I’m no Super Ninja Mum, I do like to cook from fresh but on occasion I need a bit of a break and am always up for a bit of a cheat sometimes. I want to let you in on a secret; I’ve got someone helping me in the kitchen and she’s come to my rescue on a few occasions recently.
I don’t know how many times I have tried to make Roast Potatoes, I’ve tried goose fat, par boiling, knocking them about in the colander etc and they never turn out brilliantly. Recently, I’ve discovered Aunt Bessie’s Frozen Roast Potatoes. Some of you may be grimacing but honestly they are quite good and I can’t be bothered with all the effort of pealing and working out the timings and temperatures.
This weekend after a couple of wines in the pub I thought it was a good idea to invite friends over for an impromptu roast as I’d left one in the oven. Luckily, my freezer was stocked full of Aunt Bessie’s stuff: Homestyle Gravy, which is much nicer than the granule stuff, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding and Apple Pie. No one complained and I almost looked domesticated! :-)
And another discovery I’ve made, Aunt Bessie’s Casseroles are suitable for slow cooking with instructions on the pack. All you have to do is put 300ml of water in and your set to go! As I said, I like to cook from fresh normally but they are great for a mid week meal and were surprisingly nice. Another bonus is that they have less than 5 Weight Watcher Proplus points so I can have dumplings as well!
I’ve been having a chat with the people at Aunt Bessie’s and they’ve kindly offered 3 prizes so you can try them for yourself. £10 may not seem like a lot but you could probably buy all the accompaniments for a roast with them. Simply enter by using the Rafflecopter form below. Competition Closes on the 27th of October at midnight (EST).
Disclosure: I received a selection of products complimentary.
My favourite Sunday roast is Roast Duck! Serve with some Roast Potatoes and some Red Cabbage. Fantastic!
I love Roast Beef! It has to be with yorkshire puddings, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, carrots, gravy and horseradish sauce! Delicious!
Roast Lamb, redcurrant jelly, mint sauce, new potatoes, loads of veg and nice gravy!
Roast beef, Yorksire puddings and its not complete without roast potatoes!
Roast Beef, roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings, carrots and brussel sprouts
Roast Turkey, plenty of stuffing, roast potatoes, chipolata, bacon and as assortment of vegetables. And a good snooze afterwards!
My favourite roast is: Roast lamb with all the trimmings
NOOOOOOO!!!! Seriously roast potatoes, gravy and yorkshires are really easy to make and, here’s a little secret, you can even freeze your own yorkies!!!
roast beef with roast potatoes, mashed potato, carrots, peas, cabbage, brussell sprouts, sweet potato, yorkshire puddings and gravy
My favourite has to be Roast Lamb, all the trimmings, mint sauce gravy
Roast Beef and Gammon, stuffing, potatoes roast and mash, cauliflower cheese, sausages, bacon, veg and yorkshires. All with Gravy and an Apple pie and cream for dessert.
My Favourite Sunday roast is a “Lazy Sunday Roast”, Roast Chicken with plenty of stuffing balls, yorkshire puds, roasties, a big pile of mash and some seasonal veg including my favourite honey glazed parsnips, with the help of Aunt Bessie of course!
roast beef with all the trimmings, yorkshire pud, roast potatoes, veg
Roast beef, yorkshires, thick gravy and lots of fresh veg.
i love roast lamb and mint sauce
love roast beef, with roast potatoes, veggies…not so keen on the yorshire puddings, so leave them for hubby :-)
Roast Beef, Roast potatoes, Roast Parsnips, Gravy Yorkies,Carrots & Turnips, and Cauliflower Cheese. Yum
A nut roast, with lots of veg and thick gravy :D
Love a stuffed chicken breast, Roasties, Cauli cheese, Aunt Bessies yorkshires (if I forget them, the kids moan!!) carrots… yummy!
I love roast beef served with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, cabbage, Yorkshire pudding and English mustard.
Roast pork, lots of crackling, roasties, peas, carrots and lashings of gravy – slurp!
I’m vegetarian so don’t eat roast dinners. However, before I became veggie many years ago, I used to like roast chicken with Paxo, gravy, spuds & veggies.
roast beef and all the trimmings
I’m vegetarian it’s all about roast veg stuffing balls and onion gravy!
I love Roast Turkey and lots of sprouts!
I love a chicken roast dinner, with garlic mash, cumin veg, and onion gravy, pure heaven on a plate
Quorn, roast potatoes and lots of veg.
Roast chicken with roast potatoes, broccoli and carrots xx
Roast lamb garlic and rosemary, roast potatoes and yorkshire puds!
