Roast with Beans and Rice

This is another one of those recipes I almost hate to post because it is so simplistic and YOU come out looking like a chef in a superman cape.  I mean, who wouldn't want that? 

 

Here is what you need:  a roast of your choosing, 1 can rotel, 1 can pinto beans, 1 can ranch, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 of an onion chopped,  2 cups uncooked white rice, 4-5 hungry people

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. 
Place your roast in a roasting pan fat side up, make slits in fat and salt and pepper. 

Place onions in bottom of the pan, open all three cans, do NOT drain, dump on top of roast.
Cover, and cook for 6-7 hours. 
 

Cook rice just a few minutes prior to serving as directed on the box.   This recipe will make some of the BEST beans you have ever tasted.  The fat from the roast makes them so yummy! Some people in my family eat the bean and rice together, and my husband puts it all together and goes for it!

 

This is one of those recipes you can put in the oven mid - morning, and not do another thing it until it is time to eat.  I  serve this dish with a salad and it is always a hit!  I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does :)

You will never believe this one! Left over roast recipe...

As I have stated before...I LOVE it when I purchase ingredients and someone eats it before I can cook.  I was going to make calzones and a group of boys I shall not mention, but their leader's name rhymes with Tacob, ate the mozzarella and pepperonis. So with two loaves of bread already risen, and rolled, what am I to do? MAKE SOMETHING UP (or throw a fit)

No one was home to see or hear my fit so I chose to make          something up, no need to waste a good fit!

I had made roast the night before so I gave this a shot and it turned out edible.  I'm not saying it's the best recipe I've ever made but it really turned out better than expected.  So here we go, I had laid out two loaves of frozen bread earlier in the day and when they rose I rolled them out as above.

Then I took, left over roast cut in small pieces, chopped onion to taste, mushrooms chopped, bell pepper, a small potato thin, thin, thinly sliced, and hot sauce of choice to taste and laid it down the center of my dough.  I then seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.   Top with cheese of choice.  Cut 1 1/2 inch strips at an angle along each side of your mixture and begin laying them across your mixture to cover.  It will leave some gaps and that is just fine! I baked it at 400 degrees until it was brown...

Here is the end result.  I served it with baked beans and a salad, along with some brown gravy for dipping if my family so chose. (and we are from the south so they chose!)  To make it I used the juice from the roast, with a little salt and pepper, water and flour in a skillet heated to desired thickness.  Apparently, this was a big hit!  Or everyone ate it because they knew I was mad....

**Sarcasm note- this was a catastrophic success!