Beef Brisket

     I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! What is the most delicious thing you ate? I would love you to add the recipe to the comments section.  My husband and I hopped on a plane and went to Tucson to see his family.  It was warm and beautiful.  We ate well, hiked in the desert mountains, and had a great time with the fam! I have a ridiculous amount of things to be thankful for!
      Now that it is time to settle back into the normal routine of things I thought I would offer up a yummy winter dinner idea.  Beef Brisket.  It's no vegetarian delight, but I got major bonus points from my meat eating dad and husband for this recipe. 
     It is a perfect thing for a Monday.  You can take about 10 minutes to prepare everything the night before.  In the morning, turn on the slow cooker and dinner will be ready when you get home!

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Ingredients:

• A cut of beef brisket.  
  
• 2 tomatoes (quartered)
  
• 1 onion (quartered)
  
• 1/2 Cup red wine
  
• 1/4 Cup brown sugar
  
• 5 cloves of garlic
  
• worcestershire sauce 
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• sprinkle pepper

You favorite herbs, I used

• 1 teaspoon coriander
  
• 1 teaspoon parsley
  
• 1 teaspoon basil

     The brisket should have one side that is fattier than the other.  Place the brisket in the ceramic part of your slow cooker fat side up.  Then add in all the vegetables.  Feel free to make this your own.  Carrots and potatoes are nice additions if you have them handy.  Put your herbs on top of the meat.  You can use fresh or dried herbs, whatever is most accessible.  Add in brown sugar.  Zigzag the worcestershire sauce back and forth over everything.  Lastly add in the wine (feel free to go overboard on this). If you are storing this overnight, cover it and put it in the fridge.
     Before cooking add enough water to the pot to ensure that everything is submerged.  One of the first times I made this I skimped on the water and ended up with hard, dry, totally burnt brisket.  Set the slow cooker on low for 8-10 hours, or high for 4-5 hours.  At the end the meat should pull apart with the fork, your house will smell delicious, and all you have to do is plate the food and serve!

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