Hello everyone! How was your weekend, any nice wins to report? Can you believe that I am still waiting for my first June win – going through my worst dry spell in years! To top it all it was the Isle of Wight Festival at the weekend, and hubby and I must have entered hundreds of competitions between us to try and win tickets but all to no avail! We had to make do with catching a vague waft of music floating on the breeze, and catch up coverage on the TV – fail!
Still, at least the weather has been good the last few weeks, so can’t really complain. We have been able to get out and about as often as we can, and weekend activities really start to ramp up now here on the Island with the Round the Island Race at the end of the month and various other sailing events and festivals to go and see. It does mean that my comping time is taking a back seat again though, which is a drawback of the summer but one that I can deal with.
One thing I do love about the summer months is packing up a picnic and heading off for a Greer Mystery Tour. Nothing better than making a load of sandwiches, throwing them in a picnic hamper with crisps, homemade cakes, fruit and a flask of coffee and seeing where the road takes you – we always manage to stumble upon some great picnic spots this way! Did you know that this week (13-21 June 2015) is National Picnic Week – what better way to get the family outdoors for some al fresco dining and fun!
To celebrate The PrizeFinder has a fantastic exclusive competition for all our members to win a fabulous four person picnic hamper! The Buckingham Luxury Wicker Picnic Hamper comes complete with built in chiller compartment, blanket and enough plates, wine glasses and accessories to take four people on a picnic in comfortable style! To enter this competition you need to be a registered PrizeFinder member, logged into your account and leave me a blog comment below with what your picnic essentials are. For me it has to be homemade sausage rolls – infinitely more tasty and satisfying than the flabby shop bought varieties. One comment per person please and remember that comments are moderated and won’t appear immediately. One entry will be drawn at random after the closing date of 23:59 on Sunday 21st June 2015 – Good luck!
Happy comping everyone, and lots of Lucky dust to you all!
Kirsty x
Terms and Conditions
- The prize is a Buckingham four person luxury wicker picnic hamper (prize may be substituted for another of equal or increased value if stocks become unavailable)
- The closing date for entries is 23:59 on Sunday 21st June 2014.
- Open to UK residents aged 18 or over
- Entrants must be registered PrizeFinder users and logged in to their account
- Entrants must leave a blog comment with their picnic essentials
- Only one entry per person
- One winner will be chosen at random from all entries
- The winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the closing date, and must confirm their postal address within 28 days or an alternative winner will be selected
Comments
Cocktail Sausage Rolls,
Cocktail Sausage Rolls, HomeMade Scotch Eggs, Chicken Goujons with wraps salads and sauces :)
Pork pie and lemon drizzle
Pork pie and lemon drizzle cake for me.
Has to be a baguette with
Has to be a baguette with sliced meats and cheeses!!
My picnic essentials are
My picnic essentials are Chicken Pasta Salad, Sandwiches and crisps
For me it has to be fresh
For me it has to be fresh strawerries and clotted cream, washed down with a nice bottle of sparkling wine
Would have to be my home made
Would have to be my home made scotch eggs x
sweetcorn,mushrooms(sliced)
sweetcorn,mushrooms(sliced) and cucumber(diced) mixed with a light mayonnaise you can also add a sliced celery. A lovely fresh healthy salad that can be enjoyed all year round. Mind you the home made Lemon Meringue Pie tends to negate the healthyness but its so yummy
My youngest daughter is
My youngest daughter is lactose intolerant so I make almost everything from scatch, the favourites being my crustless mini quiches and pork pies and we always make and take a jelly for pud :)
cucumber, pepper and carrot
cucumber, pepper and carrot sticks for houmous.
Our picnic essential has to
Our picnic essential has to be frozen flavoured water - keeps all picnic food nice and cool and it's perfect on a warm summers day to have a nice cold drink!x
Mini sausages on cocktail
Mini sausages on cocktail sticks and mini scotch eggs
scotch egg and and ginger
scotch egg and and ginger beer and I am ready to go
got to be egg sandwiches and
got to be egg sandwiches and pork pies
Wraps are our sandwich of
Wraps are our sandwich of choice for picnics as they are less messy than most sandwiches. Also some good homemade jam doughnut muffins or scones go down very well :)
Has to be scotch eggs, pork
Has to be scotch eggs, pork pies and sausage rolls for my lot, along with some little sandwiches and a few jam tarts. Perfect picnic food.
Our picnic essentials are ham
Our picnic essentials are ham sandwiches, sausage rolls, crisps, apples. strawberries, home made cake, home made quiche and lemonade!
Roast Chicken, Baguette & a
Roast Chicken, Baguette & a bag of apples
Elderflower presse and
Elderflower presse and cucumber sandwiches
Cheese sandwiches simple yet
Cheese sandwiches simple yet everyone in our family loves them.
Homemade mini quiches are
Homemade mini quiches are always feature in our picnics
Ham Sandwiches and
Ham Sandwiches and Strawberries would be mine =)
Cheese and red onion
Cheese and red onion sandwiches and cheese and onion crisps! Pickled onions as well please!
Me and the kids make veggie
Me and the kids make veggie scotch eggs and cupcakes to take with us!
Tender pork in a tasty crust,
Tender pork in a tasty crust, is a portable treat I just love to eat.
Quiches, sarnies, jam tarts
Quiches, sarnies, jam tarts and of course... scotch eggs!
Cocktail Sausage Rolls, HomeMade Scotch Eggs, Chicken Goujons with wraps salads and sauces :)