Tomorrow I'm going to try a beef roast in the slow cooker. I'm going to brown all sides of a round chuck roast, then put it in the crock pot with a can of diced tomatoes, lots of garlic, italian seasoning, red wine, mini onions, potatoes, carrots and celery. Hopefully, it'll be yummy by the time we get home from the gym.

I think the key (at least for me) is not to use chicken breasts, which have always come out dry. I did dark meat chicken for 4 hours and it worked well. I'm excited to try some beef, though, because chuck is so cheap and I love the way it falls apart when braised.