From time to time, people have said I'm a good cook. But I think of it more as finding good recipes. Recipes that don't have super complex ingredients and deliver good flavor. I enjoy the search. For the last few years, we typically will get a bulk order of beef from a friend that raises steers. We are going to eat beef and it's our modest effort to buy local and lessen the impact. When you buy in bulk, you end up with some cuts of beef that can be a bit tougher to turn into something yummy that the family will enjoy. So I'm often searching for new recipes for those cuts and a thick and lean Sirloin Tip Roast can be in that category. We are approaching that bulk purchase time of year again so I'm trying to empty out the freezer and decided I'd pull said roast from the freezer and look up a recipe. It was a rainy weekend so it seemed like a good chance to fill up the house with that classic pot roast aroma. This recipe from Sunday Supp Movement reall
I just finished reading When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi . The book was published in 1999 and as a life-long Packer fan who also enjoys reading history books, I'm frankly surprised it took me this long to get it read. Ultimately, a very good read. I always knew of Lombardi as the highly successful coach of the Green Bay Packers for whom the Superbowl trophy is named after. Most people are likely familiar with one of Lombardi's most famous sayings: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." This was pretty much the extent of my knowledge of the man. He was a legendary coach with his famous Green Bay Packer sweep play and had multiple hall of fame players. That pretty much summed up my knowledge of Vince Lombardi. What this book helped me understand, is that Vince Lombardi was a much more complex person. His famous phrases were just tidbits of a greater picture that really was focused on being your best. Regardless of your