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Giveaway: Win a Gourmet Christmas Dinner Box

December 7, 2012

Have you ordered your turkey yet? My butcher told me this week that there has been an unprecedented demand for free range, high welfare birds this year, which makes me feel very happy. Finally, we are starting to care about how our meat and poultry is reared and we’re also realising that a really good quality bird is the secret to a great tasting Christmas meal.

For the second year, Fabulicious Food! is proud to be teaming up with Knorr UK and gourmet independent food supplier Forman and Field to offer one lucky reader a wonderful gourmet Christmas dinner parcel bursting with flavour and festivity.

Turkey Christmas Dinner

The winner’s box will contain –

  • Seldom Seen Farm Turkey 4.5-5.5kg
  • Longman’s Farm Butter 250g
  • Emmett’s Mild Cure Back Bacon 250g
  • Forman and Field Christmas Stuffing 500g
  • A selection of fresh herbs
  • An orange
  • 12 x luxury mince pies
  • Chapel Down Nectar Dessert Wine 50cl
  • 2 x Knorr Chicken Gravy Pots

As well as throwing a lavish Christmas lunch complete with luxury mince pies and dessert wine, you can also follow Knorr’s recipe for Christmas Roast Turkey with Orange and Smokey Bacon Baste, which is what we’ll be having. I’ll be featuring this recipe closer to the big day. Seldom Seen Farm produce free-range bronze turkeys – Forman and Field only select the best! You’ll also get to taste the new Knorr gravy pots.

If there are any leftovers, you can try Marco’s Turkey Curry, which is really tasty, too.

Here’s how to enter:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

You must be home to receive your parcel on Friday 21st December.

Good luck!

Note: Fabulicious Food! will also be receiving a box containing the same contents, I’ll be writing about it closer to Christmas.  With thanks to Knorr UK and Forman and Field.

 

 

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About Ren

Ren Behan is a British-born food writer of Polish descent. She is a mum to three young children (13, 10 and 5) and spends lots of time with them in the kitchen. Ren writes about seasonal, family-friendly food on her blog www.renbehan.com. She also contributes recipes and articles to online and print food publications, such as Food52.com, GreatBritishChefs.com, Huff Post Food and JamieOliver.com. She holds a Diploma in Food Journalism with Distinction and has completed a Food Styling course at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

Ren’s cookbook, Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes, draws upon her Polish heritage and regular travels to Poland.

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Comments

  1. tracy says

    December 14, 2012 at 1:36 am

    Turkey wins all the time.

    Reply
  2. Angie Hoggett says

    December 14, 2012 at 1:11 am

    moist Turkey with cranberry and port sauce

    Reply
  3. Emma J Lowe says

    December 14, 2012 at 12:19 am

    I love turkey on xmas day

    Reply
  4. graeme potter says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  5. Sarah Lee says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Traditional Turkey 🙂

    Reply
  6. Kerry Kilmister says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    i love Turkey – nothing better than being traditional

    Reply
  7. Sharon McGuinness says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    I am a turkey lover, especially with cranberry and orange stuffing.

    Reply
  8. Natalie White says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    We love chicken at Christmas!

    Reply
  9. Lydia Houghton says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    Turkey. I can’t wait to gobble it up 🙂

    Reply
  10. Jayne K says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  11. John LAWRENCE says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    Great prize. Turkey it has to be, with goose a close second!

    Reply
  12. jackierushton103@hotmail.com says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    Duck

    Reply
  13. kristy brown says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Has to be turkey!

    Reply
  14. Elizabeth says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    Roast turkey!

    Reply
  15. karen says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    Love roast chicken but for Christmas it has to be turkey.

    Reply
  16. Nikko turner says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    All about the turkey!

    Reply
  17. Eleanor Powell says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  18. Fran Douglas says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    I love the Three Bird Roasts, a little bit of everything…

    Reply
  19. Arabella Bazley says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    Definitely Turkey but we normally have two different roasts on Christmas day for variety.

    Reply
  20. sharon johnson says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    turkey defo xx

    Reply
  21. Helen O'Keeffe says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    I love goose!

    Reply
  22. pete says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:54 pm

    definitely Turkey…

    Reply
  23. Nicola Reynolds says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    We always have Turkey, its the only time of the year that we do. It wouldn’t be Christmas without it.

