What's for Dinner, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026

[chowmama]

2. Roasting a chicken.

I mixed butter with salt, thyme and parsley and smeared it everywhere. (On the chicken.) It's in the oven now. There'll be lots of leftovers for the week. I might roast a potato or two along with it.

I'm trying a side dish from one of my vintage cookbooks by Ambrose Heath. The editor's intro was from a few months before English rationing finally expired, and the theme is recipes from other countries that might help to make limited dinners more interesting. My mom got it from a library sale for 50 cents and I inherited it.

It's cauliflower florets in a savory custard (caramelized onion and parsley). I'm not exactly sure how it'll work out, but I need to get more and better veg recipes, since we're going to be depending on them more this year (and possibly future years). My main concern is the ratio of egg to liquid, even though I'm going to use the lesser suggested amount of eggs (mine are large and I don't know what size theirs were). Unless the cooked cauliflower exudes a fair amount of liquid, this is going to be quite dense. But DH likes cauliflower, so it's worth a try.

Pint of blueberries for dessert.