This Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy Recipe combines just a few simple ingredients for a delicious, hearty dinner. Tender pieces of sirloin in a thick mushroom and gravy sauce come together for the best comfort food around! Serve over homemade mashed potatoes, egg noodles, or rice.
Welcome back to another episode of my life is a circus and I don’t really have time to cook! My name is Dana, I’ll be your host! Today we are making Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy for your whole family to enjoy. :)d
My circus has been wanting really simple food lately. Mix too many things together and there is a good chance 3 out of the 4 who eat food (baby is still doing the boob thing) won’t be interested in dinner. It might “look weird” or maybe it has “something green on it.” Whatever the case, I’ve started really simplifying not only my meals, but my shopping list as well.
I thought to myself for a hot second that there was no way I could post this Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy recipe. People would think it was stupid because it is only a couple of ingredients. What if… gasp… I used a Simply Organic brown gravy packet instead of making an elaborate sauce myself and spending $25 to gather the ingredients for the sauce? Then I remembered there are other Moms out there just like me who have a million things to do and just need a semi-healthy and very delicious dinner to put on the table tonight. Enter… Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy.
The Mashed Potatoes
Now that we have cleared up the fact that I indeed to have picky eaters and I am also the ring leader of a tiny circus of humans who have been refusing to eat lately, it might be time to talk mashed potatoes. Listen, let’s just be honest here. If the mashed potatoes aren’t good, the whole meal just isn’t as good. Mashed potatoes are the glue of a dinner and I’ve figured out how to make a pretty darn good potato.
I always make homemade mashed potatoes and I have a big secret. Many people have commented on my recipe wondering what I was doing different and how I delivered the best mashed potatoes ever. This will have its very own post one day soon but for now let’s just talk about why my mashed potatoes are better then 99% of the rest. I use cream cheese.
That’s right, cream cheese right in the mixer with the potatoes, butter, milk, and salt. With the whisk attachment, not the paddle. If you aren’t mashing your potatoes with a stand mixer, now is a great time to finally grab that mixer you have been stalking on Amazon. So here you go…
I’ve had my KitchenAid Artisan 5 qt mixer for a long time now, and it has been super helpful with everyday recipes like mashed potatoes. It is definitely a kitchen appliance staple in my house!
If you aren’t feeling the mashed potatoes, this recipe would be awesome over rice or egg noodles as well.
