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katieowl wrote: »

Today Mrs Chips, my pasties are being spicy butternut, kidney bean and spinach. Visually stunning mix but also tasty!

Kate

They sound absolutely lush!

Mrs_Chip

katieowl wrote: »

Today Mrs Chips, my pasties are being spicy butternut, kidney bean and spinach. Visually stunning mix but also tasty!

Kate

Oh they do sound good! Are they available to buy locally, or is it just a special order?

katieowl_2

Available in small batches from Gleblands Farm Shop on the road into St Dogs. Thurs - Sun he's open. I make about a dozen a week, but the flavour varies. I do Saag Aloo, Aloo Masala, Curried Veg, Trad Pasty - swede, carrot & onion, but always Vegan. I make pasties most weeks for the market stall too. (can practically make them in my sleep!)

Kate

Mrs_Chip

I think a trip is required...

Possession

katieowl wrote: »

Available in small batches from Gleblands Farm Shop on the road into St Dogs. Thurs - Sun he's open. I make about a dozen a week, but the flavour varies. I do Saag Aloo, Aloo Masala, Curried Veg, Trad Pasty - swede, carrot & onion, but always Vegan. I make pasties most weeks for the market stall too. (can practically make them in my sleep!)

Kate

I used to have a customer on the van who requested veggie pasties - she didn't like cheese and potato which were our regular ones. I used to make huge batches of her favourite sweet potato, garlic and onion ones and freeze them. Then she left the company the day after I'd just made about 100! Good job we liked them.

Pooky

Possession - to be honest I think id stick with the bedding you have and just buy some fleece blankets if money may be tight. The fleece is super warm and dries really quickly.

DD1 hates the brushed cotton sheets and has a fleece between her and the bed and a bedspread on top of her duvet when it's really cold.

Check out primarni or asd@ for onsies, good range and prices in both.

Cheapskate

I've just bought onesies for our two (6 and 4) from sainsbugs, pack of 2, older age about £16, younger a pound or 2 less. They've washed and dried quite well, am impressed.

I've recently found some fleece mattress covers (got polycotton edges like a fitted sheet and go on the bed the same was as a fitted sheet) that mum gave me a few years ago. They're now washed and waiting for cold weather, so one less thing to buy. The kids have flannelette sheets, too, so will be as warm as toast come the freeze!

A xo

katieowl_2

Possession wrote: »

I used to have a customer on the van who requested veggie pasties - she didn't like cheese and potato which were our regular ones. I used to make huge batches of her favourite sweet potato, garlic and onion ones and freeze them. Then she left the company the day after I'd just made about 100! Good job we liked them.

Mmm sweet potato. I might experiment with that. Did you put spices in?

Kate

Possession

katieowl wrote: »

Mmm sweet potato. I might experiment with that. Did you put spices in?

Kate

Roasted garlic, salt and pepper and a little smoked paprika. Plus some grated cheese stirred in to the hot mix just to give it a bit of creaminess rather than a cheesy flavour (and cheese is expensive!). Also had peas in to give a bit of colour.

Thanks Pooky, you are the voice of reason! I'm not doing anything at the moment till I see what these brushed cotton fitted sheets are like, as DS can be a bit funny, he likes to be cool in bed. Plus I have spare bedding so on a freezing night they can always have a hottie and an extra duvet.

alfsmum

kidcat wrote: »

What size does she need? We have a pair sent out to OH by mistake from his last job that are a smaller size. Happy to post them to you if they fit.

Hi KIDCAT,

Guess she will need a size 7 . Tks for asking.

Guess she will also need safety mittens as she just texted asking me to ring her. Turns out she is sitting with her arm elevated as she managed to slice through her finger in dissection class this morning. College asked if she wanted to go to A&E but she said not.
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