I mean, I guess I can't say I don't like beef anymore....

So if you know me, you know I hate chewing things. Like, not most things but specifically meat. Specifically beef. Now, this might be because of my dad's very minor tendency to overcook things plus the fact that my mom is what we would call "not a fan" of cooking, especially for a family of six, who were mostly males. So she did a lot of very basic stuff. A veggie on the side, tacos, fish sticks, hotdogs, pot roast with carrots/potatoes, meat foil pack things on the grill, you get the picture. And that's cool but not my jam and as such I was a very picky eater growing up who mostly had milk for dinner. Milk with ice because a. I hate the flavor of milk and ice makes it less milky and b. I like a very cold beverage. I have been known to say that milk straight out of the fridge (not at my house though) is hot. No lie. 

So imagine my surprise when Big Country (aka Jeremy) got me out of my non-beef eating phase into trying more stuff. (Let's not get crazy, I eat ground beef but only if seasoned well otherwise too beefy. SHUT UP YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.) so. I decided this weekend we would try FRENCH DIPS. In the crock pot. I KNOW. Now. I have made the skinnytaste one before and I wasn't crazy about it. This one I tried from Carlsbad Cravings had different seasonings and was more of the flavor that I liked. Plus, I didn't really worry about the fatty being trimmed off (because lazy) and I think it gave it good flavor. 

But BEHOLD. This was as I was putting it all together. 

 

These are the ingredients which I screenshotted because my phone was not wanting to cooperate with the webpage in a timely fashion. Now you can see I didn't sear my meat (because who has time at 6:15 am?) but it didn't matter. It cooked on low for approximately 11 hours before I broke it apart. 

 

 

You can see there are a bunch more ingredients than the Skinnytaste version. I would go with this one hands down because the flavor was better. 

Now. Being my mother's daughter and liking to use up stuff, we ate them on toasted hotdog buns with provolone. The kids ate the meat separate from the buns and us adults dipped ours. 

 

 

I totally say make it. The kids liked it. The adults liked it and I will totally make it again. Wooohooo! Recipe here.