The box contains a turkey breast, roast potatoes, carrots, stuffing balls, sprouts and bacon, parsnips, turkey gravy, and 12 pigs in blankets. It can all be cooked from frozen
Christmas dinner is possibly the best meal of the entire year, but the cost of getting all the trimmings can add up. A turkey alone can cost a pretty penny, and once you add all the trimmings on top – not forgetting the all-important sprouts, of course – you can find yourself forking out a lot of money.
But one UK supermarket is helping keep costs down by offering enough to prepare a festive feast for a family of four for just £25. Posting on TikTok, Iceland revealed it is offering a full Christmas dinner for four, frozen and ready to cook.
The video shows a woman load three large boxes, each marked ‘Christmas dinner for four’ into a trolley, with the caption: “POV: you find a WHOLE Christmas dinner in a box for just £25.”
According to the supermarket’s website, the box contains a turkey breast; beef dripping roast potatoes; maple glazed chantenay carrots; pork, onion, and sage stuffing balls; sprouts and bacon, honey glazed parsnips; 12 pigs in blankets; and turkey gravy. It can all be cooked from frozen, with the turkey taking the longest amount of time to cook, at two hours and 10 minutes.
Writing on TikTok, Iceland said: “CHRISTMAS DINNER IN A BOX IS BACK! We’re making Christmas easy this year, everything you need to feed a family of 4 for just £25.”
Viewers were amazed, with a number of comments praising the chain for offering an affordable option for Christmas dinner. One wrote: “THAT’S ACTUALLY AMAZING for people struggling! Impressed!”
Another wrote: “This is an amazing idea for struggling families for Christmas, people are forgetting a fresh turkey will be £20 plus, not even for a decent sized one. I used to work on butcher’s in supermarket.”
Someone else said: “I used to be a support worker and cook Christmas dinner for the people I supported – these meals are perfect as the cost is excellent and it’s everything they needed in one!”
And another wrote: “I will definitely be getting some for Xmas, I cannot stand people in the kitchen when I’m trying to cook or the stress around Christmas time so this will be perfect.”
But others questioned the quality of the food included. One commenter wrote: “Can’t people cook fresh food any more? I can’t stand frozen potatoes or frozen stuffing.”
Another said: “Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to buy everything separate? All this does is less time to cook I’m assuming. “
And someone else said: “I love to be in my kitchen at Christmas with my daughters having fun, laughing, singing, dancing while cooking and baking everything from scratch. A home cooked meal for me just hits differently than food that’s just thrown in the oven and served. It’s the memories that we create that we treasure.”
But another said: “Many people are struggling with the cost of greed crisis so that would do the job, could also add a few little extras to bulk it up a bit, also it’s not what’s on the table, it’s who’s at the table.”
Source: Mirror
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