So I've got a whole chicken roasting in the oven but can't be bothered to do the usual roast veg. What now?

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Any ideas for a tasty but lazy alternative to roast veg?

dip the roasted chicken pieces in mayo and gobble up

Salad, sweetcorn and boiled potatoes with mayo and herbs

Salad, mayo and bread.

If I was on my own I would totally do that Cheeser

Chips and salad.

Seems a shame, though. Are you sure you can't be arsed?

Does one sad looking tomato and a dodgy bit of cucumber constitute a salad?

I've got mayo though. Cheeser's idea is looking more tempting by the minute

Curry it up, add rice & naan. Super supper.

I guess if I get my bum in gear I could do small roasties. You are probably right bibbity.

How about doing jackets instead of roast pots etc, and then other veg and gravy as normal?
We do this a fair bit, especially with chicken because it takes the work out of preparation and clearing up.

And I love jacket potatoes

oh yuk don't just have it with mayo that's way too greasy

Ah Alibaba I think I love you. Can just about muster up the energy to throw spuds in the microwave.
I'm sooooooo lazy today.

On the upside it means dh's chicken noodle soup tomorrow!

I know how you feel. DS is away staying with my parents, and I am feeling so lazy that we are going to Burger King for tea on the way to the cinema!

Enjoy your burger Alibaba. We shall enjoy the chicken and spuds now.

Boiled rice instead of potatoes and broccoli, carrots or whatever you've got in for boiled veg. Quick and easy. Make plenty of gravy and pour liberally over the lot! yumm.

I'd have it in deli wraps with salad, and maybe some chips or wedges on the side.

A fairly simple pilaff is yummy.

Couscous and a quick stew of onions, tomato, chilli and chickpeas or butter beans.

New potatoes, green beans

Put the jackets in the oven once you've softened them in microwave - you might as well as the oven's on plus they go all caramelly (if that's not a wiord it should be lol) tasting as well as crispy. It's our alternative to roasties and we prefer them.

Enjoy

I like bulghur with roast chicken - I add plumped sultanas, roast pinenut kernels and pistachio kernels, podded broad beans and lots of caramelised onions.

Yes, Bonsoir, and all that is obviously so much less faff than roasting a few vegetables .

i get one of those spicey potato salads from sainsurys to go with chicken, with french bread slurp

bibbity - just a question of what you are used to. I find peeling vegetables a total chore - much easier to open a few packets

Oh yum, what started off as a lazy request to get some tips to save my energy has turned into a fab ideas-fest.Thanks

Salad, new potatoes and salad cream! Bloody lovely. Mmmm...roast chicken and salad cream.
And you have to roast the chicken with butter, lemon, tarragon and thyme under the skin...yummy yummy yummy.
Uh oh, who got the pregnant woman talking about roast chicken?