MSE Parents Club Part 10

emlou2009

Everything in moderation Glam - there may be salt in the bolognese, but if he isnt eating anything else with salt in then its fine to give him every once in a while
I use the Bisto reduced salt granules in Seth's food, but I usually feed him mashed veg/pasta in either cheese sauce or passata, and when he goes to the CM's he has his meaty meals out of jars! Next time I do a big batch of spag bog I'll see how he goes with it. Its just cos I CBA to clean the blender, and I cant mash meat :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

Glamazon wrote: »

Well, they are Richmond sausages and I eat them!

I was thinking about onion gravy but I was under the impression that there was too much Salt in gravy??????

My friend said I shouldn't give J my homemade bolganese because I put some Oxo cubes in it.

no salt in homemade gravy, or use the reduced salt stuff.
Like Em said it's fine as long as he's not eating something salty all day everyday.
I asked the HV about oxo in spag bol n she said the same, although I've switched to the kallo stock cubes now because I myself find oxo too salty (I hate salt) heinz do baby stock cube that are on offer in asda at the mo, not go around to seeing if they cheaper than kallo yet though

newmoneysaver_2

Sami_Bee wrote: »

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! *heart melts*

classic or linear?

why I hated the 3d;
It's not very easy to push/steer
it's a bastarge to fold - supposedly you can fold it in newborn mode and with hood still attached - lies, lies I tell thee!
all the zip pulls kept falling off
the 'newborn' bit is too small (Chris out grew it between 3/4 mths and he was a small baby)
the basket is pretty small and has an opening about the size of a letter box
I got the matching carseat (they have since changed this so not sure if still the case) Chris out grew it at about 5mths luckily a friend gave me their old one so I didn't have to fork out another £100+ for a new to use for 4mths.

I think the only thing I liked about it was that the back of the hood zipped off to create a sun canopy - much better than a parasol.

I ahve the 3d classic too!
Not problems pushing or steering here, It hink it's a nice sturdy pram and Liam always seems really cosy in it. You can fold it with the pram liner in, when in newborn mode, but not with the hood too, but you can fold it in pushchair mode with the hood and the coseytoes on
It is heavy, but it lives in my boot so is only an issue when getting in and out.
The basketr is neither use nor ornament and the raincover is such a faff

Glamazon

I need to go to ASDA later for Potatoes so I'll take a look. I think I remember seeing Baby Stock cubes - might have been Heinz. The point is I didn't want to be cooking 2 lots of bolganese but hey ho.

Will also check out the gravy, I refuse to pay for those piddly overpriced baby ones!

emlou2009

Its not the gravy I use Glam, its stock granules I've just switched to using them for our food now as well. OH puts salt on his now cos he says he misses it, but I cant taste the difference!

Sami_Bee

Glam Em is right again if you want it saltier add some when you've got it in your dish :cool: I refuse to make 2 of anything too.

Ps are you loving that I said HM gravy has no salt - I'm blatantly never gonna make my own :rotfl:

emlou2009

After you said about onion gravy I've been looking at recipes, what a load of hassle! I think I'll stick to granules by the time I've done my heaving toad in the hole and spuds no way am I gonna go to that effort, unless I'm trying to suck up over something :rotfl:

Glamazon

emlou2009 wrote: »

After you said about onion gravy I've been looking at recipes, what a load of hassle! I think I'll stick to granules by the time I've done my heaving toad in the hole and spuds no way am I gonna go to that effort, unless I'm trying to suck up over something :rotfl:

fry onions, add to gravy granules (already mixed with water) simples

That's my version anyway! Am so not fussing with HM Gravy!

SugarSpun

Em, I make the most super awesome mushroom gravy and it looks a faff but really isn't. Will edit in the recipe in a second.

veg/olive oil
1 chopped onion
2 cups chopped mushrooms
1-2 cloves chopped garlic
dried rosemary, thyme, sage and parsley, ~1tsp of each
couple of tbsp flour
mug of milk
salt and pepper, if you want

fry the onion, garlic and herbs in the oil till they smell good. Add the mushrooms and a bit more oil and cook for another minute. Add the flour, stirring it so it doesn't go brown. Add the milk, stir some more and add salt/pepper if you want (I add pepper but no salt). Turn the heat down and leave it till it's the consistency you want.

jillie1974

glam- could you add the oxo cubes after you have made J's portion?