One Roast Beef... 3 dinners!

The other week Charlotte had a ballet intensive camp.  I picked her up at 6pm everyday, knowing she would be starving.  She can be a little picky, so I had her pick out the meals for the week.  Not surprisingly, everything was red meat!  The wonderful thing about the following meals, is they were all so super easy to prepare.  Got to love that!

Day one was Roast Beef. 
Of course, I forgot to take pictures!  There are so many ways to prepare a roast beef, and I have tried many yummy recipes.  I went with basic and simple this time...

Basic Roast Beef Recipe:

2 tbs olive oil
3 lbs roast beef
kosher salt
freshly ground pepper
2 (1oz) pkgs dry onion soup mix
2 c water
about 30oz beef broth

Heat Olive oil in Pan. Salt and pepper roast beef, then sear in hot oil on all sides.  This will flavor and seal in all the juices.

Transfer roast to your slow cooker, add onion mix, water and beef broth.

Cook on high for 4-6 hrs, or low for 8-10 hrs. 

I sliced the roast beef for dinner and served with a green salad.  I shredded the remaining beef, and reserved the baking juices for our next two dinners...

On day two we had French Dip Sandwiches.

French Dip Sandwich

It was so easy and super yummy!

Use your favorite sandwich rolls, slice, and shredded roast beef and a slice of your favorite white cheese.  We used provolone, b/c that what I had on hand.  Swiss would be yummy too!
Place assembled sandwiches on a baking pan and put in a 350 degree oven until cheese is melted and bread is slightly crispy. (You may want to warm up the roast beef in the microwave before you assemble sandwiches... just to make sure it will be heated thoroughly.)
Serve sandwiches with reserved beef broth (warmed, of course!) from your slow cooker roast beef.

On day 3 we had Chipolte Beef Taquitos.

I had already plowed into my dinner before I remembered to take a picture. Better late than never!

I served the taquitos with slow cooker refried beans, heirloom tomato salsa, and fresh mango. 

You can find the slow cooker refried been recipe here: 100 days of Real Food

2 c shredded roast beef

1/4-1/2 tsp minced chipolte pepper

1 4oz can green chilis, undrained

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp coriander

1/2 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili posder

zest from 1 lime

1 tbls fresh lime juice

about 12oz queso fresco

about 12 corn or flour tortillas (I used whole wheat from whole foods)

olive oil spray 

1 1/2 kosher salt

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Add first 9 ingredients to a bowl and mix well.

Wrap tortillas in wet paper towels, and warm in microwave for about 30 seconds- 1 minute.

Working with one tortilla at a time, spread about 1 tbls crumbled queso freso in a line across the center of the tortilla.  Top with about 2 tbls shredded beef mixture.  Roll tightly, and place seam down an a baking dish sprayed with olive oil.  Spray tops of assembled taquitos with olive oil spray and sprinkle tops with salt.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.  Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.