Ermahgerd Bernerners in Perjermers - Imgur

Ermahgerd Bernerners in Perjermers - Imgur

So my friends and I are obsessed with this!  We can talk like this all night and just laugh our asses off and everyone thinks we are crazy, but it is sooooo funny!  LOVE!

Great BBQ dry rub

Chocolate Tri Tip Dry Rub

So I can't take credit for this recipe, but is is the most delicious beef I have ever tasted in my life!  Definitely a favorite for parties and bbq's!  It does have some spice, but I think it's a good heat, still good for people that don't like too much spicy!  If you are worried about it, just cut down the pepper flakes to 1 tsp!  It is off of the Food Network's website!  Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Scharffen Berger Cacao Nibs
• 2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 (2 1/2-pound) tri tip roast
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• Directions

To make the rub: Combine all ingredients except the roast, in the bowl of a food processor, spice grinder, or mortar and pestle. Grind until the nibs break into particles the size of large grains of sand. Use immediately or store in a tightly covered jar for up to 1 month.

Rinse and pat the roast dry with paper towels. Generously cover the meat with the rub and wrap in foil or plastic wrap. The roast can marinate overnight in the refrigerator.

Remove the roast from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature. In the meantime, fire up the grill. Prepare the grill for indirect cooking, with the coals to either side. Place the meat on the grill, fat side up, not directly over the coals. The internal grill temperature should be between 275 and 300 degrees F. Grill the meat for 40 minutes. Check the internal temperature with an instant-read thermometer. For medium rare meat, remove from the grill when the thermometer registers 125 degrees F. Let the roast sit, loosely covered with foil, for several minutes before slicing.

Gonna try this again

Well it's been 4 years since I started this blog that no one follows, and the other night I was thinking that I should get back into it!  I have had way more life experience and also, would love to start posting recipes that I come up with!  In the last 4 years, we had some hardships, including me losing my job, a short sale of our home, and just the universal down slide of the economy in this country that has affected everyone!  But we also became parents to our first son, Kaleb Joseph, on March 29, 2011!  He is the happiest baby and such a joy to our lives!  I am currently staying home taking care of him and just watching him learn and grow is the most rewarding thing I have ever experienced!

We just moved to what I call our "dream home", in Northwest Reno.  We are renting but hoping once things settle in the housing market that we will be able to buy this gem!  Kaleb is loving it and I would love for him to grow up here!  We still have our dog, Delilah and our cat, Pumpkin and they have been joined by our giant puppy, Boston.  He is now almost 3 years old, weighs a good 100lbs and thinks he is a human.

Jon is doing great at his company, which was bought by Lincoln Electric a few months ago.  He is a very valued employee and we are so grateful that in this economy that he has this great profession.

Anyway, that is all for now, Kaleb is getting up from a nap.  Stay tuned for recipes, mommy tips, and my ranting!

Autumn Fun!

Well this fall has definitely been busy and fun filled! Our best friends, Somer and Brook, had an awesome costume party to celebrate the recent purchase of their home! Jon and I decided to go as Sarah Palin and Joe Six Pack in honor of the election season! I watched all the Tina Fey impersonations and had the voice down!

Then came good ol' Nevada Day! Started our morning off at the Prunty household for breakfast, Chorizo sandwiches, eggs, potatoes, you name it! Along with the Bloody Mary's and awesome friends and family! Then we headed to the parade to watch some floats and mingle with more friends! We had a bunch of babies to play with too!

Enjoying Married Life

Jon and I were married on August 11, 2008 and have very much enjoyed our first year of marriage! We bought a home in South Reno and really love it! A lot has changed in this year and we are so blessed to have such great friends and family surrounding us! We had an addition to our family last October, our first puppy! Her name is Delilah and she is very spoiled but we love her very much and can't imagine life without her! We also have a kitty named Pumpkin and her and Delilah are best friends! This August, I decided to leave my job in the mortgage business and become a full time nanny for my cousin Katy! Her daughter, Isabella, is 5 1/2 months old and is truly a joy! Jon is doing great at his job with Torchmate Shipping. He is now in product development and is loving being able to use his brain and be very hands on with the company! We are very much looking forward to the holidays coming up and being able to spend time with our family that we haven't seen in a while!