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Made the lasagna without the lasagna

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:26

What to do?

Just prepped for dinner, did all the mince with tomatoes, onion etc and made the cheese sauce, boiled some potatoes and went to get the lasagna sheets and don’t have any.
Not feeling 100% so cba going to the shops, how can I make it into a proper meal? I have some pasta I could use instead, but what about the potatoes? Save them for tomorrow 🤷🏻‍♀️

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SpringIsComingSoonFolks · 05/01/2026 19:02

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 17:59

Well, Dh just sat down with it and said ‘Ooh Shepherds pie! Haven’t had this for years

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

SpringIsComingSoonFolks · 05/01/2026 19:01

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:38

The potatoes were to go with the lasagna, my family like some buttery boiled potatoes with it

I don’t think I can slice the potatoes-too soft 😬

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Mio Dio! 🙈🙈🙈

ScaredOfFlying · 05/01/2026 18:43

@Brainfogtothemaxit’s absolutely fine to cook with wine and feed it to children. The alcohol cooks off so the resulting dish is not alcoholic, same as it would be fine to eat a dish containing a wine sauce then drive afterwards. The taste is not “winey”, it just gives depth of flavour. Just don’t feed kids dishes with uncooked alcohol, such as sherry trifle or tiramisu.

Sighohbarn · 05/01/2026 18:43

This thread was so funny. Hope you all enjoyed your dinner, OP.

AfraidToRun · 05/01/2026 18:42

Make your own pasta sheets? Egg and flour and time (if you have it, appreciate you might not...)

Tezza1 · 05/01/2026 18:39

Butterflyball · 05/01/2026 13:41

My husband has always had since a child instead of lasagne sheets.... pancakes. Weird but really works just make a few, cut them into the shape of dish and layer (obviously no lemon or sugar!)
No idea where his mum got the idea it's just how it is!

The best cannelloni I have ever had was made using savoury crepes, not pasta tubes.

Minjou · 05/01/2026 18:37

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 17:59

Well, Dh just sat down with it and said ‘Ooh Shepherds pie! Haven’t had this for years

And he still hasn't.

Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 18:35

justasking111 · 05/01/2026 18:34

I'm with your husband. Love cottage pie. I hope you enjoyed it
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But it isn’t cottage pie. At all. Nothing about that is cottage pie.

glitterpaperchain · 05/01/2026 18:35

This whole thread is absolutely barmy 😂 I've been a vegetarian literally my entire life and even my first thought was, just mash the potatoes and make it a cottage pie, put the bechamel in the freezer for another day!

And if you want to have potatoes with lasagne fine, but you can't then insist potatoes with pasta is weird! Lasagne is pasta! And you dont put carrot or red pepper in the lasagne, it's literally just beef onion and tomato??

Noseyoldcow · 05/01/2026 18:35

When cutting down on carbs, we found vegetable slices - courgette, turnip, kohl rabi or even cabbage leaves, or a mixture of them all - a good substitute for the pasta in lasagne.

justasking111 · 05/01/2026 18:34

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 17:59

Well, Dh just sat down with it and said ‘Ooh Shepherds pie! Haven’t had this for years

I'm with your husband. Love cottage pie. I hope you enjoyed it
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DiaryofaProvincialLady · 05/01/2026 18:33

Scampuss · 05/01/2026 14:54

Penne would work best, cook, then slice down one side and flatten. Hey presto, mini lasagne sheets.

Or weave cooked spaghetti into flat sheets of spaghetti fabric - would add an interesting texture.

(This thread is bonkers)

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OP should boil a massive pan of spaghetti, tie all the ends together, wind into a large ball then quickly knit a pasta blanket for her life or death lasagne, its the only way she can save the day or ever face her DH and DD again.

This level of mince based turmoil is no laughing matter!

After dinner ring 101 and report your kitchen crime.

LittleBearPad · 05/01/2026 18:32

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 17:59

Well, Dh just sat down with it and said ‘Ooh Shepherds pie! Haven’t had this for years

But it’s the wrong way up for Shepherds pie (putting aside the fact it’s beef, in tomato sauce and has a dollop of cheese sauce on the top!

Damnloginpopup · 05/01/2026 18:32

We always had lasagna (or spaghetti or canneloni) with pickled onions and gherkins. I finally feel okay to admit this in public.

Lasagna with boiled spuds could work, no reason why not; chips is ok; decent garlic bread is ok BUT in heavily buttered, thickly sliced white bread it's amazing. Hot lasagna sarnies rock.

Bought the meat. Making lasagna tomorrow. OP you inspired me!

Matildahoney · 05/01/2026 18:31

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:42

But there’s a difference between a pasta dish and then potatoes on a plate and a slice of lasagna with a few potatoes on the side next to it, surely?! It just seems weird with the pasta dish. You also probably wouldn’t have a pasta dish with a plate of chips too, but a slice of lasagna with chips next to it is normal?!

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It's exactly the same!
Meat, pasta, potatoes!

outerspacepotato · 05/01/2026 18:29

TheMellowOrca · 05/01/2026 18:24

Has no one had lasagna and chips before? 🤔. Surely that’s not too different to lasagna and boiled potatoes

😱

That's a no. I'm trying to imagine going into my local Italian place and ordering that, they would ask me if I'm ok.

Woodfiresareamazing · 05/01/2026 18:26

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:53

I’m not going to call/text her to say that, but to ask what the hell she brought me up on and passed down to me that everyone else has never heard of/thinks is really bizarre

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We don't just THINK it's bizarre. It IS bizarre.
And it's definitely not lasagne.

But if you and your family like it, with boiled potatoes, that's fine.

But bizarre.

TheMellowOrca · 05/01/2026 18:24

Has no one had lasagna and chips before? 🤔. Surely that’s not too different to lasagna and boiled potatoes

HoorayHattie · 05/01/2026 18:24

OP ~ if you ever find yourself in this position again 🙄😱can I suggest you google the recipe for Pastitsio

outerspacepotato · 05/01/2026 18:23

Might I ask what you are 🚬/drinking/had topical exposure to recently?

BuckChuckets · 05/01/2026 18:23

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:45

It’s honestly not a wind up 🫣 my mums lasagna since childhood was always served with boiled potatoes with butter and bechamel sauce always had grated cheese in. Flabbergasted how this is so outrageous

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If you'd just stuck to the original idea, without throwing in all the crazy replies, you might have been more believable 😂

Washingupdone · 05/01/2026 18:20

Mash the potatoes and lay them on top of the mince, hen grill with or without cheese. It’s a Shepard Pie if it is minced lamb or Cottage Pie if it is beef.

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 18:20

I need gaviscon just reading this now...

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 18:19

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 17:59

Well, Dh just sat down with it and said ‘Ooh Shepherds pie! Haven’t had this for years

Of course he did. You two sound well suited!

Blondeshavemorefun · 05/01/2026 18:19

just make a bloody shepherds pie 😂😂

mince and mash

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