Roast beef, with mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, carrots, brocolli, and yorkshire puds. Oh, and gravy!
All time favourite Sunday Lunch is Roast Beef with all the trimmings…mmmm! :)
My favourite roast has to be a pork joint, complete with crackling! served with roast potatoes, peas, carrot batons and thick gravy!
gammon, roast potatoes and yorkshire pudding
do love lamb :) with roasties, yorkshire puds, honey roast parsnips and mint sauce mmmmmm
You can’t beat a good roast chicken with all the trimmings. I love having the leftovers in a curry or a sandwich the next day too.
roast beef and all the trimmings
I love roast lamb and mint sauce with all the trimmings
Aunt Bessies roast spuds taste better than home made!!!!
It has to be chicken with lots of crispy skin, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower cheese and gravy :)
I couldn’t pick honestly, love Beef, Pork, Turkey, Lamb, but obviously some we have more often than others (Lamb twice a year, Pork about 40 lol). I always have the trimmings, cranberry, apple, stuffings, nobody else does, miserable lot I’ve got!
And Yorkshire pudding with ANY meat ;-)
roast beef carrots roast potatoes yorkshire pudding and gravy
Lamb, with potato croquettes. steamed cabbage and plenty of gravy
Fav roast is Lamb, with mash and roast potatoes, cabbage, spinach and Parsley and Tynne stuffing, with thick meaty gravy
I’m not that keen on roast dinners but I think my favourite would have to be slow roast lamb with mint sauce
My favourite roast is roast chicken with all the trimmings – stuffing, mini sausages wrapped in bacon and, unconventionally, a yorkshire pud!
Roast Chicken got to have roasted parsnips too
lamb with mint sauce and honey parsnips
I love roast turkey with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots gravy and stuffing
Roast Pork with lovely crackling – roastie potatoes – brussel sprouts – parsnips and lots of gravy – feeling hungry now
chicken roast dinner. using a whole chicken not just legs/breasts etc with roast potatoes, mash, peas, carrots, cauliflower, yorkshire puddings and gravy
A nut roast, with yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, broccoli, carrots, peas and gravy
Roast chicken,stuffing,roast potatoes,Yorkshire,sprouts,roast onion and plenty of gravey!
Roast leg of lamb,Roast potatoes,yorkshire pudding,swede,carrots,broccoli,mint sauce and gravy :)
Chicken with aunty bessie roasties, stuffing balls, piggys in blankets and vegetables yummy!!
Roast pork with stuffing, crackling, roast potatoes, veg and gravy. Probably not the healthiest!
A lovely roast chicken with sage and onion stuffing, Aunt bessie’s roasties,carrots, broccoli, chicken gravy and aunt bessie’s yorkshire puddings. delicious.
Roast Lamb, roast potatoes, peas, mint sauce, followed by apple pie and custard. Is it making your mouth water, oops forgot the yorkshire puds & thick gravy
roast chicken, roast potatoes, yorkshires, vegetables and mash
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, yorkshire puds, veg, stuffing and gravy.
Roast beef/ pork/ chicken with aunt bessies potatoes and vegetables and gravy !
i love roast chicken ! with roasties, yorkies , carrots , brocoli , sausage & onion stuiffing and lashings of nice thick gravy mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Lamb with all the add ons.
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, stuffing, yorkshires, carrots, cauliflower and sprouts!
my fave is vegie roast dinner and all the trimmings!
Roast pork with crackling, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, curly kale, cabbage and lots of gravy….yum yum!
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, gravy and yorkshire puddings!
Beef (though we don’t have it that often – it’s so pricey these days) complete with Aunt Bessie’s roasties, carrot, parsnip, cauli, broccoli, yorkie puds (essential!) and lashings of gravy. Hungry now! Is it not Sunday yet???
roast chicken
Chicken or pork with roast spuds ( aunt Bessie’s) carrots, broccoli , gravy and yorkshire puddings ( also aunt Bessie’s)
Roast lamb with mint sauce, roast potatoes, yorkshires, brocolli, carrots, peas and lots of gravy :)
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, carrots and lots of gravy
Roast lamb every time!
My fave is chicken with potatoes, gravy, stuffing, bread sauce and lots of veg
roast chicken, stuffing, mash, roast potatoes, cauliflower and brocolli yummy.
