Originally Posted by Julie Bove[_2_]

I know a lot of people use the dry onion soup mix. I don't think I've ever
even bought the stuff! I see a lot of recipes that call for a can of cream
of something or other soup. I'm not much into that. Okay for tuna
casserole but I don't want it in my roast.

I always use real onions. Salt, pepper and parsley of course. Maybe
garlic. Maybe some Italian type seasoning. I see garlic used in a lot of
recipes. I often use a bay leaf. If I have red wine that is most excellent
in there. But I usually do not. Otherwise just some water or beef broth.
Whatever I have. When I make it like this I serve it with potatoes and
carrots. They are best cooked with the roast but...given this household's
propensity for eating beef when I make it, I almost always have to cook
those separately. I do have one of those huge, cheap turkey roasters. Fine
for the winter. But this time of year I use Crock-pots so have to put the
meat in one and the veggies in another. I do always add onions to the other
veggies and some beef broth.

The other way I make it involves tomatoes. I will usually use tomato sauce
or chopped tomatoes but if juice is all I have, that will do too. I do the
usual veggies but also add mushrooms, celery and all colors of peppers. I
once made a huge pan of this at my MILs house and it all went pretty
instantly. Word of the roast got out and people just happened to stop by
around dinner time. Even my one niece who is a very picky eater liked it
like this.

So how do you do yours? I have two that I am going to make on Sunday. I
hope they come out. They are both sirloin tip but one had an additional
name to it. I couldn't find two of the same. The store did have two
different kinds of huge roasts that were pre-sliced. I have never cooked a
pre-sliced roast. So I didn't buy those. One of my roasts is about twice
the size of the other so I will probably cut it in two before I cook it so
that they are all close to the same size. Gonna use the Crock-pots. I
haven't made a roast in a really long time!