Need some ideas please?

[Smokin' in AZ]

Below are 3 different Meals that are both Fun & Very Tasty, with or without the Mrs:

Mrs Bear's Unstuffed Peppers
Deerlupkis (Unstuffed Cabbage)
Cheesesteak Hot Pockets

Bear

Thanks Bear, but am thinkin lobster tails!!!

John

 

[siege]

How about Italian sausage with grilled onions and peppers, skirt steak fajitas, smoked Mac and cheese with lobster, brined and smoked turkey drumsticks, sausage stuffed chicken breasts, any kind of tavern food you like, or maybe some tapas would fill the bill.
Stuff you would find in a hunting camp where you have buddies who enjoy something more than flapjacks, canned meat and jerky for the week. Fresh liver and onions, back strap filet, stuffed heart, kebobs, and all the fun stuff your wife might not be too wild about.

 

[siege]

I just ran through the posts from the top, and one thing became very obvious to me.
Salads are about as popular as a fart in a space suit. They might have a place somewhere. Just not here, and not now.

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

How about Italian sausage with grilled onions and peppers, skirt steak fajitas, smoked Mac and cheese with lobster, brined and smoked turkey drumsticks, sausage stuffed chicken breasts, any kind of tavern food you like, or maybe some tapas would fill the bill.
Stuff you would find in a hunting camp where you have buddies who enjoy something more than flapjacks, canned meat and jerky for the week. Fresh liver and onions, back strap filet, stuffed heart, kebobs, and all the fun stuff your wife might not be too wild about.

Thanks for the suggestions seige!

 

[sandyut]

Im with chilli on the Steak and seafood - BEER and WHISKEY for certain in my bachelor pad times...like tonight.

I like my beef fairly medium rare and bloody - which the wife hates...its very sad to cook a steak for her because it kills to try to get it pink with no blood (that is her requirement). so when she traveling for work-bloody steak is a must do! so that is my first recommendation.

 

[gmc2003]

Here's my go-to when not feeding the wife.

Pork shots and bacon wrapped smoked cheese stuffed hot dogs.
She loves the shots and will eat the dogs, but she's not really into hot dogs so I usually only make them when the wife is out.

Chris

 

[sandyut]

gmc2003 I would totally inhale all that! yum!

 

[gmc2003]

gmc2003 I would totally inhale all that! yum!

I'm jonesin for the dogs and shots now.

Chris

 

[zwiller]

I also like a pork sausage burger . Eats good on a bun for supper , chop it up with some eggs in the morning .

This right here! Sausage burgers really hit the spot sometimes![/QUOTE]

Wife is not into much pork and this is what I would do, have a sausage fest of sorts. One thing I recently learned of is bratwurst burgers. Make brats but don't stuff and just grill.

 

[sandyut]

One thing I recently learned of is bratwurst burgers. Make brats but don't stuff and just grill.

Second on these! made them and loved them!

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

Im with chilli on the Steak and seafood - BEER and WHISKEY for certain in my bachelor pad times...like tonight.

I like my beef fairly medium rare and bloody - which the wife hates...its very sad to cook a steak for her because it kills to try to get it pink with no blood (that is her requirement). so when she traveling for work-bloody steak is a must do! so that is my first recommendation.

I am going to do a steak and shrimp/lobster tonight!

You would hate to cook meat for my wife as she likes everything well done....

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

Here's my go-to when not feeding the wife.

Pork shots and bacon wrapped smoked cheese stuffed hot dogs.
She loves the shots and will eat the dogs, but she's not really into hot dogs so I usually only make them when the wife is out.

Chris

Thanks Chris, nice idea. I am good for now but would like to do this next week when she is gone again.

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

This right here! Sausage burgers really hit the spot sometimes!

Wife is not into much pork and this is what I would do, have a sausage fest of sorts. One thing I recently learned of is bratwurst burgers. Make brats but don't stuff and just grill.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Zwiller, looks like others have tried it and liked it. My problem is i do not have a meat grinder...maybe i could just remove the casing on some?

