Heck no! Spices, spices, spices! You can take the same cut of meat and idaho potato and change it every day just by changing the way you cut it, spice it up, cook it (bake, grill, stew, etc.).
But the spices are the big thing; simplpe grilled steak w/ white potatoes gratin- peeled & sliced yukon gold potatoes, shredded white cheddar cheese, chopped chives, baby portabella mushrooms (chopped & sauteed w/ garlic, shallots & butter) / spray pan with PAM, layer potatoes, then mushroom mixture, then cheese, then chives, repeat layering till you use everything, pour small contatiner of cream over the entire dish, cover bake 1 hr for 45 min.
oriental steak; marinate steak in teriyaki sauce for 1 hr, stir fry potatoes w/ mushrooms & green beans (just make sure you give the potatoes a head start!)
Just get creative and point out to hubby he's GOT his meat and potatoes, so what's he complaining about. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />