Sunday dinner that isn't a roast

[madaffodil]

I need some inspiration! We usually have a roast of one sort or another, or sometimes branch out int chicken portions, chops, a casserole or a steak pie, but I am fresh out of ideas...

Does anyone have any suggestions please? For 3 adults & we eat most things.

Chicken and leek pie?

This is one of my favourite recipes with the best rice you will ever eat. Like a roast without the faff:

www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/one-pot-spiced-roast-chicken-with-saffron-rice

Pulled pork pibil tacos, home made salsa, guacamole, pickled pink onions

Tom kerridges meatloaf

Cottage pie
Steak and chips
Toad in the hole
Lasagna
Hunters chicken
Stuffed chicken breasts

Gammon, roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese

I did a loaf tin chicken shawarma/ gyros with a big salad, coleslaw, egg fried rice, thin flatbreads and sweet potato wedges. Mint yogurt dressing. People mixed and matched.

Dead easy and was a huge hit.

• Toad in the hole or sausage plait with roast potatoes, veg and gravy.
• Chicken, bacon and leek pie with mash and veg.
• Stew of some sort with dumplings and crusty bread.

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Absolute banger of a meal!!! Brb, off to book a food delivery in time to have this exact meal on Sunday

I’ve just saved this to my recipe app. Looks lovely!

That Waitrose recipe looks delicious 😋

I was going to suggest some kind of pie, chicken and leek/mushroom or steak and mushroom would be my choice.

This Greek lamb with orzo is good. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/greek-lamb-orzo

Or Ocado have a version with lamb mince which my DC prefer.

In spring, a pot of beautiful chicken and vegetable soup with leeks, carrots, cauliflower, green beans - any veg you like and pearl barley or herb dumplings.

Or lamb chops with oven toasted Mediterranean vegetables

I love marry me chicken with steamed rice for a change to roast dinner, even the kids eat it!

Moussaka - I always use Delia Smith's original 1970s recipe from my much-thumbed copy of The Complete Cookery Course, but sometimes I add courgettes and/or potatoes as well as aubergines. I won't link the one currently on her site because she's changed the topping from a thick egg-enriched bechamel sauce with lots of cheese in it to one involving ricotta. The link here takes you to something more like the original. https://wtfdoieattonight.com/2012/03/21/delias-moussaka-no-no-dont-go-you-want-this-recipe-honest/

Chicken (or vegetable) biryani https://www.recipetineats.com/biryani/

Turkey meatballs in tomato sauce https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/turkeymeatballsin16570

Marry Me Chicken https://littlesunnykitchen.com/marry-me-chicken/

Chicken arrabbiata stew with Parmesan dumplings https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-arrabbiata-stew-parmesan-dumplings

Paella, it’s a classic Sunday dinner in our house, especially in summer when we do it on the bbq.

Or a beef bourguignon/short rib of beef casserole with mashed potatoes

Seafood risotto/paella

Navarin of lamb, a delicious Spring time meal full of fresh flavours.

Cassoulet, lovely if the weather turns a bit chilly again.

Beef Bourguignon, serve with Yorkshire puddings and mash.

Fish soup, get a selection of three or four types of fish and shellfish.

Moules-frites, ideal for a slow Sunday lunch with wine and gossip!

Lasagne
Shepherds pie
Fish pie
toad in the hole
chicken and veg pie
beef wellington
stew and dumplings

Mozzarella stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon. Served with roast potatoes and spring cabbage.
Sausage casserole, mash and greens.
Pork steaks, mash, broccoli and carrots.
Stew and dumplings.
Savoury mince cobbler or with dumplings.
Lamb tagine, lemon and parsley cous cous and home made flatbreads.
Chicken portions, roast potatoes and buttered garden peas.
Gammon, jacket potatoes and butter and broad beans in parsley sauce.
Home made meat and potato pie, cauliflower cheese.

Slow cooked lamb shanks with Ratatouille or rose harissa and couscous?

Brilliant ideas, thank you all so much. It is so nice to have suggestions I'd never have thought of.

Steak and Guinness pie, buttered green vegetables, roast carrots, dauphinoise potatoes

Is that not a roast?

It is the way I do it, and we have that quite often anyway. Simmer the gammon the day before in water & whatever fruit juice we happen to have in, then strain and leave to go cold. The next day, douse with mango chutney or honey & wholegrain mustard and stick in a nice warm oven for 45 minutes or so.