For a 4 lb. cross rib or 3 lb. rolled rump, bottom round or chuck roast, line a pot for the oven with foil to be able to completely seal the roast, coming up and over it.
Spread 1 can cream of mushroom soup mixed with one envelope of dried onion soup mix over both sides of the beef and place it in the foil.
Add:
8 small potatoes
8 carrots, cut crosswise in halves
2 T. waterBake at 300 for 4 hours.