Giveaway:
Celebrate Eating As a Family:
Win £250 to spend on a Dining Table & Chairs
from Wren Living (In-Store)
I much prefer eating as a family – in the evenings after school and work – it’s a chance to relax, chat and enjoy time together. It’s not just the food, although that is the main event, but it’s time to sit down and discuss what activities to do as a family, solve a problem, plan a holiday or make arrangements for a day out……it’s valuable time and rather than balancing a meal on a tray in front of the telly, what better than to sit down at a lovely dining room table with your loved ones to eat. I am delighted to say that Wren Living have offered all Lavender and Lovage readers a chance to win £250 to go towards a dining room table and chairs – perfect for a family meal and family gatherings!
This prize is a wonderful opportunity to upgrade your table and/or chairs or just treat yourself to a more casual dining set for the kitchen maybe?
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Karen
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Sitting down as a family. A curry.
I need to celebrate buying my first home of my own, so this would be a perfect opportunity to furnish my non existant dining room and get all the family round for a wholesome housewarming dinner. I’d cook a massive roast, (meat and vegetarian) wine and lots of baked treats. Time to finally use all those stockpiled recipes.
oh it’d be wonderful to have a dining room table big enough for all of us now that our family has expanded to include a daughter-in-law, an almost daughter-in-law and a granddaughter. It’s amazing how life can change so much in two years! I would probably cook a huge lasagne as I know we all love it
I would celebrate winning this fabulous prize by gathering all the family round & making a huge heart stew & dumplings because everyone loves it xxx
I just got engaged so I would get both sets of parents together for a meal so they can get to know each other properly! I would make lots of nibblely dishes like crab cakes, mini cheeseburgers and sandwiches! Plus lots of champagne of course!
My kids love Spaghetti Bolognese x
I would invite my parents round for a nice Roast Beef Sunday dinner!
I think sitting down as a family is very important. It’s the time to catch up on the days events, relax together and communicate face to face rather than by text and email. Great prize. GG
i would roast a turkey and celebrate like thanks giving 😀
I have recently moved house so would have my daughter and son around, cook a traditional sunday roast and celebrate moving in
I would cook my family chicken korma as everyone loves it even my fussy son
I’d be made up to win this as my table really needs replacing. To celebrate, I would cook my family a roast dinner followed by a homemade chocolate cake. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
a nice big roast dinner
Sitting down for a chinese
I would attempt to cook Chinese hotpot a great sharing meal and invite my parents and brothers’ families to eat together.
I would throw a party to show off my lovely new things! I’d cook a lovely roast for everyone 🙂
It is my daughters birthday coming up so we would celebrate as a family with pizza and cake.
Since leaving home after university, my family is actually now comprised of my friends, including my two housemates! So if I won, there would be a big group of us enjoying a mezze style buffet served from a brand new table! (This would make one of my housemates particularly happy, as she hates our current dining room table.)
Lovely! There is nothing better than family dinner time.
Would probably do a long fondue.
A lovely dining table and chairs would be great for helping my husbands ageing parents at meal times. They just about live independently but if we don’t eat with them they ‘manage’ on bits and pieces of food that is not enough for them.
With a decent table we could establish a routine of them coming to us for dinner, as at present we have to go there every day. This would make life so much easier.
I would invite my in-laws round who would be delighted not to be cramped around our existing table, and I would cook a Sunday roast beef. There would plenty of room to put out all the accompanying vegetable, Yorkshire puddings & sauces, so everyone could just help themselves.
We would have a proper family roast dinner the next sunday!
If I won it would allow me to invite some of my extended family over, cause then we will have a big enough table, and have a murder mystery night. As you cant go wrong with a roast this is what we would eat whilst trying to solve the who done it! xx
Theres nothing better then sitting down as a family. I would make us a roast dinner!
A roast because it can be prepared in advance and it almost cooks itself so I can chat to the family without having to keep going back to the kitchen.
We’d have a really lovely huge family meal x
A big dinner for the whole family, probably a big roast dinner.
