Sunday Roast v anything Else !

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My husband thinks his head would drop off if he didn’t have his traditional Sunday roast.

i’ve tried to explain that it’s not like it was 20 yrs ago !

So - tomorrow are you having

a) A traditional Sunday Roast
b) a different at home meal
c)eating out
d) something else

There are so many posts here about the mountains of washing up and prep in a roast but it seriously need not be much of either. Choose sides wisely! I usually have a lovely mix of veg, but do it in 2 containers. It works whether I amcoomibg for our wee family of 2 adults 1 DC, or if I am cooking for the wider family of 17.

Today, I stir fried red onion, red pepper and tenderstem broccoli. I used a wee teaspoon of juice from my chicken instead of adding oil. I roasted carrots in a teaspoon of butter and tablespoon of orange juice. Often it will be roasted parsnips/ butternut squash/ cauliflower/ Mediterranean veg etc, but it all is just chopped, tossed with a wee bit of oil, seasoned and/or spiced however and stuck in the oven. Or there are the stir fried veg I do, like sprouts/broccoli/ peppers/mushrooms/spinach.

If I make cauliflower cheese, I will make a batch with a whole cauliflower and freeze a few portions, each for 2 people. Some will have broccoli. Some will be broccoli cheese. Today I made dauphinois potatoes from a batch I made at New Year. I made enough for 12, cooked one dish for 6 and froze 2 wee ones for 3 people. I am never going to stand and make something that requires pans and effort without freezing at least a portion.

So some of my roast dinners are no bother at all. Sometimes I will need to knock up a batch of roasties, mash etc, but often all I have to do is the meat. So we can go out for a walk and set the oven to come on and have everything other than gravy sorted for when we walk through the door.

Mmm sounds lovely. We do this too. Thinking about it, our Sunday dinners are often about a joint, but not necessarily a roast. Though also sometimes steak or lamb chops. There are many ways to eat meat and veg!

I find a weekend roast is just a nice easy meal to cook. Roast some veg and whatever meat and you're done.

Plus I like the leftovers

Thank you, sounds delicious!

That's very useful thank you. I have been considering getting one and if mum doesn't like it then I'll keep it

i’ve tried to explain that it’s not like it was 20 yrs ago !

Except it is in your household. Even if you most of the cooking, he should be able to cook for you sometimes.

Bought and roasted a joint of beef for Mother’s Day dinner, then carved the rest of it, portioned it into 2 freezer containers with gravy, then froze it. Defrosted one lot yesterday and did all the trimmings with it, probably save the rest for Easter Sunday now.
I tend to have different meals most Sundays, and buy a roasting joint about 6 times a year (beef, pork or lamb), which I try to stretch out for 2 or 3 roast meals each, so about 15 weeks a year.

We have a roast most Sundays. Tomorrow we're having pork belly, mashed potatoes and kale with cider gravy. Sort of roast but not quite.

Now, to me that really isn't a Sunday roast. Very nice, but not a roast. If any "meat and potatoes" dish counts as a roast, that is an awful lot broader.

My DH cooks a roast every single Sunday, even in the hot Summer!

I love it though