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NOW CLOSED: Get the family cooking for the Mum in the household this Mother's Day with Birds Eye: testers needed

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AnnMumsnet · 25/02/2013 16:27

We've been asked by the team at Birds Eye to find 20 families to take part in the "Birds Eye Teatime Handover" in the run up to Mother's Day.
Birds Eye say "In the run up to Mum's special day on Sunday 10th March, families across Great Britain are being encouraged to give mothers an evening off, put their aprons on and come together in the kitchen to make their favourite teatime meal"

Obviously most (but not all) MNers are mums themselves so - if you are a mum - we're asking you on this occasion to apply to take part for your family. All dadsnetters very welcome to apply to take part too!

So if you'd like to get involved please read on - we're looking for families who are in the UK and have at least one child in the family.

If you're selected to take part you'll be sent £15 worth of Birds Eye and supermarket vouchers to buy product and ingredients. You can choose which supermarket you'd like to use. Please note the feedback thread will be live from around 4th March so please only apply if you're around in the week leading up to Mother's Day to add your comments (this is a fast turnaround project!).

Then we'd like the family (not mums!) to come up with a teatime family meal or 2 - there are loads of ideas on the Birds Eye Facebook page or on their website

Maybe the family could....

Make their own tartare sauce to go with Fish Fingers

Try a homemade tomato dip with some chicken

Try something different with a Bird Eye product (Chicken Dipper Fajitas anyone?!) or even a Tuna Melt Voffletopper

What we'd want you to do is have some fun with the Birds Eye range - get your family to think 'outside the box' and give you a culinary surprise in the days leading up to Mother's Day - the meal doesn't have to be served on the day if you are being whisked off for a meal out Wink

In return we'd need you to add feedback on a thread on Mumsnet. You can also add your own recipes featuring Birds Eye products to the MN recipe pages or to the Birds Eye Facebook page. We'd also want to see some photos of the creations to the thread or via email. These photos may well be used on the Birds Eye facebook pages but won't be linked to your MN name.

Everyone who takes part will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £100 John Lewis voucher. There'll be an additional £50 voucher up for grabs for any MNer who adds a comment to the feedback thread so keep an eye out for it.

If you'd like to take part please add your details here

thanks and good luck
MNHQ

AnnMumsnet · 25/02/2013 16:57

Apply with your details Firawla and then hopefully you can hand over the vouchers..!
Grin

AnnMumsnet · 25/02/2013 17:44

Hi...there's a statement on the Birds Eye website WRT the latest news
here: www.birdseye.co.uk/en-uk/about-us/equine-dna/

AnnMumsnet · 25/02/2013 18:38

Tuna Melt Voffletopper tis only a suggestion...lots of items in the range and ideas on the website (or feel free to let the kids/ DH/DP come up with their own ideas) Smile

AnnMumsnet · 25/02/2013 21:27

Thanks to everyone who has applied so far

The project is simply trying to get into the spirit of Mother's Day by getting family members to prepare a meal for everyone, by showcasing the range and giving folks some prompts to get a bit creative.

We (and Birds Eye) know all families are different - in some mum may cook most/ all days and in others not at all. And of course some families celebrate Mother's Day and others don't. No offence is meant

PS: facebook recipes are here

AnnMumsnet · 26/02/2013 13:52

Thanks to all those who have applied - we've had a lot of people signing up and as this is a quick turnaround project we'll be closing it off and choosing the testers shortly. It's great to see (from the responses you've given) how keen some of you are to get the children involved with cooking a meal around Mother's Day.

We've shown the thread to Birds Eye and they say "Thanks for all your comments. We?re launching the Teatime Handover as a way to help bring families together whilst having a bit of fun at teatime. With Mother?s Day just around the corner, we thought this was a great time to get the family (and we are including the wider family in this not just children as many of you have young children) to make mum a teatime meal. We have great range of teatime products from Waffles and Fish Fingers to Chicken Grills, Garden Peas and Sweetcorn which we hope will make it easy for the family to create something tasty. We?d love you to share your experiences and get involved in the campaign and would like to thank the many Mumsnetters that have already signed up.

Apologies if our original description of the concept hit the wrong note - that really wasn't our intention - in the run up to Mother's Day we just wanted to help MN families show their appreciation for all that mums do."

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