My stomach is screwed up. Consuming beef sticks and trail mix all day Wednesday and all day Saturday did not make my stomach happy. I just need to not purchase nuts when I’m traveling. I eat them, they don’t fill me up, so then I eat more. Then I just get fat. Stupid.
I traveled to Boston last week. Sad to say I didn’t get to see a ton of Boston. We landed. Went to Whole Foods to get the food I would be cooking that week, then went to the house we were going to film at. So I saw Boston for a good 6.2 minutes. But I did get to go to the AgainFaster office and meet some awesome people, so I can’t complain. All in all, it was a good trip. I filmed 7 cooking videos, learned a butt load from a professional chef AND crossfitter named Bryce, then got to read The Hunger Games while I flew all over the place. LIKE!
Turns out, I don’t really know what I’m doing in the kitchen. Well, you already knew that, but being next to a professional chef makes me even more incompetent. I burnt garlic for gosh sakes. This man, Chef Bryce, went to culinary school and has worked all over in the food industry. I, on the other hand, am excited if I don’t cut half of my finger off every time I’m cooking. He even taught me how to properly cut an onion! How exciting! I did half way fall in love with him when he made a chocolate coconut macadamia nut brittle. It was pretty similar to my Chocolate Coconut Bark but with much more expensive chocolate. Oh he fancy huh?!
So, here’s the thing. If you go back to some of my first recipes, from back in the day, before I was an actual website, and before I talked incessantly about myself and my life, you will find some delicious recipes. The problem is, back then I was working from 4am-9pm, not coming home in between and only was able to take picture in the dark. So my food looks like dog doo doo. And people tend to not flock towards those meals. So vain. Such a shame. So I’m bringing them back. Like a blast from the past. But in food form. So check out the first time I made Mushroom Gravy Slow Cooked Rump Roast and see with your own eyes how gorgeous my pictures were back in the day!
- 1-2 lbs beef rump roast
- 3-4 cups organic low sodium chicken broth
- 1-2 large onions, roughly chopped
- 5-6 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 container of mushrooms, sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk, canned
- Pull out that handy crock pot of yours!
- Add in your broth, coconut milk, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and spice to your crock pot and mix together.
- Make a little room in your crockpot around the mushroom mix and plop that cute little rump roast in the pot.
- Turn on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-6 hours.
- Then you eat it!! Holy crap, THAT WAS EASY!!
looking good and your photography has improved i cant take a good picture to save me
lol thanks so much Audrey!
Wow, what a difference in the pictures. These new pictures look really good. Did you get a new camera? ;) Anyway, can’t wait to try this recipe, gotta love anything you can make in your crock pot.
No new camear, just trying to be better with taking pictures lol. Hope you like it!
Don’t lose sight of the fact that your followers don’t relate to the professionally trained chef nearly as well as they relate to your down to earth cooking skills and presentation. Keep rocking your recipes and learning!! You do great work!
thank you so much Michelle! learning something new everyday!
I totally agree with Michelle. I’m never scared to cook your food because it’s not pretentious and it’s written like we’re having a conversation. If you go pro with your cooking, it wouldn’t be nearly as awesome! And expensive chocate, huh? I don’t know, Enjoy Life is about as good ad chocolate gets :D
thanks so so much Stephanie, that means a lot to me :) enjoy life is just so stupid good. i ate an entire bag last weekend. thats what happens when you act like you don’t like it for 5 weeks. dumb.
Love your blog! Have tried many recipes and bring in the food to share with my fellow CF peeps doing Paleo. I love to bake and prior to the switch to Paleo I was an avid cookie/pie/cake baker which I thought was going to end. But you have saved the day with many sweet treats which replace my former favorites! Thanks for sharing all your recipes!
Anyway, I happened upon the item (via link below) and immediately thought of you. Cheers! //m.e
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omgomgomg…i LOVE them!!!! ur awesome!
Crockpot meals make life SO much easier! You rock!
so so easy!!
I actually made this 2 weeks ago. I was searching your ingredient lists to match up with what I had at home and found this. Great recipe!
It definitely is, it just need a facial lift ;)
sounds like an awesome weekend and a great learning opportunity. I dont think your blog would nearly as entertaining or the same with a professional touch to it though, and I mean that in the greatest way.
Lol i’m definitely a bit more serious in those videos than my own. gotta represent their company well.
I have been going through some of your old recipes, and I have two on the menu for this week. That makes 3 of the 6 dinners I plan to cook from your website, along with a breakfast and a treat or two. You are slowly taking over my kitchen!
That’s freaking awesome Rachel!! You rock!
Love the throwback idear, I will totes be making this. Speaking of idears…I had an awesome one. Ok, so what if your readers could request or vote on the songs you would be dancing to in your cooking videos?!?! How amazing would that be?! Like for example, I personally think it would be awesome to see you break it down to Stronger by Kelly Clarkson as a shout out to all the single ladies (all the single ladies!) out there…and I bet I’m not the only one. Think about it!
I.LOVE.THIS.IDEA! Like seriously. Totally using it. Going to ask people on facebook next time i’m planning a video!
I love your sense of houmour & your food! I am most definitely buying a slow cooker now after putting it off for too long – that recipe has pushed me over the edge ;-) woo hoo.
Do it! Buy one!
