Here is a recipe to serve to the masses! It is a perfect holiday meal–roast beef! This size roast was great for 2-3 people (2 people plus 2 days of leftovers for sandwiches) but double the weight of the roast and it would be great for dinner parties and family get-togethers. I changed this recipe a little bit in that about 6 hours before cooking, I did a dry rub by sprinkling the roast with the garlic powder, Cajun seasoning (we love Tony’s Original Creole in this house), and seasoning salt and patted it all down and put it in a large tupperware, then surrounded it with the red wine, carefully so as not to disturb the dry seasonings, and put it in the fridge.

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Fast forward 6 hours and life was easy! All I had to do was combine the paprika, pepper, thyme, salt, oregano, & olive oil (I omitted the parsley) and rubbed that on the roast and stuck it in the oven to roast for an hour. After an hour, I checked it with the meat thermometer and it read around 130ºF so I put it back in for another 15 minutes but lowered the oven to 325ºF so it wouldn’t get too burnt or anything on top. When I tested the roast again it was at a perfect 145º. So total cooking time was 1 hour 15 minutes for a 1.5 lb. roast.

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This would be great for holidays since you can marinate it in the morning and forget it all day until it’s time to put it in the oven and then you have that hour to either veg out or make some side dishes if not done so earlier. I made steamed green beans with some pecans scattered on top at the time of serving, and 1 mashed sweet potato and heated some beef gravy from the jar…I haven’t attempted the art of homemade gravy–perhaps in the future! Anyways, the roast beef came out juicy and perfectly cooked, not grey, not red, but a nice dark pink. It was as good as restaurant roast beef if you ask me, and I’m not biased or anything of course. I will make this again and again over the years I am sure. Here’s my sirloin tip roast:

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Herbed Sirloin Tip Roast

Ingredients:

• 1 sirloin tip roast, about 1 1/2 pounds
• 1/3 cup dry red wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation: