Sunday Tradition and Indulgence
Evening Everyone.
I know that some of you who are reading this don't live in the UK but wondered how many people still make a Sunday roast for dinner, or, for those that don't, something else special to eat? We love a roast beef dinner in this house with all the trimmings. Roast potatoes with rosemary, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, roasted carrots and parsnips, cabbage and leeks, cauliflower cheese and lashings of gravy. We often have to wait before eating our pudding as we are too full. It's very indulgent but I love keeping up the tradition and we often have plenty of leftovers for a second meal on Monday or even to make bubble and squeak. I don't think that any of my children make a roast even though they had one every week when they lived at home. They never refuse one if its made for them though! I have to admit that when my children were very small, it was often my mum or mum in law who made the roast most weeks and I really enjoyed it. I've always been fond of a sweet and still like old fashioned puds such as sticky toffee pudding, treacle sponge, rhubarb and ginger crumble or my absolute favourites of home made apple pie with custard or lemon meringue.
And in true Blue Peter fashion - here's one I made earlier!
Made with fresh lemons it has a real tang to it and with a lovely sweet fluffy meringue on top. Delicious. No wonder I never lose any weight!
Jules x
What are your special meals? Do you still have a roast on Sundays?
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I haven't had a sunday roast for years! Yours sounds very good
ReplyDeleteIt's my favourite meal of the week Sue. You should make one x
DeleteI still do a Sunday roast most weeks and occasionally do a mid week roast as well. Bubble and squeak with cold meat is my favourite left-overs meal.
ReplyDeleteI love bubble and squeak Eileen, reminds me of my childhood x
DeleteHi, I came to see you from Ali at Less Equals More. I too retired in my mid 50's from a city council job where they wanted rid of us golden oldies so they offered us a package which meant my work pension was available to me and was made up as though I'd worked till I was 60. Unfortunately I wont get the state pension until I'm 66 in 4 years but between my hubby's work pension and my own we get by. We have never had a regular roast dinner however when all my children are here for dinner they always want a roast beef dinner. I don't know what bubble and squeak is though. I never usually have much in the way of leftovers so I'm not sure I need to know but if you did a recipe I'd take a look! Nice to 'meet' you. x
ReplyDeleteHello and thanks for popping over. My husband gets his pension but I can't get mine till next July so we are on a tight budget too but we manage. I think kids love a roast but can't be bothered with all that prepping and cooking. Can't blame them if mum will do it! Bubble and squeak is just left over veggies, any really but usually would include potatoes and cabbage. Just mix it all together in a bowl and season. Put just a little oil into a non stick pan and then put in the mixture and let it cook through without turning or stirring it until it goes slightly crispy underneath. You can turn it over and brown the other side if you can manage without it all breaking up. It is delicious and when we were kids mum used to make extra veg just so we could have bubble and squeak the following day.
DeleteLovely to meet you too x
Hello from the US. We don't have a roast dinner every Sunday but do have roast beef or roast pork about every other week in the winter. We live in the Southwestern US where it is quite hot in the summer (113'F today) so a roast dinner is too heavy for summer days.
ReplyDeleteHello, lovely to meet you. My goodness that is very hot! No wonder you don't fancy hot dinners.I bet it's nice to have a good summer though. We can't complain this year as we've had lots of sunshine. Beats rain which is our usual summer weather. x
DeleteWhen I still cooked for my growing family I often did a Sunday roast with all the trimmings. Leftovers were turned into stovies the next day. Sadly now I maybe do one a couple of times a year if everyone comes to visit
ReplyDeleteHi Ali, I can understand you not wanting to cook all that food if there's only you to eat it. Must be lovely when the family all come for dinner though. Food brings everyone together x
DeleteIn the Neterlands we are not familiar with Sunday Roasts, but when we are in the UK we always have one in one of the local pubs, inns. We have never been disappointed!
ReplyDeleteI like cooking and all kinds of cuisines: Indian, Indonesian, Maroccan, Dtuch (especially the stews in the winter), Italian. Try to use recipes of all of them, though Indonesian cooking is very laborious.
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You can't beat a lovely old inn with a roaring fire and a roast dinner. Very British. I've never cooked any Indonesian food Ivy, you'll have to let me have a favourite recipe to try. Is it spicy? x
DeleteMy word that lemon pie looks fabulous. It happens to be my all time favourite pie.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I love it but it is Hubby's all time favourite too. Are you familiar with the Bero cookery book? I use mine all the time and this is a recipe from that x
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