1/4 cup is enough. Roast has a high moisture content and will produce a lot of liquid for gravy! I'd only use more when I am cooking potatoes in the same roaster with the meat, then I would increase to a cup. Cover the roast tightly with foil or a good lid.
well, it's a little late now for the Easter dinner, but when I use the high setting I add the carrots an hour and a half before the meat is done, and always add more water for the veges. I don't let the potato chunks get larger than 1.5", and if you like your carrots with some crunch in them, wait until an hour before the roast is done.
If you use the high setting on a crockpot things can get hot and even boil. On high I cook the roast 4 hours, adding the vege's about an hour and half before the meat is done. If you use the low setting and cook a full 8 hours, you could add the veges half way through... sorta depends on the crock pot.
A lot of people put everything in at once, set it on low and come home to dinner made. I always put a wooden breadboard under the crockpot if the counter top is not granite or tile. Over time the heat from crockpots and electric skillets can damage a countertop.
Hope you had a wonderful Easter dinner anyway!
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if i want to add potatoes and baby carrots should i add that in the beginning of the cooking or like an hour before the roast in done?! thanks for all the help, i'm a first time cooker and am cooking for easter!! ahhhh! haha
thanks for the tip. our easter is still going on here. it's only 2:30pm. we live in hawaii. but, the roast has been cooking all day and will still be going until like 5 this afternoon so i am going to go and add them in. thanks again!
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