Sitting down as a family and toast our win over dinner x
we just bought another house so this would be great for the dining room… I’d cook a big seafood risotto
I’d love to gather friends and family around a new table for a lovely home cooked roast!
I would invite the family around for a Sunday roast
We would have a nice big roast dinner together
We would celebrate with a huge roast dinner.
I’d make a huge lasagne
I’d invite family round and have a big ol’ spaghetti bolognaise!
I would invite 3 generations of family members to the dinner table and then do an old fashioned English Roast by way of celebrating the years 🙂
I would make a three course meal for all the family with a lovely dressed table & lots of chats & laughter.
i’d invite everyone for sunday dinner and would cook
I would invite my family and cook pizza with salad
All sit down for a lasagne followed by a pavlova.
A very special Sunday Dinner with all the extended family!
A nice big fat roast dinner
Definitely a huge roast dinner for all the family 🙂
I could use a bid table to invite all my family on my birthday in November
I would make a lovely roast dinner, its a favourite in our house 🙂
Raclette with all the trimmings, prosecco to drink or a light beer, Chocolate pots for dessert! Family, partner, daughter x2, son-in-law, grand-daughter and celebrate with Swiss friends. Makes me happy thinking about it.
Would love to buy a bigger table to sit round with the family and enjoy all our meals, such an important part of family life xxx
I would have all Mexican food, flags and music
As there are birthdays to celebrate in my family every month until Christmas, I’d invite the whole family over for a special birthday dinner and cook a traditional Sunday roast with all the trimmings, followed by a giant slice of birthday cake for everyone!
We would all sit down to a lovely sunday dinner 🙂
I would invite my friends around and have a pot-luck buffet. I would make hummus and roasted vegetable pie.
A fabulous roast pork dinner with loads of yorkshire puds and roast potatoes
We would all sit down to a nice sunday roast of leg of lamb.
We would have a celebratory lunch celebrating my sons A level results. We all like Sunday lunch so we would Christen the table with a lovely meal .
I would invite my girl friends around for a lovely lunch and wine.
This time we would celebrate
The joy and comfort.
No more sitting on the floor
I would be the proud owner
of a beautiful new dining room table and chairs
I would celebrate winning by cooking my daughters favourite meal, a roast dinner, this would also be a celebration for her getting her A levels and entry into her uni of choice!
Its my youngest daughters 1st birthday in 4 weeks time so id celebrate with a big tea party for all the family . id cook some traditional party foods
I would have a celebratory meal to see off our daughter to university. Pasta is her favourite, so pasta it will be. Then after dessert we would follow it up with a board game.
Would have all the family round for a roast dinner
I’d celebrate with a huge roast dinner, you can’t beat it! 🙂
have an afternoon tea themed dinner party
Would be lovely to have Christmas Dinner at a dining table 😀
I would invite everyone around and cook a roast dinner.
We would sit and have a favourite – Fajitas! 🙂
invite the whole family round and cock spaghetti bolognese 🙂
First of all I’d tell my grandma that I have won her a fantastic prize and invite everyone round her for a family dinner as out cottage is too small.
We would have Chicken and Mushroom Filo Pies with seasonal veg and some stodgy sticky toffee pudding for afters.
I would cook a huge roast and invite friends as well as family 🙂
roast beef and trimings
We like having a little buffet for our little family of 3 😉
I would invite my family over, including my cousins, and have our usual feast. This includes prawns, smoked salmon, stuffed grape leaves etc. for starters. Then Roast beef and chicken/turkey for main. And then a whole host of desserts.
would have my family round and cook a roast dinner
I’d invite the whole family over and do a good old fashioned roast with all the veg and loads of gravy
I would invite all the family round for a lovely roast lamb dinner.
I would celebrate by having our friends over for an evening of home brew beer with homemade pizza – we’ve been experimenting with pizza stones and a base using the beer for yeast. Yummy!
I would celebrate winning this fabulous prize by gathering all the family round & making a lovely curry with all the trimmings.
