Favourite Sunday roast

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Friends over for Sunday dinner next weekend (they're American and we live in LA), so we've promised a full on Sunday roast cos it's looking like a chilly 17degrees C

It's literally been YEARS, thinking I'll prob do chicken but then I bloody love Yorkshire pudding so should prob do beef non? Roast tatties, parsnips, carrots, gravy.....thoughts and opinions on your fav Sunday roast plus all trimmings (and pud)

I hate meat stuffing and only like very traditional breadcrumb and herbs. Basically you get fresh breadcrumbs, chop an onion very finely (I use my processor), melt a good slice of real butter in a small pot with the onion, allow the onion to soften for a couple of mins but not brown. Add the onion mixture to the breadcrumbs, along with salt and pepper and lots of finely chopped herbs. I use parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Stir well so the crumbs are well coated in melted butter. You can use to stuff the chicken itself but I prefer to put in a small loaf tin, cover with foil and shove in the oven for the last 40mins - hour. The edges go crispy! Then slice when serving. Delicious!

This stuffing is yum

With roast pork, to make sure I get a crispy crackling, when the meat is ready I cut off the crackling, even if still a bit soggy. Then put it in a very hot oven or under the grill, crisps up beautifully.

I have yorkshires every time regardless of the meat type.

Either roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, roast carrots, roast parsnips with cauliflower and broccoli cheese. Has to have horseradish sauce too.

Or

Slow roast pork shoulder (crackling is always perfect when I slow roast it), roast and mashed potatoes, leeks in white sauce, braised red cabbage, roast carrots, sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce.

Rare roast beef, y puds, crispy roast potatoes, carrots, peas, greens

ok we're going with chicken cos highest welfare quality + price + availability + size made it so.

Roast Pots, parsnips and carrots, yorkshire puds, shredded brussell sprouts (in lieu savoy cabbage) with pancetta. I'm veggie so bought two massive portebello's for me (ideas of how to jazz them up roast style appreciated). Pear and Blackberry Crumble for desert

Questions: Do we still need stuffing (to feed 3/4 Adults, one child and one fussy toddler)
What should I roast the spuds in? Used to do duck fat but obvs I don't eat that anymore, don't really want to buy in veg/sunflower oil as we never use it otherwise - we use coconut and olive, neither of which work really, do they?

I don't put stuffing the my chickens, just an onion, but I do cook paxo in a serving dish as DH is the only one who likes it.

I do my potatoes in olive oil and butter. Par boil the potatoes for 10 minutes. Heat the baking pan with the butter and olive oil in and then add the potatoes.

No dairy for me so no butter

I'm fickle and get bored easily with plain roasts. Current love is masala roast chicken with spicy fried potatoes, a light pepper curry - more like a stir fry and some mustard green beans. The leftovers are the best bit!