Easy Winter Roast

Ingredients:
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 large onion, cut into wedges
3 pound boneless top round or rump roast
3 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
3 medium white potatoes, cubed
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 envelopes onion soup mix (choose a variety that is msg free)
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Instructions:

Over medium heat melt butter in the sunflower oil.  Place the beef and onion wedges in the hot oil.  Brown the beef but only brown each side.  Meat will cook through in crock pot. Once meat is browned place meat and onions in the crock pot.  Add carrots, potatoes and bay leaves.  Add salt.  Mix onion soup mix in 3 cups of boiling water until completely dissolved.  Pour over top of the meat and vegetables.  Cook on high about 3 ½ hours or until meat is fork tender.  To make the gravy place cornstarch and 1 teaspoon of water in a medium saucepan.  Stir until mixture becomes a paste.  Add 2 cups of liquid from meat.  Boil until liquid thickens into desired consistency.