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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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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:56

Purlant · 05/01/2026 15:34

I dread to think what’s in that ragu for the lasagne…

Oh ffs, it’s got me thinking

Lasagna filling:

Beef mincemeat
1 onion
2 tins tinned tomatoes
tomato purée
garlic

Maybe a herb…oregano….?

Actually bit scared to post this!

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Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 15:54

GlomOfNit · 05/01/2026 15:51

Bobiverse sorry, I think your crack about the peppers was in homage to the OP's leafy greens comment further up ... 😂

I hope the OP has worked out that by 'leafy greens' we mean winter staples like cabbage, kale, broccoli etc and not delicate salad leaves (which you could actually grow on your windowsill all year round anyway).

Yes, it was! 😂

Umy15r03lcha1 · 05/01/2026 15:54

If you have a packet of hundreds and thousands left over from DD last birthday, sprinkle them in the bechamel (not bechamel) sauce, pour it over the potatoes and call it Unicorn runny poo sauce.

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

Wtfdoidoplease · 05/01/2026 15:53

I sincerely hope no Italians are reading this

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:53

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 15:26

If I called my mum to tell her I had a shit day because I couldn't make dinner she would laugh at me....

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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AllSerene · 05/01/2026 15:52

I've been as boggled as most people, at the idea that potatoes with lasagne is fine, or even necessary, while being bizarre to have potatoes with any other kind of pasta bake. However, in fairness to the OP, it occurs to me that the proportion of pasta to sauce is much lower in lasagne than it is in most pasta bakes (or, at least, in the kind of pasta bakes I've ever made). This could result in there being more sauce to be mopped up by the potatoes, with the lasagne.

@Brainfogtothemax, I do hope you've been able to enjoy the humour in this thread, as you're obviously having a 'mare of a day. On one hand, your dinner plans are in disarray while, on the other, you're feeling rubbish. I hope that your dinner ends up tasting delicious and that you feel much better soon.

Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 15:52

pinkdelight · 05/01/2026 15:49

Leafy greens is lettuce/salad and it's perfect with lasagne all year round! Unlike buttery boiled potatoes which peaked in 1946 with some tinned sardines.

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Please don’t. The OP is confused enough. Leafy greens are not just salad.

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 15:51

pinkdelight · 05/01/2026 15:49

Leafy greens is lettuce/salad and it's perfect with lasagne all year round! Unlike buttery boiled potatoes which peaked in 1946 with some tinned sardines.

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And during my childhood, served sans butter but with liver with onion gravy that you needed a knife for...

ittakes2 · 05/01/2026 15:51

I think this is wind up

GlomOfNit · 05/01/2026 15:51

Bobiverse sorry, I think your crack about the peppers was in homage to the OP's leafy greens comment further up ... 😂

I hope the OP has worked out that by 'leafy greens' we mean winter staples like cabbage, kale, broccoli etc and not delicate salad leaves (which you could actually grow on your windowsill all year round anyway).

cocobanana922 · 05/01/2026 15:51

The only acceptable potato with lasanga is a jacket potato with the potato taken out and mixed with cheese and butter and then put back inside the potato skin, surely?

Faceonthewrongfoot · 05/01/2026 15:50

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:50

I never said grilling 😅

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You did! You said your mum put cheese in the sauce and on top before grilling it!

GladiatoooorsReadyyyy · 05/01/2026 15:50

Disintegration1985 · 05/01/2026 15:48

This has to be one of the most innocously insane threads I've seen in a long time, I'm actually weeping with laughter... OP, is it your first day on planet Earth or are you having us on?

I was just about to say the same thing, this is the most bizarre thread I’ve seen on MN for a while

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...

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 15:50

FOJN · 05/01/2026 15:14

OK I've read all the OP's posts and now I feel like I've smoked something illegal. WTF is going on?
Boiled potatoes with lasagne but no leafy greens because it's winter??????

A bong made from a potato?🤔
But then I've always been very industrious.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:50

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 15:21

Also grilling a lasagna... surely it goes in the oven?

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I never said grilling 😅

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pinkdelight · 05/01/2026 15:49

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:46

Leafy greens to me means lettuce/salad, that and another posters suggestion of potato salad!
It’s snowing ffs!

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Leafy greens is lettuce/salad and it's perfect with lasagne all year round! Unlike buttery boiled potatoes which peaked in 1946 with some tinned sardines.

ohyesido · 05/01/2026 15:49

Improvise. Layer with the other pasta

FOJN · 05/01/2026 15:49

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:46

Leafy greens to me means lettuce/salad, that and another posters suggestion of potato salad!
It’s snowing ffs!

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Kale or spinach are leafy greens.

Is everything you eat in winter hot?

RessicaJabbit · 05/01/2026 15:49

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:43

You can’t just put potatoes in the pan directly onto a hot stove? The pan will burn, they were originally boiled in water 😬

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How were you going to reheat them originally?

Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 15:49

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:46

Leafy greens to me means lettuce/salad, that and another posters suggestion of potato salad!
It’s snowing ffs!

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Well, then you don’t know what a leafy green is. Broccoli is a leafy green. So are sprouts. So are many other winter veg. And you can also buy salad during winter too, if you want.

Disintegration1985 · 05/01/2026 15:48

This has to be one of the most innocously insane threads I've seen in a long time, I'm actually weeping with laughter... OP, is it your first day on planet Earth or are you having us on?

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:48

333FionaG · 05/01/2026 15:19

Strange thread, I'm wondering if the OP has ever cooked a meal before? The concept of adding potatoes to lasagne is bizarre.

This is insane!!

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Bobiverse · 05/01/2026 15:48

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 15:43

You can’t just put potatoes in the pan directly onto a hot stove? The pan will burn, they were originally boiled in water 😬

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How did you plan to heat them before serving them? Just wait and do that and mash them before serving them.

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