Beef Roast With Veggies

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 lbs beef eye round (very lean)
• 1 1/2 slices thick cut bacon (optional)
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 8 small carrots, peeled with tops left on
• 8 large mushrooms, leave whole
• 2 slices sweet onions, 1/4 inch thick (such as spanish, vidalia, walla walla)
• 4 medium baking potatoes, scrubbed, leave skins on, score lengthwise
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 slather the roast with the roast beef slather (recipe on recipezaar), let rest 15 to 20 minutes, or spread with dijon mustard.
• 2 in the meantime, spray a roaster with veggie spray.
• 3 place the thick slices of onion beside each other in the middle of the roaster.
• 4 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 5 in a large bowl, place the carrots, mushrooms and potatoes, pour olive oil over, just enough to moisten, stir to coat well.
• 6 sprinkle veggies with salt and pepper.
• 7 place the roast on top of the onion slices, cut the bacon into 3 or 4 slices and place on top of the roast, if using.
• 8 place the whole potatoes, one on each side and one at each end of the roast.
• 9 place the mushrooms and carrots in the remaining spaces.
• 10 cook roast and veggies in 400°f oven for 1 hour.
• 11 roast will be medium rare and potatoes will be fork tender.