I’d invite the whole family round and make a huge shepherd’s pie.
I’d have the whole family over for a lovely roast dinner 😀
We would invite all the family round and make a lovely roast veggie dinner.
Would have to be a Sunday roast with all the trimmings
We always eat together at weekends, so a special Sunday lunch with all the trimming would be in order as I dont cook it very often as I get no help in the kitchen!
A lovely Shepards pie with the family 🙂
Would have to have everyone over for a big sunday roast, I would probably try to convince them all we should have a christmas dinner, even if it is the middle of summer!
We would make some curries and have a meal sharing the dishes. Then we’d probably play a family game of Junior Monopoly or something like that 🙂
i would do a bbq but as its cold and rainy we can eat indoors
We would have a roast dinner.
I’d have all the family round for a Birthday celebration dinner for my husband – I’d go for casual Italian style meal with bruschetta followed by a rich lasagne and green salad with lots of lovely red wine finished with an indulgent tiramisu.
We’d have a lovely family meal and invite my in-laws. I think I’d cook up a Mexican feast cos there’s something for everyone and we can all help ourselves. Then after we’ve all mucked in clearing up we’d end up getting the board games out!
A roast dinner, yum yum
We had a wonder family dinner last month for my husbands 75th birthday. Next one will be my own birthday in December. Last month I cooked two different lamb casseroles in the slow cooker. Also loads of roasted vegetables, potatoes, couscous & garlic bread. Finished off with apple pie, a chocolate torte & ice cream. Much wine was consumed and much laughter around the table. Lovely!!
with a meal of Pork tenderloin in a cider & cream sauce with roast veg & creamed potatoes
With a new table we would make a special meal of it and invite friends around for a good home cooked meal.
i’d celebrate with a bottle of champagne and cook some steak 3 ways
I’d love to invite my parents and the in-laws round to thank them for looking after the kids during the school holidays. I’d cook a selection of Spanish tapas.
I would order takeaway x
Terrible, I know, but I’d get a lovely Thai takeaway so that we can all relax!
I’d make my families favourite meal, Sunday lunch with all the trimmings, including Yorkshire Salad (now there’s a new one on you!).
I would thro a massive party to celebrate and fill my new table with lovely canapes for everyone to enjoy! x
I would be grateful to manage to get all of my family together for a meal. Last time was Christmas. Soon hopefully.
A big family dinner. We’d probably have Spaghetti Bolognese
Have all the family over for a lovely beef sunday dinner
whole family over for a roast dinner
I would be so cock a hoop to win this as I desperately need both a decent dining table and chairs. Would celebrate by inviting friends and family over and having an extended sit down meal with lots of courses.
I’d love this for our new family home and we would be having a takeaway until I get the kitchen sorted! 😉
A family with my kids and I would make steak pie and roast potatoes.
I’d cook an Italian feast, with a big platter of antipasti, maybe clam pasta and some lush gelato or semi-freddo
I’d have a themed dinner party for the whole family
invite the family round for a Sunday roast
I would lay a perfect table with crisp white cloth, my best dinner service, candles and a bottle of bubbly for a romantic meal with my husband. I would cook his favourite meal, a mixed grill, followed by home made pear pie with a vanilla and ginger sauce.
Definitely the family with a nice stir fry x
I’d have a big family meal – with a colourful Asian salad, a selection of meats and homemade garlic bread. I absolutely love for all the family to be together at meal times, especially meals where everyone can just dig in and help themselves.
Get all the children for the four corners of the uk together for a big sunday dinner
We would enjoy a feast of Tapas and Paella , a family favourite, to welcome the table to our family.
I’d invite the family over and make a big vegetarian meal with salad starters and some yummy apple cake for dessert.
I’d have a special sunday lunch for my daughters 20th in September for our family and her boyfriend and cook a lovely roast
I would celebrate by having a curry night 🙂
I would give it to my son and his family as a house warming present as he is moving in a few weeks time. We would have a family gathering round the table and probably have a Sunday roast with pudding.
