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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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WonderfulSmith · 05/01/2026 14:33

AhBiscuits · 05/01/2026 14:31

People are very uncomfortable with the potatoes. If you order lasagne in a pub or something, it will frequently come with chips or garlic bread. Adding another carb isn't that odd.

But pub lasagne is a different thing. Lasagne with chips in a pub - fine. Home - no. Don’t ask me why, I don’t make the rules.

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:33

I'm now getting weirdly hung up on the potatoes being too soft to slice... Were your family planning on swallowing them whole?!

Genevieva · 05/01/2026 14:33

You can boil any pasta you have and make a layers pasta bake.

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 14:33

Babes, get a deliveroo.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:32

Youremylobster86 · 05/01/2026 14:26

OP its making me chuckle how you sound so confident about the lasagne with potatoes. It really is bizarre!

Why dont you have bolognese with pasta and put the spuds in the fridge to have with something tomorrow? They will still be tasty😊

Why is it bizarre though?? I’ve had this since childhood

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WonderfulSmith · 05/01/2026 14:32

Cook some pasta, stir it through the mince, sauce on top, in the oven. Pasta bake. Have it with the potatoes if you want as it’s exactly the same thing but the pasta is a different shape. Or put the potatoes in the fridge and roast them another day.

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:32

AhBiscuits · 05/01/2026 14:31

People are very uncomfortable with the potatoes. If you order lasagne in a pub or something, it will frequently come with chips or garlic bread. Adding another carb isn't that odd.

Yeah but it's odd to think it's perfectly fine to serve potatoes with lasagne but weird to serve them with pasta bake. Pick a lane at least 🤣

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 14:32

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

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

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What's lasagne then? Surely that's a pasta dish?

Just have Beans on toast and use everything else tomorrow after you've been to the shop to buy the lasagne sheets.

diddl · 05/01/2026 14:31

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

So lasagne isn't a pasta dish?

AhBiscuits · 05/01/2026 14:31

People are very uncomfortable with the potatoes. If you order lasagne in a pub or something, it will frequently come with chips or garlic bread. Adding another carb isn't that odd.

IngridBurger · 05/01/2026 14:31

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

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

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But lasagne IS a pasta dish/pasta bake? I'm so confused.

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:31

HumbleStumble · 05/01/2026 14:29

Duck à l’Orange?

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🤣🤣🤣

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 05/01/2026 14:31

Eat the potatoes tomorrow?

HumbleStumble · 05/01/2026 14:31

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

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

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Ok. And now the made up story is complete.

MsGreying · 05/01/2026 14:30

Mash the spuds if they won't slice and layer them.
Add more cheese.

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 14:30

Faceonthewrongfoot · 05/01/2026 14:28

You'd have thought... but apparently the only possible meal is lasagne with boiled potatoes.

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but lasagna with boiled potatoes is a mad meal!

pasta bake with frozen peas and then potato printing for an after dinner craft activity.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

MissDoubleU · 05/01/2026 14:25

OP why don’t you just make everything exactly as you were going to just using pasta instead of lasagne sheets

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

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Imisscoffee2021 · 05/01/2026 14:29

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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Mash the spuds, put on top.and brown off with some cheese in oven.

Missingducks · 05/01/2026 14:29

Could the potatoes become potato salad as a side with the pasta bake? Or potato salad for lunch tomorrow ...

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 14:29

I have no idea what you're making, but it's not lasagne.

HumbleStumble · 05/01/2026 14:29

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 14:27

So you have a cheese sauce, a bolognaise sauce, pasta and some potatoes? surely you can work out a meal?

Duck à l’Orange?

Faceonthewrongfoot · 05/01/2026 14:28

wishingonastar101 · 05/01/2026 14:27

So you have a cheese sauce, a bolognaise sauce, pasta and some potatoes? surely you can work out a meal?

You'd have thought... but apparently the only possible meal is lasagne with boiled potatoes.

sittingonabeach · 05/01/2026 14:28

Can you make potato salad with the potatoes, not necessarily to be eaten with the pasta dish

Solost92 · 05/01/2026 14:28

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:49

What-mash and the pasta too? -seems weird

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No, either one.

PassportPanicFuuuck · 05/01/2026 14:28

but what about the potatoes?

Um, the potatoes?? I thought you were making lasagne?

Just cook up some penne or similar, mix it all up and call it a pasta bake. Simple.