Do You Have A Roast Dinner Each Sunday?

Bunnie1982

We only have a roast if we have visitors as usually we don't bother cooking a roast for just the two of us. Today, for example, we have had a piece of salmon with vegetables and potatoes, some weeks we will have stew etc.

Kevie192

Hi all,

After 5 years in a relationship, I got very used to cooking a roast chicken for the two of us every Sunday and I LOVE my roasts. We always used the leftovers in a risotto the next day.

However, I'm now single again and I really want a roast but I just can't find the motivation to actually cook the chicken, the veg, yorkshires etc etc just for 1 person.

So does anyone have any ideas about what I can do with veg to accompany my roast that won't take so much faffing around? Perhaps some kind of roast veg?

Whatever it is, it will have to go with gravy as a roast is not a roast without gravy!

K x

Oldernotwiser

Roast potatoes, parsnips and Jerusalem artichokes.

Kevie192

Erm... I don't like parsnips or jerusalem artichokes! I like good old roasties though!!!

barbie_babe

Could you not just make it as you did for two and plate up two dinners and use one for next day. I love roasts and I would do this if I was on my own.

Kitchenbunny

Put some chicken quarters on a baking sheet with some potatoes, carrots, any squash you like or onions, and then bake them all on the same shelf. Underneath you can add some stuffing balls (make loads once, then bag in single person portions and freeze).

HTH

KB xx

adelight

A casserole meets sunday roast? Stick a chicken leg, chopped veg & stock in a pyrex in the oven/slow cooker, add gravy granules at the end and eat with frozen yorkies.
Or roast some chicken portions, potatoes and yorkies in the same dish and microwae some frozen veg?
Me and OH usually do roasts like that to keep them cheap, simple and washing up to a minimum. I'd rather spend ten mins on prep than ten mins walking to the supermarket to buy one of those horrible frozen roast dinners!

hot.chick

Invite someone over for dinner?

Do you have any friends who might be on thier own too?

zippychick

Hi

I would try and make yourself make it anyway! A roast dinner on monday or tuesday is fab and one night less to think about dinner. I rarely make the effort but need to start . you could also freeze a dinner ! What about trying a roast ham/gammon? (and leftover gammon& gammon stock . )
Or toad in the hole?

I'll merge this with the main roast dinner thread later
thanks
Zip

anguk

I would still roast a full chicken because you can use the meat for meals through the week and I'd probably do it with roast potatoes and carrots, Jamie Oliver has a nice simple recipe, you could leave the parsnips out:
http://www.jamieoliver.com:81/recipes/vegetarian-recipes/roast-potatoes-parsnips-and-carrots

You could even stick some frozen peas or fresh green beans in a covered dish in the oven with a little water and they'll cook too.

I'd also do one big yorkie (just do it in a cake tin) then you can pile the veg & meat inside and cover it in gravy. :drool: