Dom's Rambles

Having crawled out of bed, given my tongue a shave and flicked the TV on I was delighted to see Girls Aloud strutting their stuff - Nicola was looking even more ball-achingily desirable than she usually does and certainly got my ding dong merrily on high. Anyway to business.

Today's dinner, which along with the 20 pack of Budweiser I intend to sink before I next take my credit card to the liquor store, is a special treat I'm giving myself for Christmas (yes, I am terribly, terribly lonely). We've got leg of lamb with honey roast parsnips and potatoes, mashed swede and carrots and broccoli - all topped with Dom's red wine gravy.

I find I always get the best results by making holes in the meat, pushing garlic cloves into them and then anointing the whole thing with extra virgin olive oil.