Our friends David & Beth got us a super fancy crock pot as a wedding present.

There’s a bit of a back story. First of all, I had never even used a crock pot until I moved in with my husband. It’s just not a very Cuban appliance. Then, last November Beth & I made 20 crock pot freezer meals. We spent a whole afternoon chopping & prepping.

Since then we’ve had sort of this inside joke about crock pots.

The thing is that while some of these meals were good, others were not so great. I think the ingredients just don’t always freeze well, & if you leave them in the crock pot all day they can get mushy. Plus, one day I forgot to thaw one the night before so I got the brilliant  really, really dumb idea to cut the frozen block into smaller chunks to fit in the small crock pot we had before this fancy one. With a serrated knife. All before I had coffee in the morning (I blame that). That, kids, is how I got the scar on my left hand 3 weeks before my wedding.

Not the best morning I ever had.

Anyway, our new crock pot is awesome. It’s got a few different settings (our old one just had high/low) & the lid locks for easy transport. My favorite setting is the one for 10 hours. I think that was part of the problem with the last set of freezer meals- the fact that from the time I leave my house in the morning to the time I get back is usually 10 hours & the ‘low’ setting on our old crock pot was really meant for 8. Our new one switched automatically to keep warm after the time you set. Beth, have I said thank you enough?

So I was looking online for crock pot recipes for Eye of Round Steak. My husband and I are total beef people. I even got a degree in it! Seriously. Though I don’t work in agriculture currently, my B.S. is in Animal Science – Beef Industries. I like to tell people I studied cows in college.

#TBT to my crazy college days

So being beef people, we look for ways to eat more beef! Last week we bought some Eye of Round on sale. In my search for crock pot recipes, I decided I could probably come up with my own. A) I didn’t have all of the ingredients necessary to make some of the recipes I was looking at, B) how hard could it be?

I chopped up the fresh stuff & set out my seasonings Monday night. Tuesday morning I put the frozen steak, fresh veggies, & seasonings in the crock pot with a little butter & water.

I apologize for the lack of pretty pictures of the finished product. We didn’t get around to eating this until after hand bell practice at church – almost 10PM that night! Which is like 14+ hours in the crock pot (I checked it & tasted it after 10 – right before dashing to practice). And it came out delicious. We were STARVING, & devoured the whole thing! When I make it again, which shouldn’t be too long because we really liked it, I’ll be sure to take some pictures!

Eye of Round Steak & Potatoes

Serves 2

• 9oz eye of round steak
• 4 medium red potatoes
• Carrots (I used baby carrots)
• 1 small yellow onion
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1.5 tbsp butter
• 1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 tsp seasoned salt
• 1/4 tsp Montreal steak seasoning
• 1/2 cup water

1. Chop up the potatoes, onions, & carrots (if necessary).
2. Add frozen steak to crock pot with all other ingredients. Cook for 10 hours on low. Stir up to shred the steak.
3. Enjoy!

There’s not a whole lot to this recipe; the Worcestershire sauce is really what makes it in my opinion. I love it because it’s not exactly like a stew; it’s meat and potatoes. I’d experiment with adding different veggies, more meat if I want, maybe a little cayenne pepper for spice, etc!