Tri Tip Roast

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Instructions.Things You'll Need:
•1 tri tip roast, 2-1/2 lb.
•1/4 cup marsala wine
•2 tbsp. olive oil
•2 tsp. Monterey steak seasoning
•1 tsp. dried parsley
1.Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place roast in 9-by-13 baking pan.

2.Step 2
Combine wine, olive oil, and spices. Pour over meat.

3.Step 3
Place in oven, uncovered, and bake at 425 for 45 minutes.

4.Step 4
Remove from oven, tent loosely with aluminum foil, and let stand for 15 minutes for medium. The roast will continue to cook as it stands.

5.Step 5
Slice thinly on the diagonal to serve. Save pan juices and serve alongside, if desired.



on 7/23/2009 THE BEST TENDEREST TRI TIP RECIPE (2.5 lbs) or any size
Season tri tip on both sides with a lot of your favorite herbs pepper garlic etc.
You can let is sit in refrig or immediately put it on rack in a pan in oven and roast at 425 for 10-15 min ONLY.
TURN OVEN DOWN TO 200-225 and roast for 45 min a pound taking into consideration the 15 min of high heat.
Check internal temp and depending when it gets to 130 its rare/medium rare or wait till its done to your liking remembering it continues to cook slightly after you take it out of oven
THIS METHOD WILL GIVE YOU END TO END SAME TYPE OF DONENESS thru out the roast.
IT WILL BE VERY VERY TENDER FROM THE LOW COOKING!!!

Note if you get an untrimmed tri-tip, slash the fat on the top in 3 or 4 places till you just get down to roast trying not to cut into meat.

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NEW - Week 1 (last week) - Pico De Gallo

With so many tomatoes from our garden (thanks to our landlords) I have been researching what to do. I wanted some fresh salsa . . . aka Pico de Gallo (which to be honest I didn't know that is what this type of salsa was called, I know I am a bit behind).

I found an AMAZING recipe online. It is so easy, it took me 15- 20 minutes to make, so depending on how quick you are with the knife, and if you have someone helping cut, it could be a quick 5 to 10 minute treat!

The recipe is found here: www.chevys.com/recipies.aspx

NEW - Week 1 (last week) - Jello Mousse Bites

I found this recipe in a random Kraft Foods recipe book I have. It is a small pamphlet of only about 15 recipes, but most of them have proven great!

I tried these "Mousse Bites" for a new spin on Jello and was pleasantly surprised! I actually made them in the pan as stated in the recipe, but after eating it all, I decided to made more for company we were having over. I made them a little more elegant and they set up great!

Such a yummy treat on a hot day!

What you need:
2.5 cups boiling water
2 packages- 3 oz each of Jello ( I used 1 -6oz package)
2 cups of Cool Whip

STIR boiling water into gelatin, mix with whisk for 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Add Cool Whip. Stir until blended.

POUR into 8 inch square pan

REFRIGERATE for 3 hours or until firm. Cut into 36 bites (or whatever you want).

ENJOY!

Week 1 (Last week) - Figs

(photos courtesy of www.botanicalfeast.com - I hold no ownership)

Dave came home from work with the ugliest looking "fruit" I have ever seen. He wouldn't tell me what it was until I tried it. So he cut it open and inside was just as crazy looking as the multicolored outside. When REALLY ripe like the one we had the inside was more white, fanned out and all spiny looking.

I was really nervous, but pleasantly surprised. It was sweet. Though for some reason I couldn't get over the look of it and couldn't eat much. (My head always gets in the way of food!)I even tried to picture eating a pear. It was good, though, and I would recommend anyone to try a fresh one.

I also just read that a fig is actually a collection of flowers called inflorescence. There are over 800 species. they are very nutritious with a lot of fiber, the flowers grow on the inside of the "fruit," they are said to be one of the oldest crop and go back to bible times.



You learn something new everyday!

New Goal - New Adventures

In moving to Modesto and being able to be at home all the time I have found myself productive, but in different ways than I ever have been. I have time to do laundry, dishes, cleaning, recipes, weeding, walking and playing with Anna, crafts, organizing, filing, etc. throughout the day rather than stay up late each night or doing it on the weekends. Being a stay at home Mom doesn't necessarily mean I don't do much, I just get busy in different ways... and I am loving it!

Today as I pureed 5 pounds of tomatoes I thought, I need to keep doing something for me each week. So as to not get all caught up in the cleaning and such. My new goal is : I am going to try something NEW each week, then blog about it so as to see my progress. The goal will mostly be centered around recipe's, because I would like to aspire to be a better cook, however if I make a new project or something I might add that in.

