Made the lasagna without the lasagna

I’m loving this thread, it really makes me laugh that we all have such strong but utterly different ideas of what goes together. My lasagne it most definitely does not have cheese inside, it has fresh parmesan on top to give a lovely crunchy top. When I have guests I serve with a fresh green salad and home made garlic flatbread because that’s “proper”. But when we’re alone we have it with frozen peas, because that’s what I had growing up.

Am i thr only one wondering why you have boiled the spuds before the lasagne is in the oven?

Fuck knows why I don’t think we will ever get to the bottom of that one we will be here until next January trying to figure that out.

This is horrific for you

I can sympathise, I was brought up eating shepherds pie regularly,, loved it, my mum made a fantastic shepherds pie

Only in adulthood did she disclose she didnt know that a sheperds pie was meant to have lamb mince in it.

All those years I was eating a cottage pie.

There was no childline to ring in those days either so I had no one to talk to about it.

They’d have been a lot sadder and colder when you served them up in 4 hours time for dinner next to a lasagne which was your original plan 😂

If you have aubergine or courgette you could make strips from them .

Reheat them in whatever way you were presumably planning to before serving them. Given you boiled them hours before you needed them.

Seriously? Can I ask why lasagne sheets and boiled potatoes is OK but a different pasta shape and mash is weird?

Tattie scones for tomorrow's breakfast

You keep saying this as though lasagne is different from pasta. Lasagne literally is pasta. Lasagne is a pasta dish.

Why did you boil the potatoes 3 hours before you were going to be eating them anyway?? 😭

That’s still not lasagne. Lasagne is made with bechamel sauce. You’re making cheese sauce. They are different things.

I add loads of stuff to food which “shouldn’t” go in because we like it that way, but at least I know I’m doing it and I know what changes I’m making.
Make what you want but know the difference. You haven’t made bechamel white sauce. You’ve made cheese sauce. Lasagne doesn’t have cheese sauce so that’s something your family does differently because of taste preference.

I know but then she's going to pour cheese sauce all over it... I can't with this thread 🤣🤣 I've right got the giggles now.

You do realise lasagne is a pasta dish, don’t you? 😂

Lasagna does have cheese in it but they use ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan not just normal bog standard cheese. The white sauce isn’t made with any cheese at all otherwise it changes from béchamel sauce to a cheese sauce and they are two different things. But if your ragù is rich enough then you won’t need the cheese. I’m baffled how you can think potatoes with lasagna is perfectly normal but the idea of putting them with any other type of pasta dish is weird.

You'd be better off sewing the conchiglie together, shell by shell. You can use celery string

Gnocchi bake

Please.
Not flour.
I can't take a discussion of plain v self-raising v spelt.

This thread is funny. Boiled potatoes have no place on a lasagne plate - surely it's lasagne, peas or salad depending on the weather, and garlic bread on the side? (All about the double card here tbh.) I put cheese on top, mozzarella and cheddar but not in the white sauce.

Slices of bread? 😂😂

This is a very good idea, two meals basically sorted bar maybe something on the side. I'm not going to risk making a suggestion as to what given that OP can't fatho eating salad or leafy things in winter.

OP, don't you ever put leftovers in the fridge? I don't understand why you are so thrown by what to do with some excess potatoes - unless your fridge is full, or you should have gone to bed already becausey you aren't well?

I have never ever seen lasagne served with boiled potatoes. In fact, I rarely ever see boiled potatoes served with anything these days. It is always, roast, mash, sauteed or chips.

Is your family Irish @Brainfogtothemax

Ragu 'cottage' pie is lovely, good decision @Brainfogtothemax

You're not going to be cooking more food than you already were.
It's the same amount of ingredients, just in 2 different ways and in 2 different pyrex dishes instead of one.