Stupidly Easy Potroast

This is a variation on the recipe from Tim Ferriss' 4-Hour Chef. As the name indicates, it is stupidly simple to make. You will need:

Two pound chuck roast
Two pounds of baby carrots
Two onions, diced
Five to ten stalks of celery, diced
Eight ounces of mushrooms (I had two or three large portobello mushrooms and diced them)  
48 ounce can of beef broth
Four or five cloves of garlic

1. Season the meat the night before. This simply means salt, black pepper and granulated garlic sprinkled on the top of the meat. Turn said meat over, and season the other side.
2. I line the crockpot with a cooking bag. I like to cook; I hate the cleaning up part.
3. Throw a bunch of baby carrots in the bottom of the pot (or bag, as the case may be).
4. Set meat on top of carrots.
5. Throw in onions, celery, mushrooms and garlic and as many more carrots as will fit in your crockpot.
6. Pour in the broth.
7. Let cook for four or five hours on high.

That's it, and it was fabulous.

Notice the mashed potato-looking stuff on the plate? That's Great Northern beans. Here's how Beth made that:

Mash up some beans in a pan, add one tablespoon each of ghee and olive oil, add black pepper and garlic to taste.

Next time we may try adding some red wine to the broth, but I'm not sure that it's necessary.