sunday lunch with family

A Sunday lunch that's cooked for you can be divine. There's nothing quite as decadent as sauntering to the table with bowl after bowl set down in front of me.

That being said, if I'm not cooking it, I don't know what goes into it, and that often makes me nervous. Luckily, Nigel and Judy (my mother- and father-in-law) love good fresh English food.

For the ladies, fish stuffed with shrimp and garlic. For the men, beef. I don't have a problem with beef, but on a sunny spring afternoon, beef sounds wrong. (On a bone-chilling winter evening, there's nothing so good though).

Vegetables galore:
sauteed cabbage and red onion
roasted aubergine, sweet potato and butternut squash
steamed carrots
new potato
asparagus (a necessity in may)

I personally could have a meal of just vegetables, with options like that. But it's Sunday, and after religiously watching my consumption throughout the week, I devour the fish with garlic butter and multiple helpings of vegetables.