Would have to be my favourite meal – butternut squash and sweet potato soup to start, roasted seabass with garlic potatoes and asparagus, carrots and green beans, apple pie and custard to finish 🙂
Winning this would mean a lot to me and my family. I’ve wanted one for years, but not been able to afford it. At the moment we eat off our laps, but I dream of cooking a lovely roast dinner and being able to sit around the table to eat and talk.
I’d have my mum and dad round for a Sunday roast – I owe them a few!
we would definitely all cook dinner together.. probably pizza! 🙂 faye x
We would cook a family meal together something the kids like and then eat all together at the table
We would eat pasties
A traditional Roast Chicken Sunday Lunch. I can’t remember the last time we had one.
I would invite the family for Christmas Dinner .
I would cook Pulled pork in the slow cooker and spread lots of yummy accompaniments over a nice new dining table!
We are currently building an extension to our house to allow my wife’s dad to join us as a family. Although
we didnt have space before my wife always waited us to be able to sit around the table as a family for meals. As this
may be opossible in future & to her delight with an ever bigger family. Nothing would be make me happier than to see her achieve this small dream & with some really beautiful furniture that would make it a really special occasion every time
we eat together.
It would just be the four of us and I would make fresh pizza with my own tomatoes and herbs from the garden.
Roast dinner.
I’d celebrate by cooking our favourite piri piri chicken and fries with a glass of something nice!
A great big Sunday buffet to celebrate, invite all the family around 🙂
The first of many family meals at this table would be a Sunday dinner, Gammon and Turkey with all the trimmings as this means all six have something that we like., something that’s not easy to achieve!
I would invite my friends round for a dinner party and cook lasagne and an apple pie.
invite all the family for a roast dinner with all the trimmings
How would you Celebrate Eating As a Family if you won this fabulous prize? What would you cook too?
We’d have a celebratory ‘you’ve got engaged’ dinner with my son and his fiancée. We’d have a lovely roast dinner as it’s their favourite
I would buy a new dining table, and prepare a feast for the whole family!
My son is going travelling soon, so I would have a family roast with turkey & all the trimmings. ‘going to miss you Russ!’ x
cook a lovely meal for my mum and dad with all their favourites and get the champagne flowing!!
a nice big roast dinner probably lamb
Definitely a big, traditional roast dinner with all the extra trimmings… 🙂
The whole family sitting round the table instead of on laps, eating a big roast dinner 🙂
Instead of half the family sat at the table and the other half earing of their knees,, what a difference it would be all sat together eating a Sunday roast
Its my son’s birthday coming up, in October, so I would cook a big family meal as a celebration, with one of his favourite dinners, a Roast with all the trimmings x
Sitting as a family would be wonderful… with a proper Sunday Roast!
a table would be brilliant
as we dont eat together
and It has to be stilton cheese made in to a soup
Add Celery and extra cream
No crunch and a bite
Just smooth a sheer delight
I would cook a few curries and cakes for sure 😀
My family live too far away but I would invite my fell-running friends round as I currently don’t have a big enough table 🙂 I would cook a big roast followed by my lemon meringue cake to calorie load after our big races 🙂
have a delicious Sunday meal – roast lamb
I’d cook a lovely roast & have us all sit up!
a family get togather for a roast dinner as a chat
sitting down as a family i would cook lasagne and salad
I will be ceebrating my first christmas dinner with my own family as little boys first chrstmas. most exciting family dinner ever
christmas dinner 🙂 first in our new flat
It’s my sons first birthday in 2 months time! I would indeed cook! He loves his food already!
Invite the family round for a traditional Jamaican sunday lunch
A huge roast dinner
A roast dinner and shloer! yumyum 🙂
We would Celebrate with a nice family Sunday roast 🙂 (y)
I’d cook a special family meal – everyone enjoys a good roast and a chat!
