To want pasta bowls

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So boring but why oh why do dinner sets come with cereal bowls and not pasta bowls?? Who tf cares if your cereal bowls match?
Any ideas where I can get a decent set with pasta bowls included and not break the bank?
All my dishes are mismatched and I'm tired of pretending it's on purpose when people come over but i cant afford much at the moment.
Am I the only one who would rather pasta bowls br included?

Supermarket! Or Facebook, we have lovely second hand ones from marketplace.

We use them for curry, chilli, pasta, anything with sauce really. More than our plates!

Pasta bowls are flatter than cereal bowls, but not as flat as plates. Our dessert bowls are smaller than cereal bowls!

TK Maxx have some nice ones (IMO) for about £3 each, though I suppose it depends on the store.

Mine are Denby - I got them after our IKEA ones scratched liked nobody's business. I know Denby are £££ BUT we got them with Tesco Clubcard points - I think it's 4x the Tesco value. So I just paid a fiver for delivery.

^me too.

I only discovered pasta bowls quite recently but I adore them. I don’t particularly like cereal bowls, never have.

@Incrediblebuttrue oh. I just have bowls but some are bigger than others. Different patterns. I'm not one for matching.
Cereal, pasta, noodles, crisps, puddings....all just goes in whatever bowl is nearest.
Not at the same time. Obviously 🙂

We use our Denby ones as often as we do dinner plates. Anything with pasta, rice, beans etc in pasta bowls. We have a selection bought using Tesco points. Like a PP their noodle bowls are also awesome.

Same.

Had them for absolutely years (at least 20!) - cheap as chips from T J Hughes I think, or maybe Wilko's.

Asda do some cheap ones and I'm sure Ikea would too.

I've got two sets now (MIL bought me some "decent" ones). Weirdly I only use these "nice" ones for pasta, whereas my originals are used for dishes with rice OR pasta.

My new ones might have been more expensive, but I still actually prefer the look of the original cheapo ones!

PS Had totally missed that Denby was on Tesco Clubcard.

I've got a load of vouchers that are about to expire...

Goodness this is a whole new world for me. Here’s me thinking a bowl was just a bowl 😄.

Dunelm.

We mostly eat everything out of pasta bowls, less slop from the kids. DH refuses though so the kids and I have bowls, he has a plate and slops

Okay so I’ve googled pasta bowls and I’ve never had one. Probably because I eat pasta dishes in a flan dish like this one.

It’s also great for keeping gravy contained. I would never go back …..

We have the denby cereal bowls and prefer them to pasta bowls as you can fit more in. Like pps, we use them for all kinds of dinners. They’re a bit big for a quick bowl of cereal. Stacks of room in them for grated cheese, gravy, risotto, pasta, stir fry piled up (not all at once)
we also use the rice bowls a lot (not for rice but for small pudding and snacks) and the ramekins. Basically we love bowls in this house.

@Dalaidramailama love that idea!
cant get much gravy or cheese sauce on a flat plate!

Debby pasta bowls are great we got ours reduced at york designer outlet and have had them years they only break if you drop something on top of them

Why do they have to match? Find some that contrast nicely with what you have already. Perfectly matching crockery is very 1980s

Pasta bowls are fab. We use them for curry and rice and stews/casseroles too.
I got some lovely ones from sainsburys a couple of years ago.

Another vote for Denby.

The James Martin White set has pasta bowls, I bloody love them. You can also use Clubcard Vouchers with Denby.

We've got Denby china, in 3 or 4 different patterns and have all sorts of bowls/plates. Their pasta bowls are amazing though, and used far more than the plates.

TK Maxx do loads, and there is an outlet in our local centre - I think I paid around £6 each for the studio blue ones I've got.

As many others have also said, all my crockery is plain white. Everything goes with everything else. But yes, pasta bowls rule in my house too!!

So do we. It was all bought separately not as a set.

Here you go: -

www.belleek.com/SearchResults.aspx?Search=pasta

What I find really difficult to find are small bowls - like for olive stones or to separate curries on your plate or a small amount of fruit or yoghurt - the cereal bowls that came with my denby set are huge

I have plain white ones from Home bargains, cheap to replace if on is chipped or smashed.

Pasta bowls are essential - curries, beans and rice, anything with sauce. We barely use plates.