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Welsh rarebit and a gammon joint. You can do the gammon joint in the slow cooker if you want.

Or put your casserole in a giant Yorkshire pudding

Personally though, I make a big curry and lots of sides.

Beef bougenon
Chicken in red wine
Beef Wellington
Salmon en croute
Stuffed and roasted butternut squash

We had a lot of curry in the week (made a huge batch!) otherwise that would be a great idea but I'm a bit curried out.

I'm liking the gammon idea - any other idea for 'fancy' sides to jazz it up a bit??

@AlcoholAndIrony I've never done Welsh Raerbit - but understand it's cheesey sauce on toast? So would you do toast with it or just the cheesey sauce??

What about a M&S lasagne with garlic bread and coleslaw to serve as a side

This is my go to recipe for summer entertaining. I serve it with roasted new potatoes, salad and bread. www.nigella.com/recipes/slow-roasted-garlic-and-lemon-chicken

Jamie Oliver's hunter's chicken stew is delicious. I add sausages and serve it with green veg and mash.

Fish pie
Cottage pie
Greek slow baked lamb
Lasagne
Nice big pie

BBC good food is your friend. That's where I got the Welsh rarebit recipe. Tbf you could have that as a side if you wanted.

I like gammon and cider. Yum.

Coca cola gammon with creamed leeks and cauliflower, roast potatoes, carrott mash and parsnips.... And I may have to through in Yorkshire's for the hell of it! Xx

I did some lamb on the bone in the slow cooker with zumac, stock, onions, garlic, apricots, almond flakes and a little bit of preserved lemon paste the other day. It was delicious. I added fresh parsley at the end.

Otherwise I sometimes do duck confit or pan fried duck with a fruity sauce (orange, cherry or apple all popular here).

Sausages in a mustard, apple and creme fraiche sauce.

Individual pies (look much smarter than one big one) with filling. Chicken and bacon, chicken and mushroom, steak and kidney are my favourites. Make filling and stick on circle of ready made puff.

Chicken thighs deboned stuffed with Boursin and a sage leaf wrapped in streaky bacon and baked in the oven.

For anything without sauce and an absence of carbs I almost always do a potato delphinois. Otherwise boiled new potatoes with garlic, butter and parsley are nice. Roasted carrots are easy.

The gammon in coke was a winner!!! Thanks everyone - I've also got a great list to work through for the next few months.