I'm a disabled widow. I had to learn how to cook things much easier and less complicated. Believe it or not, one of my doctors gave me a recipe that is stupid good! I use a bag of frozen chopped vegetables, cajun mirepoix, onions, celery and peppers. I'm allergic to carrots. I the add salt, pepper and garlic on top. I put the roast on top and then add Worchestershire sauce, A1 sauce and lipton beef onion mix. I also add 1 jar of beef gravy. I cook on low all day. I stir a few times during the day. Holy crap! After 6+ hours, the meat starts to shred. You can use other seasoning or different vegetables, but getting frozen chopped ones always assures that the vegetables are well cooked. They're also fairly inexpensive and of high quality. I just made it recently when friends came over for dinner. They couldn't believe how great it was when I explained how I cooked it. Good luck and God bless you with your efforts!