12) Cook a roast dinner

You were expecting me to blog about the third one? Well lesson one, if I was going to do this in order then it would need to be a list until I'm 50 - some things are going to take longer than others.

No shamefully we skip to no 12 - the one about the roast dinner. I'm not a veggie, I am a natural born non chef. I try and blame the fact on being the middle of three sisters so decided to keep completely away from the kitchen, especially as my older sister loved to be there. 

Admittedly it would have helped if I'd learnt a few things - instead I bumbled my way through university eating things like pasta n sauce and tinned ravioli and then branched out to quiche, chicken kievs - well I opened the packets and put them in. I've also dated men who could cook and married a very good cook. Needless to say it isn't me who does the cooking in this house. 

But I love roast dinners and it's something that we always had a Sunday roast growing up as children and something that seemed so time consuming, so complicated that I didn't think I could ever accomplish it.

But, with the watchful eye of the hubby and some suggestions along the way, I did. Ok, it was roast chicken which probably isn't the most complicated of roast meals, but I did do it. And realised that actually it's all in the timing rather than a deeply mystical dish. Well for me anyway. 

And while the pictures proved that it looked ok, both husband and son proclaimed it tasted good too. And my son is three so trust me, he'd tell you if it wasn't!