 

[sandyut]

My problem is i do not have a meat grinder...maybe i could just remove the casing on some?

Yup! My butcher makes great sausages/brats. I cut the casing off and make patties - works great!

 

[sandyut]

to add to my above comment - I made my own a few times. Butchers were so much better and far easier to get I just buy them :)

My problem is i do not have a meat grinder...

I do grind my own beef which is an INSANE game changer - i cant make myself buy the stuff and the grocery...grosses me out!!! Get a grinder for beef if nothing else!

 

[zwiller]

A few butchers here sell it pre-made into patties already. You could also buy pre ground pork if you wanted to try and make it sans grinder. BTW I have a $20 plastic grinder and it works fine for my needs. Stick the $$ in a stuffer.

 

[tx smoker]

"I just ran through the posts from the top, and one thing became very obvious to me.
Salads are about as popular as a fart in a space suit. They might have a place somewhere. Just not here, and not now."

Maybe this will change that trend. The wife, who does not cook AT ALL, for some unknown reason subscribed to a quarterly magazine featuring seasonal recipes. In her most recent one, it showed a Cobb Salad. Tracy asked me to make one for dinner one evening...so I did. As stated in previous threads, we love salads and I don't mind them as a meal but they MUST include a preponderance of meat. If not it's just an appetizer or side dish. So, here is what I came up with after I sopped laughing at the one in the magazine.

The base including 65 day aged prime rib, grape tomatoes, homemade bacon crumbles,hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, Feta cheese, and topped with fresh green onions

Ring it with Romaine lettuce

Drizzle with homemade Balsamic reduction

This was a serious salad, even for the quintessential carnivore. It hit on all the flavor profiles, had the cool element, and most importantly the meat element.

Throwing a monkey wrench into the works,
Robert

 

[xray]

"I just ran through the posts from the top, and one thing became very obvious to me.
Salads are about as popular as a fart in a space suit. They might have a place somewhere. Just not here, and not now."

Maybe this will change that trend. The wife, who does not cook AT ALL, for some unknown reason subscribed to a quarterly magazine featuring seasonal recipes. In her most recent one, it showed a Cobb Salad. Tracy asked me to make one for dinner one evening...so I did. As stated in previous threads, we love salads and I don't mind them as a meal but they MUST include a preponderance of meat. If not it's just an appetizer or side dish. So, here is what I came up with after I sopped laughing at the one in the magazine.

The base including 65 day aged prime rib, grape tomatoes, homemade bacon crumbles,hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, Feta cheese, and topped with fresh green onions
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Ring it with Romaine lettuce
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Drizzle with homemade Balsamic reduction
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This was a serious salad, even for the quintessential carnivore. It hit on all the flavor profiles, had the cool element, and most importantly the meat element.

Throwing a monkey wrench into the works,
Robert

I agree, nothing wrong with a good salad...A salad is what you eat when the wife returns home. This way you feel less guilty from the meat coma that you were in while she was away, lol.

Southwest Chicken Salad

Grilled Steak Salad

Southwest or Mexican grain bowl

Pork Carnita and Riced Cauliflower bowl

 

[tx smoker]

"I agree, nothing wrong with a good salad.."

Damn xray, we sure managed to derail this thread in a hurry

Your salads look absolutely amazing!! I may be sending you a PM to pick your brain for ideas. Every one of those look like something we would just love and I trust the folks here a LOT more than I trust the professional blogger chefs that I find using Google.

Expanding the salad horizons,
Robert

 

[xray]

I was just piggybacking off of your post. Because when I have a few days or a week to myself, I try to really cook something good!! It just made me chuckle, because once the wife returns, it’s healthy meals.

I pictured OP eating leafy salads after the bangin’ surf and turf he’ll be cooking.

But I usually feel guilty eating steak, seafood, snacks, jerky, candy and drinking beer all week, lol...plus the weight gain.

Sorry for the derail. And now, back to our regular scheduled programming.