It would have to be a big roast dinner
I’d have everyone over for a big Roast Lamb Dinner. Yum
I would make something for my partner and children. We don’t get that many meal times together as my partner works shifts so I would make them all their favourite… A roast chicken dinner with extra trimmings… plenty of home made gravy and of course, a home made warm apple pie and home made custard.
Everyone loves my home cooked food x
I’d cook a very special Sunday roast for family.
I’d cook a big curry feast
I’d celebrate our new home and finally getting some space back so we can put a table in the dining room. My youngest will be able to join us at the table in a high chair and I’d cook lasagne!
We’d have a lovely roast dinner (our favourite!) all together. I’d also make a lovely cake for after.
Definitely use the dining table more and a lasagne with garlic bread
I would celebrate by inviting friends around, catching up around a wonderful spread – a leg of lamb, wonderfully presented in the middle of the table for all to enjoy.
i would do a not quite christmas dinner – its my favourite meal of the year, it needs all the trimmings and its a time we get all the family round and sit and eat together. perfect celebration time!
It would be perfect for Christmas , and eating my favourite roast turkey
By cooking a special 3 course dinner
I’s celebrate with a Sunday roast for everyone and a vegetarian option for my eldest daughter 🙂
roast with all the trimmings and all the family!
I would invite friends round for a paella dinner
fajitas – great family meal where everything gets put in middle of table and everyone gets stuck in 😀
I’d have everyone round for a special Sunday roast with no mobiles allowed at the table!!
A lovely roast lamb for lunch 🙂
A nice sunday lunch.
I would invite all my kids over and have beef slow cooked in red wine with garlic mash and french bread!
a nice roast dinnerx
I’m quite desperate for a new table as mine is wrecked from years of fun and games. If I won I would make a grand tapas meal which all my family love.
I’d love to have a big family dinner with my parents and in-laws all at the same table!
Me and my family would sit down together for a meal for once and cook homemade fish and chips!
I’d get us all round the table and make some home made pizza and let everyone wire in!
Would have a big roast with all the trimmings x
It’s a few months until my wedding so I would invite the bridesmaids and groomsmen over to get acquainted! I would have a range of different pizzas so we could scoff and chat away around a gorgeous table.
We would be able to sit and have a meal together! We would have a full roast
Friends, not family – probably a great big curry and lots of Indian breads
Roast Pork with all the trimmings for my extended family to celebrate my gran’s birthday
We always eat a family dinner around our old rickety table but to sit at a lovely new one would be ace! We’d probably have sausage and mash. .. . My little boy and my husband are mash monsters!
My kids are all grown up now and have partners and so to be grand kids so a table like this would be amazing and the first meal would be a roast dinner
yes we would have a full 3 course roast dinner
Getting everyone to put their devices down in a designated place and come and sit and I would make lasagna
I’d invite my friends over for a sunday roast dinner
We would eat a big Sunday roast together!
I would cook Italian roast vegtables.
We would have a special party for my grandchildren and give them lots of party food including jelly and ice cream and brownies and cream cakes!
I’d make a Sunday roast for the whole family 🙂
A Lovely roast dinner with the family
BIG family! Everyone would bring along their signature dishes and we’d have a lovely time together
Sit down as a family with a lovely roast lamb dinner
A hearty meal of sausage and mash I think 🙂
.YOU CAN,T BEAT A WELL SET TABLE & SITTING DOWN TO A SUPERB SUNDAY LUNCH WITH THE FAMILY
I would have a long family meal. Lots can be discussed round a table. Everyone can hear and stay for long if your chairs are comfy. I would have a family prawn pasta dish (with a middle East flavour) incorporating tomato and veges, everyone can easily help themselves followed by our favourite crowd-pleaser , a vanilla cheesecake with blackberry coulis.
Sunday roast
A Roast beef dinner with all the trimmings to celebrate finally being able to sit and eat at a table!
I would cook a lovely roast dinner as this is everybody’s favorite meal. We are desperate for a new table as our old one is to big for our new house so it has remained in the garage.
would love to be able to have my family round & cook them a christmas dinner for the first time. roast turkey with veg & potatoes grown out the garden 🙂
A lovely Sunday Roast
a lovely beef roast 🙂
Well it would be perfect for that – dare I say the C word? – traditional Christmas dinner
Get my son, daughter and their OH’s to come for a visit. I’d serve takeaway!
