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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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333FionaG · 05/01/2026 16:08

A cauliflower? In winter? Are you mad? 😉

Pallisers · 05/01/2026 16:07

This thread is bonkers. But just in case ....

Today have spaghetti bolognese - or use whatever other pasta shape you have with the ragu.

Put the potatoes in the fridge and tomorrow make potato cakes or fish cakes or slice them and fry them.

Put the sauce (whatever it is) in the fridge. Buy a cauliflower tomorrow and make cauliflower cheese.

Qwerty21 · 05/01/2026 16:07

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 16:05

We will never get the answer to this 😂

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Nor why we're apparently completely unable to eat a cold vegetable in winter 😆, even as a side to a hot meal!

Anonanonanonagain · 05/01/2026 16:07

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 16:05

We will never get the answer to this 😂

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Possibly in the oven with the meat and cheesey sauce thus technically making them roast potatoes and as an Irish woman who loves a spud I sure as shit could not get on board with lasagne and roasties. Im still queasy at the prospect of boiled spuds with it. How I will sleep tonight is beyond me.

Fends · 05/01/2026 16:06

Just answer the fucking questions OP. Please, before we all go doolally like the fake Italian mutterer.

What was your plan for the spuds? How were you reheating them?

Why can’t you use deliveroo or Tesco whoosh like a normal person?

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 16:05

Qwerty21 · 05/01/2026 16:04

Omg so how were you going to reheat them?!

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We will never get the answer to this 😂

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 16:05

RessicaJabbit · 05/01/2026 15:48

We had salad yesterday 😱🫣

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Were you cold afterwards

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Qwerty21 · 05/01/2026 16:04

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:57

I know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Don’t own a microwave

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Omg so how were you going to reheat them?!

FlyingApple · 05/01/2026 16:04

You could make them yourself, they are just as quick to do when you get the hang of it. (Serious)

Redpeach · 05/01/2026 16:04

Ive never had lasagne with chips

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 16:03

Faceonthewrongfoot · 05/01/2026 15:46

Another thing that's baffling me (along with the potatoes with lasagne, the potatoes being cooked hours before they're needed, the assertion that it's 'weird to have pasta and potatoes but not lasagne', the inability of the OP to figure out how to make a meal from the ingredients she does have) is that if you're not feeling 100% OP, why on earth did you decide that lasagne was the meal to make?! I avoid doing that on days where I feel 110% because it is such a FAFF. Don't get me wrong, I love a lasagne, and will occasionally give in to the faff in order to have one, but surely when you're feeling ill, that is the perfect time to just have something really simple...?!

I realised that halfway through, but it was too late

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raspberrieswithchocolate · 05/01/2026 16:03

Boiled potatoes with lasagne is an unusual combination. It would be more usual to serve with green veg and more nutritious.
I'm so confused as to why you think pasta shapes with boiled potatoes is weird but flat pasta (lasagne sheets) is ok with boiled potatoes? You're using the exact same ingredients, it will just look a bit different on the plate!

I have some questions @Brainfogtothemax !

Why did you boil the potatoes hours before they need to be eaten, how were you going to heat them later?

Do you ever freeze or refrigerate food to use at a later date?

What veg do you have in right now? You can put the mince and tomato sauce mix in a dish, pile mashed potatoes on top, sprinkle with cheese and heat in the oven. Serve with veg on the side (green beans, broccoli or peas etc would add some vitamins). Freeze the cheese sauce for another day or refrigerate and serve with pasta tomorrow, alongside veg and protein of your choice, maybe cheesy tuna bake?

Or put the mince and tomato sauce as the bottom layer, cheese sauce on top of this and then put the mashed potatoes on top.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 16:01

Lmnop22 · 05/01/2026 15:44

You do know you can cook things in a pan that aren’t boiled in water don’t you?

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Yes but they need to be *In something don’t they?-butter, olive oil etc, it’s ok a poster reminded me about milk 🤣

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soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 16:01

Fends · 05/01/2026 15:58

There’s one pretend Italian who wants us to believe she wanders around “muttering” random
Italian words. Fucking bizarre 🤣

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Probably had too much expresso, gone doolally.

pinkyredrose · 05/01/2026 16:01

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

Because a pasta dish or pasta bake with potatoes too just seems odd

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You were making that anyway! I'm guessing you're not a natural cook!

IngridBurger · 05/01/2026 16:00

Pastit12 · 05/01/2026 15:54

Haven’t read all the thread bit bemused about potatoes and lasagne 🤔 why don’t you freeze the bechamel sauce and make shepherds pie

Oh you really must rtft. You're in for an absolute treaat.

soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 16:00

Wtfdoidoplease · 05/01/2026 15:53

I sincerely hope no Italians are reading this

I hope they are, they'll learn a few things about their new fangled flat noodles and tomatoes. Or 'tomato's'

Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 15:59

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:57

I know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Don’t own a microwave

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So, how did you plan to heat the boiler potatoes when it came time for dinner? Because you didn’t know how to do that…

WiddlinDiddlin · 05/01/2026 15:58

Dartmoorcheffy · 05/01/2026 13:41

Mix the cheese sauce into the meat mix. Top with mashed potatoes and grated cheese. Bake in oven. Italian cottage pie

No, surely mash the spuds then mix in the cheese sauce and top the meat sauce with the cheesey spud and grill the top. Why would you mix the cheese sauce in with the meat?! Weird!

Fends · 05/01/2026 15:58

Wtfdoidoplease · 05/01/2026 15:53

I sincerely hope no Italians are reading this

There’s one pretend Italian who wants us to believe she wanders around “muttering” random
Italian words. Fucking bizarre 🤣

Scottsy200 · 05/01/2026 15:57

Why on earth would you have boiled potatoes with lasagne??

havingoneofthosedays · 05/01/2026 15:57

Pasta bake with the other type of pasta and roast the potatoes

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:57

ScaredOfFlying · 05/01/2026 15:35

Yep, totally confused now. You were planning to serve on the side so would have heated before serving anyway. So just heat them the same way you were always planning to, then mash them?

(Microwave would be best).

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I know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Don’t own a microwave

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eosmum · 05/01/2026 15:56

I often use leftover cooked pasta mixed in the cheese sauce and put on top, it's actually nicer than a layer of lasagne sheet on top. My son in law has to have mash with his lasagne. We often have chips. No biggie.

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 15:56

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 15:50

I am now double baffled about why you can't eat potato salad when it's snowing??!

Twilight zone...

Aren't they both white..?