Sunday with Paddy McGuinness: ‘I’m a double carb man’
Sunday routine? I get up, do the kids’ breakfasts and leave about 9am to do my Radio 2 show. I get there at 10am, the show starts at 11am, so my Sunday doesn’t start properly until 1pm.
What happens then? I’ll go straight online and order myself Sunday dinner. Beggars can’t be choosers, so I’ll take whatever meat they’ve got on offer.
Trimmings? I’m a double carb man, so mash and roast potatoes, good veg, and a big old Yorkshire pudding absolutely obliterated by gravy. I like a condiment. Mint sauce for lamb. Apple sauce for pork. Chicken, a bit of cranberry. With beef, mint sauce still seems to work.
Sundays growing up? My mum was traditional, so it was always a roast. Her Yorkshire puddings were massive big rectangles with a thick crust and the mash was done to perfection. You know what mums are like. They get it spot on. Then she’d do jam roly-polies and custard. She didn’t make her own custard. We bought that in.
Maternal cooking tips? Being a mummy’s boy, I was spoiled rotten, so I was never really in the kitchen. I wish I had been now. I’d love to recreate some of her recipes.
Sunday afternoon? Before I had kids, I’d have been on the couch in my underpants, watching the football. Now, as soon as the knife and fork are down, my youngest, Felicity, wants me doing something. We’ll be out on the bike, in the garden or on a little drive out somewhere. Everything goes out the window when you’re a dad. You toe the line, look at the floor, do as you’re told.
Mondays? Before the kids, I used to dread Mondays because it was back to work. Now Mondays are the day where you get your life back – at least between 9am and 3pm, when they’re at school. Monday for me is: ‘Let’s do what I’ve not been able to do over the weekend.’
Paddy has teamed up with Onken to help the nation feed their inner happiness, onken.co.uk/recipes
