetables" in the Sugar Wars cookbook, buying the weird ingedients and following it to a T even though doubtful. It was SO GOOD that DH wants me to write the author with his compliments. We had company and even she had seconds. Basically I took a 3-4 pound roast (you can use rump, round or chuck), dusted it with a seasoned mix of half wheat bran, half soy flour, seared it in olive oil on all sides, without trimming off the fat. Added a cup of veggie broth (because that's what we had on hand) and cooked it for 2 hours in the oven covered at 325. After 2 hours, we added rutabaga (have to boil the cubes first), fresh pumpkin cubes, celery, shallots and onion, and 2 TBS low-carb ketchup. Unbelievably yummy, tender and awesome. The rutabaga was even more delicious than potatoes, and we feel we've discovered a wonderful new veggie. And cheap! We got a big ol' 2-pounder for the cost of 69 cents. You boil it with 2 lemon wedges and 2 walnuts in the shell, that Judy says removed the "turnip" taste. She's right! The grocer slipped me 2 loose walnuts when I told him I didn't need a whole bag.

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Pot Roast Recipe Results and Review