Roast Chicken, roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings, mashed potatoe, mint sauce, gravy , peas n carrots
Roast lamb, yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, gravy, veg
roast beef, yorkshire puddings , roast potatoes.
leg of lamb, roast potatoes, yorkshire pud, cauliflower, peas and gravy
Roast Turkey, Brussels Sprouts and Sage and Onion Stuffing
Black peppered roast beef, Duchesse potatoes, roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage or pak choi if in season , brussels (for them – not me), Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshires – I have a City and Guilds in catering but canNOT beat Aunt Bessie’s! and a delicious mustard coating gravy!
Chicken roast with roast potatoes, carrots, brocolli and peas!
Has to be roast beef a selection of veg and two large serving bowls one full of Aunt Bessie’s roast potato’s the other with our favourite Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puds. It’s what makes Sundays special!
My favourite Sunday roast is Chicken. I have it with roast potatoes, stuffing, yorkshire puddings, loads of veg and a good slosh of gravy.
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower cheese and bread sauce!
lamb… mash pots. roast pots, carrotts, brocoli, cauliflower, brussels, peas, stuffing, yorkshires, gravy, white sauce
beef is my favourite
Pork, definitely pork, with lashings of runner beans
Roast beef and yorkshire pudding. I can heartily recommend Aunt Bessie’s mashed carrot and swede. You get it in the freezer section and is great if you need another vegetable on your plate and are in a hurry.
Chicken is my favourite roast, will roast potatos, mash and veg xx
Roast beef, yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, purple sprouting broccoli and a tiny bit of gravy, oh and a nice hot horseradish sauce.
Roast Lamb with mash, roasties, cabbage, peas, yorkies, gravy and mint sauce
Roast chicken, roasties, stuffing, peas, carrots and gravy
Roast beef with yorkshire puddings and mash and lashings of thick gravy! Mmm
Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and sausages.
Roast beef,yorkshire pudding,really crisp roast potatoes,broccoli,carrots,and peas
roast lamb and rose wine, and plenty of the wine!! it doesnt matter then how burnt the dinner is!!!
Roast beef, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, yorkshire puds, carrots, brocolli, sprouts, and lashings of thick gravy…yummy x
Leg of Lamb with Homemade Roast Potatoes, Homemade Yorkshire Pudding, Bigga Peas (soaked overnight with added sugar), Mashed Potato, Suffing, Mini Sausages in bacon OXO Gravy, made with flour, oil, water and OXO’s and mint sauce on the side :)
**Starving now** :)
Roast chicken is what we have for Christmas dinner… it’s the best! And I love all the trimmings – roast potatoes, peas, stuffing, gravy… and definitely parsnips – they’re my favourite bit!
Roast beef, horse radish mash, kale, winter veg, yorkies, roasters and lots of gravy
A big free range chicken with every side. Stuffing, sausage, gravy, yorkshires, creamed potato, seasonal veg and a biigg dessert.
I’m a real fusspot, so need it simple either beef or chicken with loads of roast poatoes, yorkshire puddings and carrots :)
Chicken with stuffing and sausages :)
Roast Beef, mashed potato, roasted carrots,parsnip and swede, yorkshire pudding gravy and a big dollop of onion sauce on the roast beef.
it has to be beef, with roast potatoes, at least three veg, BIG yorkshire pudding filled with thick gravey that has been made with the meat juices YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY
Slow cooked roast lamb, mint sauce, root vegetable mash consisting of parsnips, carrots, turnip and swede, roast potatoes, peas and gravy. Delicious :)
Yorkshire puds, roast parsnips (the best bit!), carrots, peas and roast potatoes!! Very traditional for me! Oh and lashings of gravy!
Roast lamb is my favourite with mint sauce and also with Yorkshire puds
I’m veggie so my Sunday roast isn’t anything that once wandered around a field.
Roast pork .apple sauce .Yorkshire puddings ,Sausage, Roast Potatoes ,Roast parsnips, Carrots, Cabbage, Peas and gravy.
I love chicken, with roast potatos and yorkshire pudding and gravy yummy
Roast Pork, crackling, roast potatoes and parsnips. with a side of red cabbage with chestnuts mmm!
Roast Lamb with Rosemary, Mint Sauce, Roast Spuds, Carrots, Broccoli, Yorkshire Puds, Gravy
Lamb with roasted potatoes, parsnips, cauliflower and mint sauce
I love slow cooked lamb, roast potatoes, parnsips and carrots with peas, yorkies, maybe some cauliflower cheese!! :D Lots of gravy is a must.
Chicken, with all the trimmings :)
i do love a pork dinner with all the trimmings and plenty of apple sauce
Roast beef – perfectly cooked, served with horseradish & homemade gravy.
Cauliflower cheese, honeyglazed carrots & parsnips & of course, roast potatoes.
