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Beef Roast and Sweet Potatoes

March 19, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 8 Comments

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beef roast and sweet potatoes

I will be using the other half of this beef roast in a beef stew this weekend, so I’ll split the cost between the 2 meals! I really liked the way this turned out 🙂

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Beef Roast and Sweet Potatoes

Cooked to perfection with superb flavor!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time8 hours hours
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1.8 lb beef roast
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • Salt/Pepper
  • 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 bag fresh spinach

Instructions

  • Place 1/2 - 1 cup of water (or beef broth) into slow cooker. (I like to add water to the slow cooker. I can then use the stock after the roast has cooked for the base of the stew this weekend. Or you could make a gravy too!) Place roast in center of slow cooker.
  • Sprinkle with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
  • Peel and quarter sweet potatoes. Place in slow cooker around and on top of roast.
  • Sprinkle ground ginger, cinnamon and salt over the sweet potatoes. Cook on low for 8 hours.
  • Steam spinach in steamer or with a little water in a skillet. Spinach really "shrinks" when it cooks, so don't be alarmed if the spinach is falling out of the skillet! Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. (If you have any bacon grease, saute the spinach in that! Yum!)
  • Serve sliced beef roast with sweet potatoes and steamed spinach.

Beef Roast and Sweet Potatoes

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Filed Under: Beef Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes, Sweet Potato Recipes Tagged With: spinach, sweet potatoes

Comments

  1. Kristin says

    March 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    I might have to try this. Looks delicious!

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  2. Kristin says

    March 20, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    I did try this. I made sauteed asparagus instead of spinach, and used canned sweet potatoes.

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  3. Dora says

    March 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    I just found your site recently, and this sounds yummy. However, I’m also kind of new to crockpot cooking, so could you tell me how long (and at what temp: hi or low) that the roast needs to cook?

    Thanks!

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  4. Nicole says

    March 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    How long did you cook this for? On what temp? I have a roast and sweet potatoes in the house and would love to try this!

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  5. Cortney says

    March 25, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    I had all of these ingredients on hand so this is what we had for dinner also. Thanks again for another great idea. I also saved and froze the broth for GF beef broth later. I left the cinnamon out though. Sooo yummy.

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  6. rockstarmomma says

    March 26, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    I really loved this recipe.
    I followed your instructions but I think I only cooked it for 8 hours on low and it was sooo perfect. Nice touch w/ the cinnamon! It made my house smell so lovely!

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  7. kristina says

    January 28, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    looks yummy! I’m always looking for easy and quick ideas for a delicious dinner, can’t wait to try it out!

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  1. A1 Beef Stew says:
    March 23, 2009 at 9:02 am

    […] intended to make a �Garbage Stew,� using up the leftover beef roast from Thursday�s dinner, as well as some other veggies that needed to be […]

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