Coconut milk! Awesome idea!! I like that you used cups of broth in this. I followed another recipe for rump roast that only used 1/2 a cup and my roast dried out. Great picture! The bowl in the bowl on the plate is classy!
Gotta keep that moisture locked in!!
I too, love your recipes website etc..every recipe of yours we make is an instant hit. Every single one! Please keep it real my new friend.
Thanks so much Beth!!!
I making this right now. The only changes I made was to sear the meat with the seasonings in bacon grease mixed with ghee. My house smells great right now. Thanks for the recipe. :)
Sounds delish! Hope you like it!
“chocolate coconut macadamia nut brittle”
that’s all.
pure heaven
This is such an amazing recipe… and a super time saver! THANK YOU for being food obsessed and making my intro into the world of eating Paleo so much fun!
Glad you liked it!!
A great part of your charm, Juli, is that you’re YOU, and as your other readers/paleo-cooks say, what makes it easy to live this diet is having your easy-going manner (your frankness in writing, and your dancing/singing/cooking away in the kitchen on your videos) demonstrate how simple it can be to feed yourself deliciously WELL on a healthy diet. So don’t knock your own style, just ROCK it…!
And, by the way, I was gonna knock out one of these pot-roasts tonight, even based on the previous photos, but your photography and presentation is getting quite good. :-)
Cheers!
Thanks so much Tamara, I’m definitely me, not changing ever.
Perhaps a silly question, but was the meat supposed to “flake” (as it does with the shredded beef)? The butcher gave me 4 lbs so it was quite a large roast, and I ended up having to carve it when it was done.
Yes it should flake…was it a rump roast?a
Yes, it was a bottom round rump roast. Maybe I overcooked it?
It might have needed longer time in there. It’s usually tougher like that if it needs to cook longer
Mine turned out tough too… not at all like the picture. But it was grass fed beef (my first foray into grass fed) so maybe that’s why…. I’m putting it on for longer and hoping good things will happen :)
Great roast recipe. The mushrooms and onions were really tasty. The house smelled great, too.
Thank you so much for this recipe! Before going Paleo, the only way I ever cooked a roast was with the old standard onion soup packet and cream of mushroom, which makes me cringe thinking about the ingredient list now. I tried several different Paleo-friendly recipes (with balsamic, a coffee rub, etc.) but none of them quite hit the spot for my family. That was of course until I found this one! I scored BOGO roasts and cooked them back to back days this way (one to freeze, no, we’re not complete pigs!) ;)
This will definitely be my go-to from now on!
I have a question…I HATE coconut and I’m trying to switch over to Paleo, but everything seems to have coconut milk/oil. Does this pick up a coconut flavor? I’m scared to try because of my fear of coconut….
It doesn’t have much coconut flavor in it actually BranDee! It cooks off quite a bit
My husband and I made this last night!…okay, just my husband made it, but I suggested it. So good! I’m one of those people that absolutely loves the broth that’s left over in the crockpot, and I was one happy camper. Beef, mushrooms, and onions? Basically a classic.
Feeling a little crummy today but still needed to out something on for dinner. This was SO EASY!! It looks amazing and cant wait to have this for dinner. Perfect comfort food. I had to use my dutch oven because my roast was huge but no biggie. My house is going to smell so good when my husband gets home! What do you recommend for a paleo side with this? Or does it even need one?
naaaaa its great by itself
Im cooking this right now. It looks soooo yummy and smells soooo good I cant wait to try it!! I love ur recipies. This is the 3rd one I’v made. For someone who is only 3 weeks into Paleo they are also very easy for me to cook. Love it.
making this tonight Juli! It is cooking while I am working my butt off & reading your amazing blog! Thanks for the great recipe! My family & friends thank you to because I always pass on your recipes to them! :)
hope you like it!!
This was so easy and delicious! I will definitely be sharing with my friends. I took some of the liquid out of the crockpot and let it simmer on the stove with a little arrowroot, to thicken, and added some sweet potatoes as well. Super yummy and was the perfect meal for a rainy day:)
I used beef broth instead and added some carrots… Definitely omg delicious! It’s recipes like tis that are selling hubby on eating Paleo!
Bryce is the man – He used to coach at Back Bay and now he owns his own gym, Fulcrum Athletics down in Attleboro. Hopefully you have more time in Boston this go around. You need to get on a duck boat!
quick question! i have this in the crockpot right now… and i’m concerned that the coconut milk is not going to blend well… looks a bit “chunky”… will this get better as it cooks longer or what to do??
I’m guessing it’s chunky because the coconut milk has separated in the can. It should even out just fine as it heats up!
Amazing!!! I didn’t eat meat for 20 years, so making a roast was way outside of my comfort zone. You made it so easy for me! My husband has requested I make this once a week. Thanks for constantly putting out amazing recipes. You always seem to know what I want to eat!
Love that I’m finding lots of AIP compliant recipes on your site :-) One question, approx. how much is a “container” of mushrooms??
about 6-8 ounces
Started this in my crockpot about 4 hours ago, and it smells wonderful! Can not wait for it to be done. Love all your recipes and looking forward to your book coming out. It will make a great Mother’s Day present from my kids. ;)
Wow Julie this was great! I don’t usually love red meat but this was great!
What size container of mushrooms did you use?