Red Wine Tri Tip Roast: Cooking Meat is NOT Hard

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Really not that difficult....

My friends always say that they can make pasta or vegetables or fish or whatever, but they don't know how to cook meat. But seriously, it's not hard. If you can turn on an oven and set a timer, you can cook meat. Just don't over cook it. And let it rest. 

Fool proof instructions below. But, if you just don't like touching raw meat (I really think that's a major issue for a lot of people), just get over it.  And turn on your oven.

Shepherd's Pie with Turkey and Butternut Squash: My ugly but delicious, healthy version of a classic

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You are so, so, so ugly... but delicious.

So, I don't cook the healthiest food.... delicious, but not usually something a dietician would endorse. Not to say that I am as bad as Paula Deen, but I also don't consider salads meals. 

This was my attempt to be healthy, and seasonal, and use up random ingredients in my mom's kitchen.

I think it was successful, and my brother agreed... he ate two giant servings. Although, he also called me crazy and "meticulous" for cutting up tons of carrots, celery and onion in the same tiny shapes...