    Reply
  24. Beki Lacy says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Turkey! x

    Reply
  25. Samantha Atherton says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    To me Christmas means turkey

    Reply
  26. Sandra Geddes says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    Got to be turkey for me! x

    Reply
  27. Emily Knight says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    Goose…but half my family doesn’t like it, annoyingly!!

    Reply
  28. james carline says

    December 13, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    Love Turkey

    Reply
  29. Romana Richards says

    December 13, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  30. Philip Thomas Boyle says

    December 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    turkey

    Reply
  31. melanie crumpton says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  32. Diane Webb says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    turkey

    Reply
  33. steve cooper says

    December 13, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    duck

    Reply
  34. Miranda Holman says

    December 13, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Turkey 🙂

    Reply
  35. sian hallewell says

    December 13, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    Roast turkey this year

    Reply
  36. Ian Campbell says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Turkey – best by far 🙂

    Reply
  37. Chistopher Nicholl says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    Turkey & all the traditional bits.

    Reply
  38. Sarah B says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    We always have turkey, but I love goose and am sneakily trying to incorporate it into our Christmas lunch this year.

    Reply
  39. Amanda Goldston says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    Traditional Turkey

    Reply
  40. Saran Benjamin says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Chicken for me but the rest of the family have Turkey

    Reply
  41. Hannah says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    I love turkey, its nice to have one at Christmas!

    Reply
  42. Katherine Coldicott says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Always have turkey at Christmas but duck is my favourite

    Reply
  43. Jan Beal says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Has to be a good turkey but I love to have different stuffings each year

    Reply
  44. rebecca nisbet says

    December 13, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    I always like a four bird roast, but as i dont do christmas dinner the sister-in-law does a turkey

    Reply
  45. Jean says

    December 13, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    Had goose a few years back and loved it! But it’s too expensive, and will probably not have it again. This year we’re going to go for a nice turkey, with a chestnut/sage/onion stuffing. Yum!

    Reply
  46. shelagh milne says

    December 13, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  47. Kayleigh Mayhew says

    December 13, 2012 at 11:35 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  48. Sheila Reeves says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:57 am

    Definitely turkey here

    Reply
  49. Rach says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:48 am

    traditional turkey.

    Reply
  50. David Paterson says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:00 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  51. Allison Sherwood says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:58 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  52. Andrew Halliwell says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Chicken… We never had turkey when I was growing up. (in fact, I think the first time I DID have turkey was at a cousin’s wedding buffet when I was a teenager. Always found it to have less flavour than chicken since then.

    Reply
  53. Debbie says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:35 am

    Free range turkey for me.

    Reply
  54. Jennifer says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:24 am

    turkey for me

    Reply
  55. tam p says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:31 am

    Turkey musy be my choice

    Reply
  56. Tony Weston says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Duck

    Reply
  57. Charlotte H says

    December 13, 2012 at 12:17 am

    Chicken!

    Reply
  58. Catherine Thomas says

    December 12, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    Traditional Turkey love it 🙂

    Reply
  59. charlotte batkins says

    December 12, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Traditional Turkey.x

    Reply
  60. Sheri Darby says

    December 12, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Turkey of course

    Reply
  61. Peter Robins says

    December 12, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  62. Stephen holman says

    December 12, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    chicken is my favourite compared to turkey. tried goose once and didnt like it!

    Reply
  63. Donna says

    December 12, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Duck. Great prize

    Reply
  64. Kayleigh Reddish says

    December 12, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Got to be goose!!!! Yum Yum!!!!

    Reply
  65. Ben says

    December 12, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    i like a 5 bird roast, where different birds are stuffed inside each other. So turkey, Chicken, Phesant, duck, quail and pigeon!

    Reply
  66. Ben Jaundrell says

    December 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  67. Laurie Taylor Graham says

    December 12, 2012 at 10:28 am

    duck

    Reply
  68. Christine Caple says

    December 12, 2012 at 9:43 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  69. Jean Vaughan says

    December 12, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Turkey and beef

    Reply
  70. Tom says

    December 12, 2012 at 1:50 am

    nutroast – my family like turkey or ham though

    Reply
  71. susan gough says

    December 11, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Ham

    Reply
  72. chantel says

    December 11, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    Turkey …. yummy

    Reply
  73. michele omalley says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  74. Marilyn Greenwood says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    It has to be Turkey!

