There's an old saying, "When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade." Well, when you get a dry roast, it doesn't need to stay that way! Use your creativity and the ingredients from your pantry and refrigerator to turn that sad little roast into a totally new, delicious sandwich meal.

Salvaging a Dry Roast

When you're converting a dry roast to a sandwich meal, look to your creativity, pantry, and refrigerator for ideas.

You could also make a horsey sauce for part of the roast.

Vegetable soup and steak soup art two good additions to any sandwich meal. Making these soups is a souper way to use up a dry roast.

Connie, I love this article - both creative and practical! Thank you!

You are so welcome Susan. I thought sandwich lovers everywhere might want to have some more ideas about saving money while having a great sandwich meal.

If you thinly slice the roast and slather on muffaletta olive salad when you make a sandwich, that helps to make the roast less dry. The olive salad contains a lot of good oil.

Buzz the roast up in the blender. Then, add garlic, mayo, and muffaletta. Use the meat paste to make roll-ups.

Buzz the roast up in the food processor and make it into beef enchiladas or soft tacos.