To stop Roast Dinners

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

From now until Xmas day?

I just feel like itll take the shine off the roast on the day if we still have them every week.
Does anyone else do this?
Dh and ds were like when I told them.They love a sunday dinner.

We don't do roasts often at all, it does mean when we do them they feel special.

DD loves a roast though so probably should do them more often

Don't see why it would take the shine off. Roast dinner is nice but nothing like the effort and variety that goes into Christmas dinner. For a normal Sunday lunch I don't eat turkey, cranberry sauce, bread sauce. Sweet potato and roast potato, stuffing, beans and parsnips and sprouts and carrots... and I certainly don't do it wearing a paper crown in my head ...
So don't worry, Christmas dinner will not be overshadowed by a regular roast dinner. However no reason why you have to be the one cooking it every week!

I do this every year! Makes it all the more special on Christmas Day. My family are fairly unimpressed too.

No! Love a roast, thing of beauty.

Christmas dinner is special anyway as we cook wearing Christmas hats, wearing a Christmas dress for me/ Santa jumper dh and we have allllllllll the pigs in blankets plus as much champagne as you cab drink ejen in charge if dc

YABU. See my what would you leave off the Christmas dinner thread. For me, a roast is an excuse to have lots of veg to fill up on, not so much the roast meat, but it’s my favourite way of getting veg in.

We don't have roast dinners all that much, purely because of the effort that goes in and amount of dishes they create. I probably would stop them to make Christmas dinner all the more special... if we had them regularly

Roast dinner is my Death Row Meal but you've got me thinking...

I'll keep doing them as it's the most veg my dc get in one meal all week! Won't do one on Sunday 22nd though.

Same. I've banned all roastie chickeny, potatoey, yorkshirey goods from everyone's house (mum/sisters) until Christmas.😌

We always stop roast dinners in December until Christmas Day.

I do this too !

We had our last roast until Christmas on Sunday! I do this every year much to the childrens displeasure

Yes I do this. We had a roast last Sunday and I won't cook one again until Christmas Day. Makes me look forward to it even more.

I really want a roast now...

Love a roast but I try not to have them for about a month before Christmas. We usually have 2 Christmas dinners over 2 days due to family gatherings and both feel special. This year I unintentionally stopped roasts in October. I'm desperate for one but am forcing myself to wait!

I’d eat a roast every day of the week if it was up to me

That sounds like the saddest possible way to make Christmas dinner special.

Do people really have a roast every Sunday? I have never actually met anyone that does that. I don’t even have one at Christmas (we do thanksgiving though, so I do get a turkey fix, but prefer something a bit different and more special at Xmas)

I did roast chicken with all the trimmings in Sunday and thought this is a bit too. Christmassy better stop now! So I agree with you OP

My mum always did this when I was little, Sunday Roasts stopped for the four Sundays in Advent. Now it's pretty rare that I cook a roast dinner anyway.

We do not have any roast dinners in December until Christmas Day.

I find it builds up the desire for a great big roast with all the trimmings and gives us more time on Sunday afternoons to do things/go places as a family.

You’ve just given me inspiration for how to get them all to move out when the time comes!

I can see your way of thinking though, if it would cause sadness in my house I would consider it but roast is quite a big family day here. Quite often at least 2 of us cook together sometimes we all get involved and I think we’d miss it even for a few weeks.

*wouldn't

We have a roast most Sundays - Christmas roast is usually more extravagant with trimmings and sauces but ‘the dustbin hound ‘ will still be hopefully lurking for treats

We still stop them for advent.
I make fish instead, was fish curry this week.
By the time the day comes the roast and boxing day reheat are a welcome change.