    Reply
  75. Greig says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    TURKEY

    Reply
  76. Emma Howard says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    Goose

    Reply
  77. Kym Robson says

    December 11, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Turkey and all the trimmings

    Reply
  78. Beverley says

    December 11, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Definitely turkey and trimmings!

    Reply
  79. Zeb says

    December 11, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    roast beef

    Reply
  80. Carol P says

    December 11, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    Rib of beef

    Reply
  81. Christine Reid says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Turkey x

    Reply
  82. Patricia Edwards says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:18 am

    Love Duck, never enough meat on it though, but enough for two

    Reply
  83. Paul Ellams says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:38 am

    We had duck last year, That was nice 🙂

    Reply
  84. lorraine mckee says

    December 10, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    proper turkey capon (or crown) for my family its all meat and it cooks easier without any waste and it tastes great . x

    Reply
  85. Karen says

    December 10, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    Has to be turkey!

    Reply
  86. Russell Turner says

    December 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    Roast suckling pig!

    Reply
  87. leanne tobin says

    December 10, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    great prize fingers crossed 🙂

    Reply
  88. lee tunnicliffe says

    December 10, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    duck! yum

    Reply
  89. Tracey Belcher says

    December 10, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Has to be Turkey although I do love duck

    Reply
  90. Mark says

    December 10, 2012 at 11:37 am

    Always turkey for me – never tried goose.

    Reply
  91. Michael Hogan says

    December 10, 2012 at 11:36 am

    turkey

    Reply
  92. hayley acton says

    December 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    has to be turkey!!

    Reply
  93. Tanya says

    December 9, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    Chicken yummy :oD ahh… now Im hungry ^^

    Reply
  94. Barbara Blass says

    December 9, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    only Turkey for the big day

    Reply
  95. Linda Revell says

    December 9, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    Turkey and all the trimmings yummy!

    Reply
  96. Kim Carberry says

    December 9, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    Turkey 🙂

    Reply
  97. Valerie Thorpe says

    December 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Turkey for me but I really must try a Goose one year.

    Reply
  98. karen scammell says

    December 9, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    classic turkey

    Reply
  99. Ceri Kay says

    December 9, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Goose!

    Reply
  100. Jill Garratt says

    December 9, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    You can’t beat roast chicken. I find turkey too dry.

    Reply
  101. Keith says

    December 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Pork

    Reply
  102. Garry Ashworth says

    December 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Always Turkey

    Reply
  103. joanne mckenna says

    December 9, 2012 at 11:10 am

    It has to be turkey

    Reply
  104. Loma Wood says

    December 9, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Turkey please…we gobble it up (sorry!)

    Reply
  105. Corina says

    December 9, 2012 at 9:47 am

    Goose as that’s what we had when I was growing up. I lived on a farm and my parents sold geese for Christmas.

    Reply
  106. Dawn Henson says

    December 9, 2012 at 9:23 am

    I love the traditional Turkey Christmas Dinner. Makes a nice change because I don,t eat Turkey the rest of the year for some reason!!

    Reply
  107. Claire Smith says

    December 9, 2012 at 7:39 am

    Goose is much nicer than turkey x

    Reply
  108. Steph Armstrong says

    December 9, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Turkey

    Reply
  109. Viv Gilbey says

    December 9, 2012 at 1:59 am

    It just HAS to be turkey!

    Reply
  110. Elizabeth Smith says

    December 8, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    Duck

    Reply
  111. Kelly says

    December 8, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    Roast Goose

    Reply
  112. tamalyn roberts says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    i love turkey x

    Reply
  113. Hazel Rea says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    Has to be turkey.

    Reply
  114. Christine Sunter says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Turkey with trimmings

    Reply
  115. Cheron Titus says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    TURKEY!

    Reply
  116. sue walsh says

    December 8, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Turkey with all the trimmings

    Reply
  117. Jessica Whitehead-Stevens says

    December 8, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    turkey yum yum

    Reply
  118. Dee Dmonte says

    December 8, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    Turkey!

    Reply
  119. EMMA CELLA says

    December 8, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  120. Catherine Jones says

    December 8, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Always turkey!