Now i’m hungry :(
beef with mustared all vegatbles and mushrooms
Roast Beef AB Roasties & AB Yorkshires mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Chicken, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Cabbage, Yorkshire Puddings, Stuffing, Mashed Potato and Roast Potatoes.
Roast beef, yorkshire pudding and gravy
My favourite roast is with chicken, some veg, potatoes and of course some lovely Yorkshires!
Slow roast shoulder of pork, got to be with Yorkies and roast spuds
chicken with roast potatoes
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, veg and gravy.
Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed parsnips, stuffing, sausage, broccoli, carrots, peas…and a big dollop of horseradish :-)
Beef with yorkshire puds, roast potatoes and gravy
I love Roast turkey, with roast potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts, caramelised parsnips and gravy
Lamb with roasts, mash, turnip and carrot, roast parsnips, stuffing, yorkshires and lots of gravy, like having sweet pots sometimes too :-)
chicken with loads of AB mash poatoes, yorkshire puddings loads of veg and gravy Mmmmm
Roast beef, yorkshire puds, carrots, peas & cabbage, parsnip & loads of gravy ..
Roast Pork with loads of crackling, roasties, mash, Carrots, broccoli, sprouts, Yorkie pud and lots of gravy. I like to put apple sauce in my mash too :-)
I actually LOVE a gammon roast for sunday lunch with yummy yorkshires, gravy, roast tats and veggies
I’m veggie so my favourite roast is a roast potato :-) Plus lots of other lovely veggies too & home made gluten free yorkshire puds & gluten free gravy
Chicken with all the trimmings :)
Roast Pork with Apple Sauce, Gravy, Roast Potatoes, Peas and Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire Puddings ^_^
chicken roast potatos, 3 veg yorkshires
i love roast pork with crackling and stuffing or roast beef with Yorkshire puddings and English mustard :)))) yummy oh and i love roast lamb too with loads of mint sauce xxxx
My favourite sunday roast is beef with mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings, mashed carrot and swede, cauliflower, garden peas, green beans and gravy yum yum.
my favourite roast is chicken with my home made stuffing (bread, butter, mushrooms, onions, walnuts), gravy, bread sauce, sprouts, peas and roasties – yummm
Christmas dinner! :)
lamb and plenty of mint sauce
Chicken, Yorkshire puds and lots of veg
My favourite roast is Roast Beef, Aunt Bessies Yorkshires Pudding and Aunt Bessies Roast Potatoes with parsnips, carrots, swede, cabbage and lots of gravy and don’t forget the horseradish sauce.
Lovely.
Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and roast parsnips (both home grown).
roast beef, horseradish sauce, roast potatoes and veg
Chicken with stuffing, mash, carrots, parsnips, swede, peas & loads of gravy & apple sauce.
My favourite is Pot Roast of beef serves with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, carrots and green beans
Roast Beef! with cabbage, brussel sprouts, carrots, yorkshires and gravy, can’t have home made roasties since they normally resemble lumps of charcoal when I try so it’s frozen ones for us when we do have them.
We are veggie but love loads of roast potatoes, veg and gravy!
I love roast beef with all the trimmings
A good roast beef with veggies, rost potatoes and lots of gravy :)
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, gravy, carrots, peas, yorkshires – the Full Monty!
It has to be Roast Beef with everything, (stuffing, roast pots, yorkie’s)
I love roast lamb, with roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds, a variety of veg… making me salivate just thinking about it!
Roast chicken with roast potatoes, stuffing, peas and carrots
Roast beef, roast potatoes, yorkshire puds, veg yummy :-)
Yorkshire puddings! Just loads of them!
Roast Chicken, roast potatoes, Aunt Bessies yorkshire puddings, stuffing, peas and carrots mmm!
My favourite sunday dinner is roast beef, Aunt Bessies yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, steamed vegetables i.e. carrots, broccoli, green beans and mini cobs.
I love roast chicken, roast potatoes, cauliflower with cheese sauce, stuffing, bread sauce and gravy – cant do without roast on a sunday!
my fave sunday dinner is pork and crackling, with apple sauce, creamy mash, carrots, sprouts, crispy roasties and yorkshire puds
roast chicken with mash and yorkies. yum
Roast beef, roast spuds, veg, yorkshire ouds and gravy
roast pork with all the trimmings and of course aunt Bessies puds
Roast chicken with all the trimmings
A chicken roast with Aunt Bessie’s roast potatoes and Aunt Bessie stuffing balls. If you can find them Aunty Bessies pancakes are a scrummy dessert!
Hmmmm all that “cheating” and the worst part—I wasn’t invited! lol