To think a Sunday Dinner can follow the Mediterranean diet?

That was not a roast dinner. Anyway, what's the harm in a diet-breaking meal every now and then? 😁

It sounds like you have taken two cuisines and managed to make the most depressing meal possible out of both of them!
Have a roast dinner or don't but it seems a bit daft to make a British staple like a roast dinner into something it isn't (and arguably much less nice).

please roast some spuds for them, you don't have to put any on your plate

I think any sunday/christmas dinner should have roast AND mash.

chicken curry

Now you're talking.

Skinless chicken breast, new potatoes (boiled), carrots and broccoli roast with olive oil, sweetcorn, peas, and cabbage, with gravy

Sounds good to me OP, not sure it sounds very Mediterranean though, or like a traditional Sunday dinner. I'd probably choose it over a trad Sunday dinner though. Not because it's nicer but prob a bit healthier. Every little helps.

Ha ha. Roast pork, stuffing with sausage meat, roasts, steamed potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, parsnips- that's a Sunday roast 😋

One of our favourite Sunday Dinners is Greek lemon chicken and potatoes. I could literally eat it every day!

I like, your style, with the right emphasis you can make anyrtning the med diet,

chicken curry, chicken, rice, ok the curry sauce, (like the gravy) onions, garlic,,,😂

That doesn't sound like a roast or Mediterranean meal.

Just eat what you want, don't fuss around with a wanky l'ook at me diet' and get on with it without the 'drama'.

Was that aimed at me @Treetopssofee? I didn’t mention blue zone eating. Just Mediterranean. It may not be perfect but it’s definitely more Mediterranean in style. And can be done with good quality olive oil and decent feta.

That is neither 'Mediterranean' nor is it 'roast dinner'.

Why was there sweetcorn?

Eating supermarket grade feta and olive oil is NOT the equivalent of blue zone eating in Greece

The equivalent would be cooking in British cold pressed rapeseed oil and eating locally made goats cheese with whatever organic local veg is in season and some quality British meat or fish

Not shopping the "Mediterranean isle" in Sainsbury's

You didn’t have a roast or a Mediterranean diet meal!

I don't see any of this is a roast dinner, or British for that matter!

That's not a roast. Boiled potatoes and no yorkshire pudding is not a roast.

But nor is it a Mediterranean diet.

It's just normal food

Why not just try to include as many, vegetables, leaner meats, beans and pulses as possible, rather then switch to a eating pattern with rules? You are setting yourself up to fail. Roasts/Stews/casseroles are fine, we live in a cold, wet country, just make it veg heavy and put beans and pulses, which was always part of British cuisine, anyway. Rice isn't healthier than potatoes.

Op you have far too much time on your hands..

No reason not to roast the bird. You don't have to eat the skin. But it's not Mediterranean if it doesn't include at least 2 out of peppers, courgettes or Aubergines which are all gorgeous roasted. I'd do some pearl barley, cooking it in chicken stock, instead of potatoes if it was just for me, but if other people are eating this meal please roast some spuds for them, you don't have to put any on your plate.

Eating seasonally and locally and routinely engaging actively with your local environment are the common denominators in blue zones

NOT cutting out potatoes and grains!

Kind of

There are Mediterranean blue zones but the "Mediterranean diet" fad white-washes out the heavy reliance on rice and couscous etc in these areas. A lot of blue zones in the med have dishes that are more closely related to north African etc food than the "picky bits" fake version that's sold as the Mediterranean Diet. And also totally misses the point of eating what's seasonal IN YOUR LOCATION.

that and remaining occupied and active into old age

Eat whatever you want and don’t tell your friends

If I was having a roast and wanted to make it more Mediterranean I would roast a chicken using olive oil on the skin and put half a lemon in the cavity. Season with salt and pepper. I’d probably do roast potatoes but using olive oil. Possibly with some rosemary sprinkled on them. And roast red onions, peppers, carrots, courgettes. I’d probably still have peas as I like them. Maybe sprinkle some feta on the roast veg.

Isn't the idea that Mediterranean diet is especially good for you a myth stemming from pension fraud? Like, people saw that there were loads of old people in the poor parts of France Italy etc and figured that must be because of their diet, but actually most of the old people were long dead, just their children hadn't declared them so so that they could keep claiming their pensions. A similar thing happened on those islands in Japan that supposedly had more centenarians than anywhere else.