Mama'S Pot Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 to 5 lbs sirloin tip roast
1 small onion
1 lb carrots
3 lbs irish potatoes
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
flour for browning
water to cover
1/2 c coffee-black or 2 Tbsp instant coffee

Preparation

Mix garlic powder (or salt), celery salt, table salt and black pepper.
Rub mixture on roast.
Sprinkle with flour, brown on all sides in a little oil--be sure meat is a good dark brown. Add water to cover roast in pan and coffee.
Bring to boil, turn heat down
to slow boil.
Add chopped onion.
Cook approximately 4 to 5 hours slowly till meat is fork tender.
Add vegetables and continue to cook till veggies are done.
Remove roast and veggies to platter-slice roast against grain of meat.Make a gravy by mixing flour with a little water, then adding to broth in pan where roast cooked. Any leftover roast and veggies, put into gravy, add a can of tomatoes and mixed vegetables and have a great soup next day.