The best Sundays are those just spent just pottering in the garden or playing board games while the roast cooks. In our March issue, we’ve put together a Low and Slow menu that will help you do just that. Here are a few more ingredients we think you need to enjoy a Super Slow Sunday…

ALL the Sunday papers. Not just the one you normally buy; also get the one with the ridiculous headlines to laugh at and the one with the good crossword. We’re doing this properly.
A decent coffee and a cafetiere. Sunday isn’t slow enough if you have to stand up to refill your mug. A decent-sized cafetiere stationed near you will do it. Don’t put the milk back in the fridge thanks, just leave it there. Yes, you can leave those biscuits, too.
An enthusiastic dog. Because Sunday needs a good walk at some point, also, and when you get home, Sunday needs something warm to lie on your feet. If you don’t have a dog, set out in the woods wielding a stick as if you do own a dog, and put some bed socks on when you get home for a similar, but less hairy, effect.
A gin and tonic (or whatever your tipple is) for the prepping stage of lunch. Peeling spuds takes on a rather festive feel when you have something cold and fizzy in your hand.
A good board game for while the lunch is in the oven, whether it’s an old favourite or one you got for Christmas and haven’t played yet. Something you can get ridiculously invested in and over-competitive about is ideal.
Enough food to do leftovers too. We all know the best part of a Sunday roast is the secret scoffing of the cold potatoes out of the fridge at 6pm. If you’ve got enough leftovers to do Monday lunch too, so much the better, and it will bring a bit of weekend joy to your working day.
A costume drama on telly. Should be watched in your dressing gown with a cup of tea. If there’s nothing good on, dig out an old box set of the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice.

You can find our menu for Low Slow Sundays in our March issue, on sale now.

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