Cooking vegetables with pot roast

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I usually make mashed potatoes with pot roast, but this weekend I
thought I'd toss some red bliss and carrots in with the roast.

How long should the vegetables cook?

Until they are of the consistency you want when you poke them with a fork.
Depends on the size of the vegetables.

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I usually make mashed potatoes with pot roast, but this weekend I
thought I'd toss some red bliss and carrots in with the roast.

How long should the vegetables cook?

Depends on how you cut the veggies up. I use big cut up pieces so I usually
add them the last hour or so.

Michael

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I was thinking sliced carrots and parsnips, and quartered Red Bliss
potatoes.

Mitch@... said:

I was thinking sliced carrots and parsnips, and quartered Red Bliss
potatoes.

My only suggestion is to go easy on the parsnips. They're so sweet that
with the carrots (also sweet) you might overpower your pot roast. I did
that once to chicken soup and really was disappointed. No celery? I love
cooked celery.

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I was thinking sliced carrots and parsnips, and quartered Red Bliss
potatoes.

I found that when you cook red bliss potatoes in the crockpot with meat, by
the time everything is done, the skins have slipped off. Still tasty, but
not very pretty.

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Quoted message said:

I usually make mashed potatoes with pot roast, but this weekend I
thought I'd toss some red bliss and carrots in with the roast.

How long should the vegetables cook?

Depends on how you cut the veggies up. I use big cut up pieces so I usually
add them the last hour or so.

Michael

Depends too on how long you are going to cook the meat. :-)
I personally leave the veggies almost intact. Carrots, cut in half,
small spuds left whole (or cut into halves or quarters for larger
potatoes), Medium sized onions, quartered.

I put them in at the beginning and let 'er rip!

One step dinner. ;-d Unless I am going to make gravy...

Turkey "pot roast" pics from Yesterday on the camera.
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Depends too on how long you are going to cook the meat. :-)

For this size chuck roast I usually go about 3 1/2 hours.

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Depends too on how long you are going to cook the meat. :-)

For this size chuck roast I usually go about 3 1/2 hours.

Heh!

In that case, I agree with another poster.

Add them the last hour.
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Mitch@... said:

I usually make mashed potatoes with pot roast, but this weekend I
thought I'd toss some red bliss and carrots in with the roast.

How long should the vegetables cook?

I usually let my meat cook for a while then add the veggies later.
Then check them with a fork before I remove them if they are done.

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Quoted message said:

I was thinking sliced carrots and parsnips, and quartered Red Bliss
potatoes.

I found that when you cook red bliss potatoes in the crockpot with meat, by
the time everything is done, the skins have slipped off. Still tasty, but
not very pretty.

Kinda like seeing that big 'ole foreskin (see below) on yer wedding
night, eh...???

8==========D)

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I was thinking sliced carrots and parsnips, and quartered Red Bliss
potatoes.

An hour should be plenty of time. I usually let the roast braise
for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, then add the veggies. Man, that sounds so
good. DH wants meatloaf for dinner, but I'd much rather do a
nice pot roast. We have to make the weekly trip to the store
anyway, I'll have to see if he's willing to change his mind...

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Jani in WA

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DH wants meatloaf for dinner

America's Test Kitchen just had a great meatloaf episode. I'm going
to make that next week.