The drizzly weather on the weekend had me fixing for a bit of comfort food courtesy of my trusty slow cooker. I find my oven to be a temperamental roaster, but the slow cooker nails it every time.

This super easy roast beef recipe is adapted from 4 ingredients. You just set it and forget it for four hours while the soup mixture magically transforms into a delicious gravy.

Interestingly, Mr Flashman detests mushrooms, but laps this up like a kitten to milk. Go figure.

ingredients:

• 1kg beef blade roast
• can of cream of mushroom soup
• packet of dry french onion soup mix

method:

1. Roast the beef for 20mins in a hot oven to brown up and seal the edges (if time permits)
2. Place the beef in the slow cooker
3. Combine 1 can of cream of mushroom soup + 1pkt of dry french onion soup mix
4. Pour the soup mixture over the beef, so it is completely covered
5. Turn the slow cooker to the high setting and let it be for 4-5 hours
6. Slice the beef and serve with your choice of vegetables and plenty of crusty breadrolls to mop up the gravy.