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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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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?

Minjou · 05/01/2026 14:27

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Does bechamel not have cheese in? I melt butter, flour, milk, then add grated cheese…I thought the cheese was the whole point, this thread is confusing 😂

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No, you made a cheese sauce. Bechamel doesn't have cheese.

Cheese goes on top.

HumbleStumble · 05/01/2026 14:27

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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So weird. Are you all carb loading ?

sittingonabeach · 05/01/2026 14:27

Mary Berry uses cheese and mustard in the sauce for her lasagne but calls it a white sauce

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:26

sittingonabeach · 05/01/2026 14:24

@Brainfogtothemax why is a pasta bake with potatoes on the side weird, but lasagne with potatoes on the side is not? Do you do garlic bread as well?

Three carbs?! 😅

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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😊

SerendipityJane · 05/01/2026 14:26

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!

Nothing weird about filling pancakes with bolognaise sauce, rolling them up and then backing in a disk covered with a cheese sauce of your liking. Or so I learned from Italian friends at Uni.

Personally I much prefer pasta bake anyway. Just make up some pasta (short ones like macaroni, farfalle or fusilli) mix, put in a dish and top with a cheese sauce of your liking. Back until the edges have some nice crispiness to them.

If you have made this from scratch (i.e. without using a frozen sauce) you can then fry any leftovers for a brunchy type experience.

(I have just returned to the keyboard after preparing tonights meal of pasta bake 😀)

Doggymummar · 05/01/2026 14:26

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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Jeez carb overload

Umy15r03lcha1 · 05/01/2026 14:25

Why don't you serve up what you have and call it scrambled eggs with boiled potatoes....

DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:25

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:24

So your lasagna doesn’t have cheese in…? Isn’t it meant to? That’s the good bit

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Mine has mozzarella on top. Bechemel has a lovely creamy, thick texture just as it is, without cheese being added.

Loveapineapplepizzame · 05/01/2026 14:25

Mix the meat sauce with pasta, put bechamel sauce and cheese on top and bake it. We do this loads.

WonderfulSmith · 05/01/2026 14:25

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/01/2026 13:47

It’s not in Italy.

But I will admit to being someone who mutters “espresso” and “panino” at people passive aggressively. I did live there so that’s my excuse for being a purist.

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careful. I said on here once about ‘expresso’ not being a word and got a huge telling off, but then I also got told I wasn’t very well travelled because trying to use US dollars in European countries will be poorly received.

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

sittingonabeach · 05/01/2026 14:24

@Brainfogtothemax why is a pasta bake with potatoes on the side weird, but lasagne with potatoes on the side is not? Do you do garlic bread as well?

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:24

DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:21

Nope. The cheese is an addition which changes it into a cheese sauce. I add cheese if I'm making macaroni cheese. I don't add cheese to the white sauce in a lasagna.

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So your lasagna doesn’t have cheese in…? Isn’t it meant to? That’s the good bit

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ObliviousCoalmine · 05/01/2026 14:23

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Seems bland

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As opposed to…plain boiled potatoes…

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 05/01/2026 14:23

Lasagne does not have cheese sauce. Bechamel is a white sauce. Cheese sauce is béchamel with cheese and (Hopefully) a little mustard.
Potatoes do not give in lasagne, on lasagne or with lasagne.
See above for chips.

kαλοκαλοκαιρι · 05/01/2026 14:22

wandawaves · 05/01/2026 13:29

Pastitsio? Greek Lasagne. You can use the other pasta you have.

Pastitsio uses just as specific a pasta as lasagne sheets

diddl · 05/01/2026 14:22

I'd make it into cottage pie.

Have pasta & cheese sauce tomorrow.

DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:21

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Does bechamel not have cheese in? I melt butter, flour, milk, then add grated cheese…I thought the cheese was the whole point, this thread is confusing 😂

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Nope. The cheese is an addition which changes it into a cheese sauce. I add cheese if I'm making macaroni cheese. I don't add cheese to the white sauce in a lasagna.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 14:21

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Does bechamel not have cheese in? I melt butter, flour, milk, then add grated cheese…I thought the cheese was the whole point, this thread is confusing 😂

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The thread is not the issue here!

Nanny0gg · 05/01/2026 14:21

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:57

I’m not going to chuck them though, hate wasting food
They’re really not bland with melted butter on and eaten with the mince and cheese in a lasagna-so good!

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mash them and freeze

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

stillavid · 05/01/2026 14:15

This thread is reminded me of when Rachel made trifle in Friends.

OP - freeze the béchamel and just serve minced beef and potatoes.

Seems bland

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Minjou · 05/01/2026 14:14

Then it's not a bechamel. It's a cheese sauce/mornay.

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Does bechamel not have cheese in? I melt butter, flour, milk, then add grated cheese…I thought the cheese was the whole point, this thread is confusing 😂

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IngridBurger · 05/01/2026 14:18

DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:17

So. Many. Potato's.

Who the hell is Potato and what belongs to him?

Perhaps Potato's gone to the shop for some lasagne sheets?

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