I prefer not to try new dishes for food gatherings, but we were hosting a potluck on a Friday and that leaves little time to prepare anything fancy, so I turned to my slow cooker for guidance! I figured the easiest way to satisfy a crowd was with a massive quantity of beef, so I bought an entire eye round roast weighing in at 5.8 lbs. I chose a few favorite beef-accompanying ingredients like mushrooms, sweet onions and red wine, and took some suggestions from others to create the all-around-perfect beef dish. It reminds me of an album from the group Infected Mushroom called “Converting Vegetarians”. Great album, although the name is better applied to this recipe – it’s that good. Since this is a very lean cut of meat it’s very tender but a little dry inside – which works in perfect harmony with the half gallon or so of gravy this recipe makes alongside.
