Kristin's Perfect Pot Roast with Garlic Mashed Potatoes

I'm not joking - this is like crack in a crockpot. In Kristin's own words:

Yankee Pot Roast
- 1 roast (whatever cut you like)
- carrots (however many you like, I just used baby carrots- about a half a big bag, I was also thinking parsnips would be good in this too...)
- 1 onion, chopped
3/4 - 1 cup beef broth (depending on the size of the roast)
1 can diced tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 Tbl dried parsley flakes (you can use fresh to but I did not have any on hand)
salt and cracked pepper (not sure how much I put in- maybe about a tsp of each??)

Sear roast in a little bit of olive oil and then just put everything in the crock pot to cook all day. (I added carrots part way through cooking time) I am sure that this would be good in the oven as well- whatever you want to use. I love the crock pot though because you do not have to babysit it and it comes out sooo tender!

Garlic Mashed Potatoes (I liked them so much when you made them that I tried them out myself!) got the recipe from this website: http://www.mashed-potatoes-recipe.com/garlic-mashed-potatoes-recipe/ I just did not add the parsley like the recipe said- probably would be good though
- 3 pounds russet or yukon gold potatoes
- 1 whole bulb garlic
-1/2 cup half and half (half milk half cream) (I did not have cream so I just used whole milk)
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley

Bring potatoes to a boil then reduce the heat and let them simmer for 15-20 minutes. Drain the potatoes and put them back on the stove for a few minutes, don’t burn them. After that, set them aside and not it’s time to move our attention to garlic. While the potatoes are boiling and simmering we will take the garlic bulb and cut the top of the whole garlic head. Oh, the garlic is still un-peeled, you don’t need to peel it. Now put the garlic into a heat resistant pan and cover it with drops of olive oil. Take some aluminum foil and cover the garlic (so it doesn’t burn) and put it into the oven.
How long does it take for garlic to bake? About the same time that it takes the potatoes to cook so you can do this simultaneously. Garlic is baked when is soft and as I said it will take about 20 minutes.

When the garlic is done let it cool down a bit, then squeeze the garlic out of it’s clothes with a fork and add it to the potatoes. (I put the garlic through a garlic press so it would be really fine). Now we are back on the old tracks. Mince the parsley and also add it to the potatoes, also add some pepper for the taste and some salt (if necessary) and mash the potatoes.

Heat cream, milk and butter and mix them into the potatoes. You could also do this before you mash the potatoes and garlic, maybe it tastes better if you do it after, but I don’t think so.