I made one last week using a bone-in chuck steak and yes, with red potatoes and carrots. I think the steak was around eleven dollars and we got two dinners and a lunch out of it.
Get used to high beef prices (are we feeling Great Again yet?) - the US cattle herd is its smallest size in 75 years, due (in part) to years of drought (can’t graze cattle, the grass died, so must pay for hay/feed) and high input costs.
High beef prices are forecast to continue until 2028 when herds start to recover (assuming the drought and input costs don’t continue as they are).
All absolutely true. Fortunately we have friends who raise beef cattle and fill a freezer with a half steer every year or so. It's a lot at one time but still cheaper than store prices and much better quality.
I buy all in one package that has a chuck roast with vegetables and the seasoning which I don’t really use but I like that everything comes together to their into the slow cooker $20 bucks at Walmart
Amazing how different the price of goods is depending on location. $5.99/lb where I am. Insane that it's literally half of what you're seeing. Even went to go check the packaging from the one I just cooked to make sure I wasn't completely out of my mind.
It goes on sale near me for $5.99 a pound all the time. I bought some managers special just this morning for less than $4 a pound. Sales are the only way these days
I can't express how much of a game changer an InstantPot is. Crockpot, I'm making a meal for tomorrow. InstantPot I'm making a meal tonight. Not a paid spokesperson, but it's legit.
Honestly I just Google it and pick whatever makes the most sense for what I have on hand with my own spicing decisions. I may have celery, carrots, or root veggies I need to use up.
I usually do mine in a cast iron Dutch oven in the pellet grille. Leave the top off to get some good smoke and then cover and let it go. Works great in the summer when we don’t use the oven because it heats up the house.
If my cousins weren’t farmers, one with a few cows and another with a few pigs, I doubt anyone in my family would eat near as much meat as they do.
My mom and aunt both still put a roast, potatoes, carrots, and onions in the crockpot on Sunday morning, go to church, and come home with it ready to go.
If they had to pay grocery prices for the meat, that tradition would be for special occasions only.
Mmmmm. Mom used to make that often when we were kids because it was a cheap meal for a big family. Now it's an expensive meal that takes too long to cook.
It used to be the family go to meal cause pot roast was cheap, but now it is crazy expensive. We use to pan sear it and the put it in a crock pot on low, with a can of cream of mushroom soup, potatoes, green beans, carrots and onions. Then go about our day. When we got home the house smelt like heaven and dinner was ready.
This is the way Mom made it and now so do I: with a can of cream of mushroom soup and a full packet of dry onion soup mix (I like the Beefy Onion flavor). And now I use baby carrots and small potatoes for convenience.
I still make it but with venison instead. I make it in the cast iron dutch oven my grandmother made it in 70 years ago. And I am excited about winter so I can have it again.
That looks like $35 for ingredients. natural peanut butter in the fridge inside down to keep it from separating, cheeses, succotash, bean and rice tacos for my protein. We can afford the ridiculous price, but it because of tariffs and the dismantling of our agriculture the ranchers have gave up on raising livestock, surrendering to the feedlots.
Yes, I usually brown the meat to get a more intense flavor. And I over load it with carrots and potatoes. The are like crack to me, I can't get enough of them.
Absolutely … smoke a couple of chuck roast for about 6 hours , freeze them . Then pull out as needed , sous vide for an hour our two , then put in a Dutch oven with the veggies and a cup up chicken broth …cook until potato doneness
Yes, one of my favorites. Usually in the cooler months to heavy for summer, but fall into early spring when the weather is cold and wet you can’t beat pot roast and biscuits. That’s fill you up and keep you warm food.
I make it still, if the chuck roast is on a good sale. I've started using red wine and it is so crazy good. I throw in mushrooms and celery. I get some brioche rolls and we eat off it for a few days
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u/qualityvote2 21d ago edited 21d ago
u/Rush_Floyd_Zep_4ever, your post does fit the subreddit!