I WISH........
My wife refuses to buy meat......that's up to me. She sees what it used to look like in her mind, and can't bring herself to buy it. In fact, she's said more than once over the years she could "go without" (other than bologna or other processed or already cooked meats) and "we don't need it." To which my response is and always will be " Sorry honey, you married a man who used to be a chef in industry AND who's father was a butcher. I GREW UP on meat and potatoes, so it's ALWAYS going to be a part of our menu in one way or another."
Of course when it's raw, she says,
"EWWW" but once it's cooked and in front of her on the plate...........that changes to "MMMMMMM, OMG this is good."
Picked up a PR for dinner on New Year's Day. Gonna "fancy" up some beat up potatoes as well by putting some green onion, bacon bits, and sour cream in them, then pipe them onto a baking tray with a little garlic butter on top, then into the oven until the top of them is golden brown. "Duchess Potatoes." Might do a glazed carrot as well, haven't decided on that yet. Still have some dinner buns from Christmas, so I won't be doing Yorkies this time.