Sunday dinner ideas

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It’s the last Sunday for a while that we’ll all be at home together and I want to do a nice Sunday dinner with a pudding for this evening but my fussy children hate a roast. Does anyone have any ideas for a different meal that still feels Sunday dinner-ish?

Casserole or lamb shanks with roast potatoes and loads of veg.

Nigella's sticky toffee pudding.

Lasagne
Fish pie
Shepherd pie

What is it about a roast they don’t like? Could you swipe bits out eg have mash instead of roast potatoes etc.
Roast a chicken and have salad, bread, new potatoes etc with it

We are having lamb shanks. They can be braised so a bit more stew like than a roast. DS isn't keen on a roast but loves those. Hasselback potatoes and veg. Haven't decided on pud. Need to see what's in the baking cupboard!

Today we're having salmon in a creme fraiche and mustard sauce with peas and pasta followed by Jamaican ginger cake and custard.

The pudding makes it a bit more of a special meal as we very rarely have it, but I'll put the salmon pasta into a big bowl on the table and I'll serve up there instead. Again, just something a little different from the everyday plonking their plates in front of them style dining!

How about a pie? A nice big one in the middle of the table looks great and you can have the roast trimmings with it. And this is a great pud:

www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-pear-pudding

If pears aren't your thing you can use other fruit - I've substituted raspberries and cherries before and both worked well

Thanks for the ideas, it’s the vegetables they can’t stand, I seem to spend my life in a battle to get them to eat some!

Chicken stew and Parmesan dumplings www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-arrabbiata-stew-parmesan-dumplings

Sausage casserole www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/sausage-casserole-recipe-baked-beans served with a big dollop of creamy mash

How about a vegetable gratin?

We're having home made tapas tonight with lemon meringue roulade for pudding.

Toad in the hole with onion gravy

I often serve shepherds/cottage pie with peas and sweet corn to avoid the veg argument. I can get onion, leek, celery, carrot and tomato into the pie. Sometimes some parsnip or sweet potato mixed with normal potato for the topping. So a good variety and no complaints.

In the end I made a beef stew with a square of puff pastry on top to pretend that it's a pie with mash and veg which was grudgingly eaten! Followed with the Nigella pear and chocolate pudding kindly suggested by BigMamaFratelli above. Delicious, thank you!

This was ours. Worth every minute of the faff.

What is it iklboo ?

We had:

Patatas bravas
Chorizo in red wine & honey
Meatballs in tomato sauce
Ham & cheese croquettes

I've got links to the recipes if anyone would like them.