Slow Cooked Beef Brisket & Broccoli Cheese Casserole (Wheat Belly Style)

We are officially more than half way through the week...Yay! This evening, we're having Slow Cooked Beef Brisket for dinner. Late last night (close to midnight), I placed a 2.25 pound beef brisket in my slow cooker to cook overnight. I sliced half of a medium onion and arranged 1/2 of the slices on the bottom of the crock pot and then placed the brisket on top. I poured about 1/2 cup of dry red wine (Pinot Noir) over the brisket and then seasoned it with sea salt, black pepper and ground ancho chile pepper (for smokiness). I placed the remaining onion slices on top, a couple of garlic cloves, a couple tablespoons of torn fresh flat leaf parsley and then scattered a little over 1 cup of fresh grape tomatoes around the brisket, covered it and cooked it overnight until noon time today. I cooled and refrigerated it when I came home for lunch and when I got home this evening, I simply dropped the crock back into the crock pot base and turned it on low and let it reheat for a couple of hours while I got some things done around the house, which included making a Broccoli Cheese Casserole from the Wheat Belly 30-Minute or Less Cookbook. It was a quick and delicious dinner since my crock pot did most of the cooking ahead of time. 

While the brisket was reheating, I decided to experiment a bit with a new chocolate dessert recipe that I'm planning to post tomorrow! I'm going to taste test it this evening before I post the recipe...but I think (and hope) it's going to be a good one! I'm excited! A couple of years ago, I made a similar type of recipe very early on in my Wheat Belly journey and was criticized and challenged so much from a "not very nice man" that it literally took me almost 2 years before I've attempted a recipe like this again! He hadn't even made it or tried it...but he tried to convince me and others that it wasn't Wheat Belly friendly...but it was (he just didn't have his facts straight). The only thing not friendly was HIM! ;-)  So, if it turns out good, I'll post it tomorrow...I'm definitely not looking for any controversy and certainly not over a recipe! I snapped a couple photos of this evening's meal below. Enjoy!