    Reply
  121. Rainie Bish says

    December 8, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  122. Kerry Jones says

    December 8, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Got to be Turkey

    Reply
  123. Fiona Maclean says

    December 8, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    venison

    Reply
  124. Pauline Simpson says

    December 8, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Turkey with Bacib wrapped sausages and stuffing balls

    Reply
  125. Julia Nicholls says

    December 8, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Duck for my family

    Reply
  126. katie L Wright says

    December 8, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    Turkey – love the tradition of it

    Reply
  127. paul keenan says

    December 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    i’d love to have duck but no one else likes it so it has to be turkey

    Reply
  128. riddlexic says

    December 8, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    I guess goose

    Reply
  129. J Beale says

    December 8, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  130. kerry Locke says

    December 8, 2012 at 11:20 am

    My Fave has to be the Roasted Ham !!

    Reply
  131. maxime goodwin says

    December 8, 2012 at 10:42 am

    Turkey for me 🙂

    Reply
  132. sandi says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

    Rib of beef. Yum

    Reply
  133. michelle dootson says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:39 am

    turkey

    Reply
  134. kim says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:27 am

    Turkey, it’s for Christmas not for life!

    Reply
  135. Maya Russell says

    December 8, 2012 at 7:07 am

    It has to be turkey at Christmas.

    Reply
  136. Serena La Pietra says

    December 8, 2012 at 1:08 am

    The the goose at christmas

    Reply
  137. Paul Kay says

    December 8, 2012 at 1:00 am

    Well Turkey ? but if it is so good how come we only eat it once a year :-/

    Reply
  138. Harriet King says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    goose!

    Reply
  139. Martina says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Traditional turkey

    Reply
  140. Gill says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Hmm my dad tries every year to get us to have goose -we always compromise and have on Boxing Day. A good turkey wins for me

    Reply
  141. John says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:32 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  142. CHRISTINE ANDREWS says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    turkey……….l’m a traditionalist

    Reply
  143. David Powell says

    December 7, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    Turkey Crown

    Reply
  144. Lisa Waugh says

    December 7, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    turkey roast

    Reply
  145. Nia Wyn Roberts says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    Turkey all the way!

    Reply
  146. Ashleigh says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    Turkey!

    Reply
  147. Julie Hogg says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Three bird roast.. fab

    Reply
  148. olivia kirby says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Definitely turkey for us.

    Reply
  149. Gemma says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    Turkey and Ham

    Reply
  150. samantha swain says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    goose

    Reply
  151. Penny Ford says

    December 7, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    I like Lamb and beef but I go to Mums and she always does Turkey

    Reply
  152. lorraine dunne says

    December 7, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    I love Turkey the best yum

    Reply
  153. Lucy J Morgan says

    December 7, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    Turkey!

    Reply
  154. Hele R says

    December 7, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Not a fan of turkey, so we have chicken 🙂

    Reply
  155. Paul John Bishop says

    December 7, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Ham and turkey.

    Reply
  156. Kate O'Neill says

    December 7, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Duck

    Reply
  157. Zachary Hudson says

    December 7, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    pheasant

    Reply
  158. Vicky Tennick says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Turkey 🙂

    Reply
  159. Helen Moulden says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Has to be turkey!

    Reply
  160. Cheryll H says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    At Christmas it has to be turkey – yum! 🙂

    Reply
  161. iain says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    turkey

    Reply
  162. Amanda Steel says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  163. miss kerry adamowicz says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    Got to be Turkey at Christmas.

    Reply
  164. elaine stokes says

    December 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    beef yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy

    Reply
  165. Jackie Alderson says

    December 7, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    Turkey & Roast Beef!! Mmmmm yummy. x

    Reply
  166. catherine milne says

    December 7, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    Roast chicken – delicious!!!

    Reply
  167. Gill says

    December 7, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Turkey for us!

    Reply
  168. Sophie {The Cake Hunter} says

    December 7, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    I love Turkey if it’s done properly…nothing worse than a dry bird. We had chicken last year though as there was only two of us and that was lovely. Great to see you in Delicious mag btw!

    Reply
  169. helen battle says

    December 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Duck

    Reply
  170. Jo Hutchinson says

    December 7, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  171. Michaela Hinds says

    December 7, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  172. Joanne Sutton says

    December 7, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Turkey

    Reply
  173. Alicja Lucy says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:56 am

    A three bird roast or a free range turkey

    Reply
  174. Craig Cockburn says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:54 am

    Turkey all the way!

    Reply
  175. John Taggart says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:49 am

    Traditional Turkey 🙂

    Reply
  176. laura banks says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:49 am

    turkey

    Reply
  177. Emma Craven says

    December 7, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Gotta be GOOSE! Yum…

    Reply

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