Its my daughters birthday next month so I would be able to fit the whole family in for a great Birthday Party. Centrepiece would be my home-made Birthday Cake !!!
I would invite my mother in law round for a roast dinner in a Sunday as a thanks for her making mine every Sunday
i big pot of tata ash for the whole family (its our fave )
lovely home-made spaghetti bolognese using my mums secret recipe that she only revealed to me 6 months ago 🙂
Sitting down as a family for a huge Sunday lunch 🙂
Oh, this would be so lovely. I have never won anything in my life but am an eternal optimist! Absolutely beautiful.
I would cook my family their favourite Italian meal Spaghetti Bolognese followed by a lovely cheesecake 🙂
I’d cook a nice warming casserole, lots of mashed potatoes and fresh veg – a family favourite here
A nice home made Fish & Chips
a Sunday dinner
I’d invite my dear friends who’ve been there for me when i needed them. A huge roast beef dinner with Yorkshire puddings, all the trimmings and lots of meaty gravy, not forgetting some decent red wine.
I would cook a big Sunday Roast with all the trimmings and some chocolate fudge slice dessert and then invite all the family round.
A delicious roast dinner with all the trimmings.
I WOULD MAKE A FULL HONEY GLAZED HAM, ROASTS, YORKSHIRE PUDDING AND SWEET POTATO CHIPS.
a roast dinner
we’d clelebrate with pizza night round the table
It would be lovely to sit around the table not waiting for someones chair to collapse.
I would make a lovely beef stew
Sitting down as family and serving lamb shanks
roast dinner x
Sitting down as a family. A curry.
I would spend the day baking with my children and have a high tea of all our efforts, with proper tea in a pot!
I would cook a lovely 3 course dinner for all family
I’d celebrate by getting my family, who are scattered around the country, together & I’d make a huge pot of our favourite chilli con carne with rice, nachos, tomato salsa, soured cream & guacamole. It would be a real ‘dig in and help yourself’ family meal.
I think it would have to be a three course meal, with a lamb roast as the main & homemade cake for afterwards 🙂
A lovely beef roast dinner followed by homemade chocolate cake with ice cream
Perfect timing for celebrating Christmas in style, i would cook my usual huge meal but fit everyone and the food around the table xxx
Daughter needs a new lightweight table as they’ve been posted to Cyprus. We’d have a fab farewell roast dinner around it before they leave & look forward to eating Cypriot food when we visit.
I’d celebrate by cooking a family meal probably a roast.
Meals at the familly table just how it should be
Sunday roast lunch for all the family
The family’s favourite – a big roast dinner 🙂
We would have our Christmas dinner at this table with my son from America.
I would invite my sister and her son to join us for traditional Christmas Turkey. Beautiful.
A big family meal to celebrate my daughters 23rd birthday, she is coming home for the weekend and i’d do her a roast with all the trimmings 🙂
Family for a yummy spread
I don’t have family in this country, but I would gather my friends for a pre-Christmas get together and I would cook a Massaman Curry, fragrant and spicy.
We would love to all eat around the table and have a Sunday Roast!
I love sitting down to eat around a table & I’d cook something simple like chicken curry or chilli con carne
I’d cook a roast for my hubby and I 🙂
Would have to be either a roast or afternoon tea!
A weekend family get together and we would eat honey roast chicken, roasted vegetables and sweet potato mash.
Could do with winning this as the boxer pup chews the legs of the table & all the chairs!
We’d celebrate with pizzas all round, that way everyone’s happy, even the veggies!
A lovely family get together with roast lamb and all the trimmings
I’d make a big meal for my family and friends to thank them for helping me move house. We’d have a big sharing spread with cous cous and roast vegetables, breaded chicken and pulled pork. And my mum’s homebaked bread.