Our 15 Best Beef Dinner Recipes to Make for Sunday Evenings (2024)

FAQs

What should I eat for dinner on a Sunday night? ›

The typical white American family eats white bread rolls with butter, mashed potatoes, roast beef or baked chicken, and peas for dinner, with milk on the side.

It consists of roasted meat, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes and accompaniments such as Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, gravy, and condiments such as apple sauce, mint sauce, or redcurrant sauce.

It's always nice to enjoy a comforting meal, especially for a Sunday dinner. The only drawback is that many classic Sunday dinners like pot roast, lasagna and pot pies are… well, labors of love. They're recipes you make when you have all day to cook because they take time.

The Food at an Italian American Sunday Dinner

Every Italian-American family has its own specific menu, but we typically ate pasta and meat, which usually consisted of meatballs, sausages, beef, and pork (including brasciolla). My grandfather was a butcher, so the meat would always be fresh and prepared to perfection.

Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the biggest and most formal meal of the day. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around midday, and called dinner. Especially among the elite, it gradually migrated to later in the day over the 16th to 19th centuries.

What is the main meal of the night? ›

Dinner and supper are both used to refer to the main meal of the day, and especially to that meal as eaten in the evening. Supper is used especially when the meal is an informal one eaten at home, while dinner tends to be the term chosen when the meal is more formal.

Healthy Sunday Dinner

Pick a lean meat like chicken or turkey and roast it without oil. It has juices in it, so it won't dry out. You could also remove the skin and just eat the breast meat to keep it lower in calories. Add lemon to the middle of the bird for extra flavour without a lot of extra calories.

Hydrating foods

“When we're up during the night we're tired and not getting as much sleep and water. Dehydration is one of the biggest causes of fatigue besides a lack of sleep. Having more water-based foods like watermelon, strawberries, rock melon, cucumbers and zucchini is great.”