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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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ISpyNoPlumPie · 05/01/2026 14:18

Just chuck it all. There are absolutely no possible ways to resolve this issue.

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:18

This is either a wind up or you're being really weird. Make a pasta bake and serve the potatoes with it like you were going to. Or freeze everything and go the chippy!

ObliviousCoalmine · 05/01/2026 14:17

OP are you 9? Why are all your replies so ridiculously awkward.

DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:17

So. Many. Potato's.

Who the hell is Potato and what belongs to him?

Happyher · 05/01/2026 14:17

Slice the potatoes and layer them on top of the mince and call it a bologna hotpot

RampantIvy · 05/01/2026 14:17

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:14

It has cheese in

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Why are you struggling to change the dish to something else? You said you had other pasta, so just make pastitsio instead. What is the problem?

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 05/01/2026 14:16

Sauté the cooked potatoes in butter, serve alongside the pasta less bake.

SliceofTosst · 05/01/2026 14:16

This thread has to be a wind up.

RandomUsernameHere · 05/01/2026 14:16

Have you got any neighbours who might have some spare lasagna sheets?

pontipinemum · 05/01/2026 14:15

use the regular pasta like lasagne sheets. put the cooked potatoes into the fridge when they have cooled and eat them tomorrow.

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.

MissDoubleU · 05/01/2026 14:15

Ditch the pasta, make a cottage pie with the mince and potato’s and pour the cheese sauce on top.

if you really MUST use the pasta, make the “lasagne” using pasta like a pasta bake. Cheese sauce on top. Then have the potato’s on the side, as was your original plan,

Minjou · 05/01/2026 14:14

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:14

It has cheese in

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

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:14

ALittleDropOfRain · 05/01/2026 14:07

I‘d add cheese to the Béchamel, put it over the mince layer and and then do the mashed potato layer on top. Reserving a little cheese sauce for the top, but not too much to make it soggy.

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It has cheese in

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 14:13

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:11

Its not mash

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You are being deliberately obtuse about your potato’s

Francestein · 05/01/2026 14:13

You can do layers of any cooked pasta and the meat and béchamel sce. It will still be fabulous.

Anonanonanonagain · 05/01/2026 14:12

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:11

Its not mash

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It would be if you took out a masher and mashed it.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:12

topsecretcyclist · 05/01/2026 14:06

Use another pasta shape and have a pasta bake. What shapes do you have? I guess it doesn't matter, you can mix and match and make it your own invention.

Not the same as sheets

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DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:11

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:06

Seems weird

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So the shape of the pasta makes it acceptable to you to eat with potatoes? That's fascinatingly niche.

Why not cut the potatoes into chips, fry them and add the meat mixture to the top. Dirty fries.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:11

Anonanonanonagain · 05/01/2026 14:06

Freeze the spuds for another day. I freeze leftover mash all the time.

Its not mash

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Faceonthewrongfoot · 05/01/2026 14:11

This all feels very Balonz. Someone just throwing in a random surprise element as if its normal and every day. "I'm making a lasagne, I've got my meat sauce, got the bechemal, just finished boiling the potatoes....."

VikaOlson · 05/01/2026 14:11

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:06

Seems weird

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This is such a weird topic for a wind-up thread 😂

SoSoLong · 05/01/2026 14:10

Flour and a couple of eggs is all you need to make some lasagne sheets, if you can be bothered.

ZZGirl · 05/01/2026 14:10

Freeze the potatoes

Duckiewasthefirstniceguy · 05/01/2026 14:09

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:06

Seems weird

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But lasagne and potatoes is not? Only other pasta shapes?

This thread has now jumped the shark for me.

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