Coffee Braised Pot Roast

There are so many great ways to make Pot Roast. I mean the easiest is to just toss together carrots, potatoes, onions and, of course, the pot roast in a pan and a nice dinner is ready in a couple of hours. Coming up with this Coffee Braised Pot Roast was so much fun. We tried several variations until we found what we think is the perfect combination. It pops with so many wonderful flavors while keeping the "savoriness" of the beef. Yes, I said savoriness!! 😀

Cold Brew Coffee

The other day we connected with some great new friends at Scoot! Craft Cold Brew Coffee here in Cleveland. They make a great Cold Brew Coffee. Neither of us drinks a lot of coffee but lately, when we do, it's either a cold brew coffee or, of course, an Irish coffee if it's a snow day!!!😁 One of the reasons we moved back to Ohio was for the great snow days.... or was it to have an excuse for an Irish Coffee. 🤷‍♀️

Pot Roast

When I grew up we used to have a Pot Roast every Sunday. Usually, the pot roast would cook for several hours and my Mom would always make Mashed Potatoes and, of course, homemade rolls. Growing up on a farm we always had meat and potatoes for dinner. And dinner was always at noon! Leftovers for supper. Which in our house was always at 5:00. It's funny thinking back that we would have our big meal at noon and the smaller (if you could call anything we had for meals as small) in the evening before all the chores of milking and feeding the cows.

When I think about it having a structured time for eating our meals isn't a bad idea. Yes, we always had big meals like for breakfast Sausage gravy and biscuits or my favorite a stack of pancakes, eggs, and several pieces of bacon. I really wish I could eat like that now!!!

Green Beans

Green beans usually aren't my favorite vegetable. Until NOW!!! We spent a lot of time discussing what would be the best veggies to go with this Coffee Braised Pot Roast. We had to have Mashed Potatoes!!! I love mashed potatoes and would love to have them daily or even weekly. Since we started our focus on cutting as many calories as possible we usually only have mashed potatoes on special occasions.

Sooo we justified that this Coffee Braised Pot Roast was so good that it had to be a special occasion. And, since it's a "special occasion"....of course, we had to make mashed potatoes. Now, let me tell you, the green beans turned out to be the real star of the veggie corner for this dinner.

They are so simple to make. Check out how easy this is:

1. Snap the ends of the green beans and rinse them under cool water. (2 Cups of green beans)
2. Slice or chop 4 cloves of garlic
3. Heat 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil in a pan
4. Add garlic and 1 teaspoon of sea salt (I like the coarse salt) to the Olive Oil. Sauté for about 30 seconds
5. Toss in the green beans. Stir to coat with the garlic and salt. Add 1 or 2 Tablespoons of water.
6. Cook the green beans until all of the water has cooked away.
7. Taste. Add more salt if needed.

The green beans will have a great snap and sooooo much flavor. I'm so obsessed with these green beans I want to make them again. We were eating them directly out of the pan as if they were chips or some kind of snack.

Coffee Braised Pot Roast

We are beyond excited to share this Awwwwwesome Coffee Braised Pot Roast recipe. And we hope you love it as much as we do. We would love to hear what you think of the pot roast and what you made as a side dish. It would be great with roasted potatoes, carrots, broccoli or even rice.