1 packet onion soup mix
3 pounds lean beef pot roast -- trimmed of fat
3 tablespoons flour -- mixed into
3 tablespoons water -- to make a paste

This roast needs no prior browning. Meat browns in the slow cooker and forms a brown gravy. Prepare vegetables separately. Sprinkle onion soup over the bottom of the crock pot. Add pot roast.

Cover and cook on LOW about 10 hours or 5 hours on HIGH.Pour accumulated juices into a saucepan; skim off fat. Add flour-water paste and bring to the boil, stirring constantly until thickened. Serve over sliced meat.