Random Quotes

"If you think you can or you think you can't you're right." Henry Ford

"HE who hears no the music, thinks the dancer is mad"

QUOTES randomly collected in highschool

"Look for the good and you will find it" President Hinckley

Always be positive. Trials are mandatory, misery is optional.

"I've heard betterthunderstorms!" - Gilbert and usher @ Kingsbury Hall about a rock band playing there. (When I used to work there)

"Stop your embarrassing me!" -DAD
"Scriptures and prayer go together like peanut butter and Jelly. " Sister Carol B. Thomas (2nd counselor in YW General Pres. )

"The gospel is true and I love you." LeGrand Richards

"He's boring, but he doesn't mean to be." Christ like girl (That is what I wrote I don't have a clue where it is from)

"Live well, Laugh Often, Love much." I first heard this from Mr. Harris a substitute teacher at Oly who was about 80 and hilarious! I loved him. He died when I was in college. He truly made an impression on me.

"It's All true!" Brother Della-Piana

"Obedience to God can e the very highest expression of Independence. Just think of giving the one thing, the one gift, that he would never take...
OBEDIENCE- that which God will never take by force- he will accept when freely given. And he will then return to you freedom that would can hardly dream of-the freedom to feel and to know,the freedom to do, and the freedom to be, at least a thousandfold more than we offer him. Strangely enough, the key to freedom is obedience." ELDER BOYD K. PACKER

"Teach your students to see wit the eyes they possessed before they had a mortal body." Boyd K. Packer

"The distance between church and the world ar Set on a course which we cannot follow and will steadily increase. Across the world, those who now come by tens of thousands will inevitably come as a flood to where the family is safe." Boyd K Packer

"If you think you can or you think you can't you're right." Henry Ford

"HE who hears no the music, thinks the dancer is mad"

"You can live without faith,you cannot live without hope." President Hinckley

"The more a person feels without acting, the less he will ever be able to act (in inspired ways) And the long run the less he will ever be able to feel." C.S. LEWIS

"Determining how you feel the spirit requires hat you be observant. The best place to start is in a lesson in church or FHE where everyone is reverant and paying attention. Or worthily performing baptisms for the dead." Boyd K. Packer

"Spiritual staying power requires strength -strength to be achieved by feasting on the gospel of Jesus Christ regularly, deeply and perceptively. If you and I go unnourshed by the gospel feast which God has generously spread before us, we will be vulnerable instead of durable. NEIL A MAXWELL


Faith is mental exertion
faith is in action
Faith is power
Faith is a Primary song

I feel on this occasion that if wealth would destroy what little faith I have, I would rather that it would thake to itself winds and fly beyon my reach." ORSON HYDE

If the Savior is not worth your sacrifice, you are not worth his"

Chip Munk Analogy: "Do not keep your stomahh full of what the world offers you or you will be too full for the Lord's."

"How we treat the sabbath day may indicate how we treat/feel the atonement," Bishop Dave Perkins

In Scriptures: Black: What he HAS revealed
White: What he WILL reaveal unto us

"When life kicks you in the rear at least you know your a head"

"7 days without prayer makes one week"

"Life is too short to be little" -Benjamin Disraeli

"Life is not a goblet to be drained, it is a measure to be filled." Unknown

"Better throw a stone at random than a word" - Pope Xystus I (?)

"We give advice by the bucket, but we take it by the grain." -William R Alger

"There is no knowledge that is not power"

"God gives us memories so we might have roses in December." Dr. James Barnie

"It never hurts your eyes to look on the bright side"

"No God, NO Peace; Know God, Know peace"

"God allows "U" turns"

"The men who try to do someting and fail are indefinetly better than those who try to do nothing and succeed."

"We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving"

"A journey of 1,000 steps begins with one step." Las-Tse

"Sacrafice a life time, and enjoy an eternity." Dave Lehman

"If you don't know where you are going, how will you get there?" Dave Lehman

"Simple obedience has complex rewards." Dave Lehman

"There are 2 types of pepole in life: Those who think and don't do and those who do, but don't think"

"Never let grass grow over the path of friendship" Allie Butler

"You cannot expect a $10.00 answer from a 10 cent prayer."

"In you feel you have a lemon you can either complain how sour it is, or you can make lemonade!"

"If you do something dumb that only takes second it could take a lifetime to repair."

"Triumph is only a little umph added to try."

"Kindness is the oirl that takes friction out of life." Anon

"There is no right way to do the wrong thing."

"If you make a mistake and don't correct it... you are making another mistake." -A.L

"Where one door shuts another opens." -Cervantes (?)

"Show me a throughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure>" - Thomas A Edison

"It is better to build boys than to repair men."

"It is not what you were; it is what you are today." David Marion

"He who is not ready today, will be less so tomorrow." -Ovid