Sunday - Curry with Roast Chicken and Spicy Vegetables

 I am a glutton for a take away, and if it wasn't for a Jo I am sure I would be obese! - I must ask Jo if we can have take away treats 2-3 times a week and she very rarely agrees! But the food she makes is 99% of the time better so I can't really complain (in fact I know I am spoilt!)

So after a grim drive back from Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon, we popped into Sainsburys to pick up some bits including a chicken that was roasted for dinner to go with some curry sauce from the freezer which was livened up with some lentils along with spiced vegetables.

It was really good and much better than a take away! Well done Jo! 

Chicken

Curry sauce that won't rotate!

Spiced vegetables

Sunday Roast Chicken and Risotto

I sometimes think I'll make a terrible wife as I'm really not one for the traditional Sunday roast.  There's nothing wrong with it, I'm just not a huge fan of roast beef, roast lamb, all the trimmings....it doesn't seem very exciting. 

I will make an exception for roast chicken though - I think a properly cooked roast chicken is an absolute delight - juicy, moist, full or flavour.  It also suits a huge range of accompaniments - no soggy carrots and flaccid roast potatoes for me! 

This weekend my roast chicken was done with a paprika, oregano and olive oil marinade, pea and bacon risotto and broccoli.  I cook a chicken for around an hour and a half and rest it for at least 20 minutes - the result is really tender and juicy meat packed with flavour.  As its bloody freezing outside, it seemed only right that it was accompanied by a rich and creamy risotto.  The broccoli was only really there for the 5-a-day thing but you know, no one's perfect.

Roast chicken

Pea and bacon risotto

And a super juicy chicken leg

Wednesday - Circuits and Chicken

I REALLY couldn't be bothered, but I attended by first ever fitness class today - circuits! I had no idea what I expect but it was actually pretty good and I am glad I went. With the marathon looming ever closer, it seems that I need to strengthen my 'core' - ie/ abs and stuff. A quick look at my belly will show that I eat well, so I'll never be ripped but that has never bothered me - I just want to get round 26 miles in one piece.

So I'll be going again next week, and I'll be doing my best to convince Jo to come with me. I am sure she will blog about her thoughts in due course!

She has a pretty bad cold at the moment - poor little lamb! But I will never allow the food standards to drop, so while I was out getting sweaty, Jo slaved in the kitchen making a deliciously moist roast chicken with braised vegetables in a sherry sauce and roast potatoes....today is also our 3rd consecutive day off the booze, not a record for us yet but it's getting there!

The chicken. Leftovers for lunch!

Vegetables in a sherry sauce

Roast potatoes

All the good stuff