Ryan Sidebottom column: You can't beat a roast dinner!

THE thing that I miss more than anything else when I'm away on tour is home cooking.

So it has been great since getting back home to be spoiled with a nice roast dinner.

I went to my mum and dad's in Huddersfield at the weekend and they served up the whole works – it was fantastic.

I love good food but I'm not a great cook myself and it was certainly a step up from my brilliant specialities of beans on toast or poached egg!

I may be pretty useless but thankfully that isn't the same for the rest of the family.

While mum and dad were looking after Indiana, Kate and I also had the chance to pop out to our favourite restaurant in Leeds, the Foundry.

The food certainly made a change from in South Africa, where it seemed to be steak pretty much every night.

The other great contrast at home is the weather – I'm having to make sure I get pretty well wrapped up.

Even now, you can see it's been really bad. There was still some snow on the higher Yorkshire hills over the weekend.

Having been out in the sun, it's absolutely freezing – just like going in one of those dreaded ice baths!

I managed to get to watch a few FA Cup games too, which I don't think is going to be the case when we get out to Bangadesh with the England squad next month.

Thankfully, for Kate's sake, the rugby league hasn't started yet as I'd be driving her absolutely mad, glued to the television.

I might be a Strictly Come Dancing fan with all the cricketers who have taken part in the show, but I'm not into Dancing On Ice. I prefer the ballroom over the ice rink any day.