Mediterranean Pot Roast Dinner Recipes

Steps:

• Place potatoes and carrots in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle flour over all surfaces of roast. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown roast on all sides. Place over vegetables., Add mushrooms, celery, onion, olives and 1/4 cup parsley to slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix remaining ingredients; pour over top., Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender. Remove beef. Stir remaining parsley into vegetables. Serve beef with vegetables.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Drizzle 15x10-inch pan with sides or large shallow roasting pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Arrange artichoke hearts, tomatoes, olives, bell pepper, garlic and fennel seed in pan. Arrange fish over vegetables. Top with capers, orange peel, orange juice, salt and pepper.
• Bake 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender and fish flakes easily with fork.
• If desired, serve with rice, pasta or potatoes, green salad and/or crusty bread.

Steps:

• Mix the flour with seasoning salt and pepper, then lightly coat the roast in the flour (reserve any remaining flour).
• In a Dutch oven heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add in the roast and brown on all sides (this should take about 15 minutes).
• Remove the roast to a plate and add in onions, garlic, chili flakes (if using) and thyme; saute until the onions begin to brown (about 5 minutes).
• Add in the reserved flour mixture and stir until the fat absorbs the flour.
• Add in crushed tomatoes, red wine, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaf; bring to a boil, then cover with a tight-fitting lid.
• Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Reduce the heat to low or medium low and simmer for about 2 hours (turning the roast occasionally, if you are simmering on low heat then you might have to cook the roast longer).
• When the roast has cooked for the 2 hours, add in potatoes, bell peppers, and whole mushrooms.
• Cover and simmer for another 30-35 minutes.
• Add in zucchini and cook the last 10 minutes.
• Stir in the chopped fresh parsley just before serving.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Spray 12-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Cook beef in skillet about 5 minutes, turning once, until brown. Sprinkle with salt, Italian seasoning and garlic; remove from skillet.
• Place beef, seasoned side up, in 4-to 5-quart slow cooker. Spread tomatoes and olives over roast. Add broth and onions.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 5 to 6 hours or until beef is tender.
• Remove beef from slow cooker; cover and let stand 15 minutes. Slice beef; serve with beef juice and onions from slow cooker. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Steps:

• 1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 4 to 5 quart ovenproof pot over medium heat.
• 2. Pat meat dry with paper towels.
• 3. Add to hot oil along with all of the vegetables and garlic.
• 4. Brown meat on all sides.
• 5. Stir the onion and garlic occasionally.
• 6. Add liquids, seasonings, apricots and prunes.
• 7. Cover tightly and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours in a preheated 325 oven, until meat is fork tender.
• 8. Lift meat to a cutting board.
• 9. Cover loosely with foil and let stand 10 to 15 minutes.
• 10. Discard any bay leaves and/or citrus peel and skim fat from sauce.
• 11. If you like, thicken the sauce by stirring in 3 tablespoons flour mixed with 1/4 cup water.
• 12. Slice meat across the grain and serve with the sauce.

Steps:

• Spray 12 inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium - high heat.
• Cook beef in skillet about 5 minutes, turn once till brown.
• Sprinkle with salt, Italian seasoning and garlic; remove from skillet.
• Place beef, seasoned side up in 4-5 quart slow cooker.
• Spread tomatoes and olives over roast.
• Add broth and onions.
• Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours till beef is tender.
• Remove beef from slow cooker; cover and let stand 15 minutes.
• Slice beef; serve with beef juice and onions from slow cooker.