Sunday lunch - how common in 2025?

[Partridgewell]

Hi all,

Just pondering really and wondered how many of you have a roast dinner most Sundays? I had one almost every Sunday as a child. We have just had roast beef and yorkshire pudding, with raspberry and coconut sponge for pudding. I would say it's very unusual for us to miss one.

Is this still the case in your house? Did you have the same Sunday dinner as a child? Would absolutely love to hear from people whose parents or grandparents are not from the UK - what is your Sunday lunch tradition? Have you incorporated any traditionally British elements over the years?

Always had as a child, but I've never cooked one or eaten one as an adult. I live in a country where it's unheard of, luckily.

Every Sunday as a child, now maybe once every 6 weeks or so. I’d say 5 out of 7 days we are vegan/vegetarian and I think there are nicer ways to eat meat.

Yes I do most Sundays, usually a roast or casserole, but at dinner time.

I find cooking roasts quite therapeutic. Today was not a roast; it was lamb shanks in a paprika, cinnamon and tomato gravy pressure cooked in the instant pot with mashed potatoes and lots of vegetables.

We had roast quite often as a child but I had a phase of not liking them as a child even though my mum was an excellent cook.

Oh and I live in London; grew up in south east. Ate it at lunchtime when I was a child

I very rarely cook a roast as we are out of the house doing something most Sunday’s. We tend to go out for Sunday lunch every other week and on the alternate weeks we get brunch mid-way on our cycle.

I have fond memories of going to my grandmothers every single Sunday and enjoying her gorgeous homemade roast.

We never do a Sunday lunch time roast, but neither of us come from families that did that. Our families were out and about on Sunday and we are too. So our roast is always a dinner time thing, and Sunday tends to be when we eat most meat and also spend most on it.

Today, for breakfast I had a roll with bacon and mushroom, dc1 a roll and square slice, dc2 a roll and scrambled egg, dh a roll with all of those things. We also had a wee fruit salad and yoghurt.

We went out for a walk and brought apples, sandwiches and crisps for the children, hot drinks for us and had a wee picnic by a Loch.

Our oven is usually set to go on while we are out and we arrived home to the smell of lamb roasting. I had all the other stuff prepared, so just had to stick things in.

Our roasts tend to be like that. A casual thing on a chilled Sunday. Sometimes, if I have not been as organised, we will have steaks and champ or something, instead of roasties and mash, but it always feels like a more special meal because I prep nice sides and often make dessert. I don't like sweet stuff, but I know that the sweet bit is the best bit to the children!

I love a roast dinner, both cooking it and eating it.

Was roast lamb today, with roasted onions/ parsnips/ carrots and potatoes , and peas and cauliflower and it was lush

I often do a mid week roast as well - chicken usually. Roast is just easy, no need to think, plenty of time to be doing other things while its doing its own thing

Very rarely as there's just me at home and it's not the same. A couple of times a year I'll go to a friend's, who does a big one every week, rain or shine.

We're mixed British/Dutch family. Sadly, it's pretty much limited to Xmas lunch! We just can't be arsed. We do have roast potatoes every now and then though. My Yorkshire puddings are ok-ish. Reminds me there's mint sauce and stuffing packet in the cupboard. Might just go crazy this weekend coming!

Even without a joint of meat or chicken, Ill do a roast over having to decide what's for dinner

Ill do a roast using chicken thighs/drumsticks, duck legs and gammon steaks and Ive even been known to make one with deli sliced cooked beef or sliced chicken/turkey or Pork

Air fryer comes into its own for a cheeky mid week cobbled together roast :)

We do at the moment, I'm currently training for ministry at a residential college which includes being catered for in term time. I fully take advantage of not having to cook when I don't have to, so it's a roast every week!

My parents always did this, I hated it as it was hard to do much either before or after it.

We sometimes have a roast at the weekend in the evening.

The thing is is takes prep and cook time. Mil spends all morning prepping and cooking for a roast and desert for 2pm. I’d rather go for a walk or do something than just a quick meal in the evening.

growing up it was always all morning we had to help prep, then a million pots to clean

We do it about once a month. Dh had a roast most weeks as a child, but I never did unless occasionally at my grandparents (my mum didn’t really cook, we used to get Chinese for Christmas!). I find it a bit of a bland boring meal, so couldn’t have it every week, but we do it maybe monthly.

No because I am pescatarian . I love roasties and yorkies but don't really want to have that sort of a meal (except around Christmas time maybe!!). Plus on my own so don't want the faff!

We grew up with it. In my house it was also one of the few meals eaten all togther though I wasn't enamoured by late teens - as it was midday and huge and afternoon was often spent sleeping off food coma - but it was the meal in my 20s living alone I missed most - but when married DH we sometime did one - sometimes did fish/nut roasts or had one at a pub.

When kids came see to get more important to DH - but with young kids and visitors I found it extremely stressful - so DH started doing it by himeself. Once kids could make sandwich - it become the one day I didn't have to think about food. He often does it round weekend marking or other work.

It's not the huge meal my DM made - it's sensible portions and desserts not a given nor do we have wine with it - or give it to our teens. Next year when down to one child still at home may change this up with more pub meals or getting teen to cook. Our parents weren't doing Sunday roast every week within a few years of their kids leaving home.

We have a roast every Sunday but not at lunchtime. No way could I stomach a big meal in the middle of the day