I cooked a beef roast just last week using cream of mushroom soup and some onion soup mix. Garlic cloves stuck into the roast. I never cook with these two items (a lot of people do) but this once I thought I'd try it.
Served it over stroganoff, and it was great.

I would think your swiss steak would be good using beef roast as well.

Care to pass on your recipe Dottie?

The general rule is...the cheaper the meat, the slower and longer you cook it.
Slow, low heat breaks down tough meat.

Jasdip, your roast sounds good, as well. As for the recipe, well I just "make it" I don't have amounts written down, but here goes:

Swiss Steak/Roast

Dredge meat in seasoned flour and brown well in a little oil.
Remove meat and stir in left over dredging flour with the oil, adding more oil if needed to make a paste and let brown a little.
Slowly stir in abt (all these ingred. are abt.) 2 C water.
Add 1 can of diced tomatoes, undrained. Then abt 1 c ea, of celery, onion & carrots. Add abt 2 Tbsp ea. Worcestershire sauce & soy sauce. abt 1 Tbst minced garlic, 1/8 c sugar and sometimes I add some granulated beef bouillon to bump up the flavor.
Put meat into slo-cooker, pour sauce over and cook on slow all day.
I was thinking if I had a can of beef broth, I would use that in place of the water, but I never remember to buy it.

Thanks Dottie.
Don't worry about measurements. I never measure anything, except when baking.

Yesterday hubby made chili in the slow cooker. He asked what size cans 16 oz of tomato sauce is (ours is in ml). He measured out 2 cups and left a dribble in the jar. I said for heaven sakes, it's chili. Put it all in. He obviously follows a recipe to a T.

Oh, that sounds good, Dotmom, and I can use some of my home canned beef broth. I have some beef to use up, from a 1/4 cow we purchased. And crock pot cooking works well for me since I work all day. There are too many days lately, when I don't really make anything because I haven't organized myself well enough, which is silly when I have good meat that needs to be used. Thanks for the recipe.

Dottie, you made my mouth water :-)

Mine, too ... and when you're down to three teeth, meat that falls off of the bone is a benefit, rather than a matter of major concern.

o j

I too question whether meat can ever be too tender! I like a fall apart meat as long as it's flavorful, well anything needs flavor and this sure sounds good. I have some country style ribs thawing that'll go into the electric roaster. (I tossed my crockpots/slow cookers long ago) and like to cook them low and slow and they just break apart. They're good cold too.

I like using the Nesco. It just makes more sense. Why heat up a 5 cubic foot oven to bake a loaf of sweet bread, a meatloaf or a few ribs? Far more efficient to use the roaster oven. Keeps things so moist and tender too. I use it any time of the year, unless it's really hot, then I usually don't want a hot meal.

I'm getting hungry... I think I need to pick up a round steak next time I'm at the store...

Cynic how big is your Nesco? I've seen them at Wal-Mart but they look too big for just the two of us. Do you know the smallest size they make? Guess I could Google it, huh?

Look it up .I just did and they have a 6 quart .

I have a 4 quart rectangular one and a 6 quart oval with the Roast-Air lid.

I've thought about a bigger one but no real need for it. My dad gave me my mother's roaster oven that she used on the holidays and that was big. Held a full sized turkey or more. It wasn't a Nesco and I'd guess it was probably 20 qt? But I made the mistake of loaning it to my sister one time and she's never returned it! LOL So that's when I bought the little Nescos. I bought the oval one first then got a good deal on the 4 quart. I use them both for certain things and occasionally both at the same time. Would never have a crockpot again.

I was just on the recipe exchange forum and found this link to the motherlode of crock-pot recipes. I use my crockpot and electric roaster a LOT here in Houston -- I've even put the roaster out on the patio to not heat up the kitchen!

Here is a link that might be useful: recipes

Thanks for the webside, drewsmaga. It's awesome!!

I'll be trying the German Potato Salad this week. :-)