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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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ALittleDropOfRain · 05/01/2026 13:53

I think you‘ve just made cottage pie - mince with mashed potatoes on the top.

venus7 · 05/01/2026 13:53

There are no potatoes in lasagne.

RampantIvy · 05/01/2026 13:51

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:50

What about the potatoes?

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Can you sautee them?
Or later up meat, then potatoes then bechamel sauce and sprinkle generously with grated cheese.

Goldengirl123 · 05/01/2026 13:51

Just have the mince with potatoes

EleanorReally · 05/01/2026 13:51

i dont understand the potatoes, but you have cooked them for a reason,
you could perhaps layer them on top, with cheese on top and bake
or Pistachio which is lovely but the potatoes are your choice

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/01/2026 13:51

soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 13:47

J'accuse?

Cries of 'thats not lasagne' and 'you cant have lasagne with potatoes'

These threads are all the same, all the time, call it what you want, when you want, have it how you want, its ok

By the way I dont take myself or others too seriously, nice piece of advice there.

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If you went somewhere and they were serving a ‘full English breakfast’ and it was porridge and jam with sausages stuck in it, you wouldn’t be a tiny bit tempted to say, “that’s not a full English”. Not even a little bit? A crepe someone is calling a Yorkshire pudding because it’s got all the ingredients?

Because I would. I also mutter about cottage and shepherd’s pies if they have the wrong meat.

strongermummy · 05/01/2026 13:50

Make an Italian Inspired shepherds / cottage pie instead
or have a pasta bolognaise using the pasta you already have?
alternatively use the you have like you would have done with the lasagna sheets.

I’d be tempted to part cook them if they are thick tho
basically a pasta tray bake.

yum!

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 13:50

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:50

What about the potatoes?

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They were only ever a bland little side, why do you need to alter that?

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 13:50

soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 13:47

J'accuse?

Cries of 'thats not lasagne' and 'you cant have lasagne with potatoes'

These threads are all the same, all the time, call it what you want, when you want, have it how you want, its ok

By the way I dont take myself or others too seriously, nice piece of advice there.

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Chill out soup lady, I was just curious! About the potato’s and your ‘rigid’ claim. I don’t think she’s wrong to eat potato’s, most of us were just curious about what she was boiling the potato’s for. It’s not like you knew either

sprigatito · 05/01/2026 13:50

Serve the meat sauce with pasta and crush the potatoes with the cheese sauce. Add some garlic bread for scooping up. Then report to MN for a thorough scolding for “triple carbing” 😂

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:50

Zanatdy · 05/01/2026 13:48

Just turn it into a bolognaise bake and use pasta instead of lasagne sheets. Or get an uber eats delivery or whoosh delivery

What about the potatoes?

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:49

Solost92 · 05/01/2026 13:48

Then mash them and make it like a shepherd's pie lasagne. Use the pasta you have and layer it. Spaghetti would work great.

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What-mash and the pasta too? -seems weird

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soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 13:49

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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We're not in Italy and they have bread there instead, with everything, just like Spain. They're big fans of the double carb, they just do more continentally.

Zanatdy · 05/01/2026 13:48

Just turn it into a bolognaise bake and use pasta instead of lasagne sheets. Or get an uber eats delivery or whoosh delivery

RampantIvy · 05/01/2026 13:48

changednameagain1234 · 05/01/2026 13:44

I don’t understand everyone saying no potatoes with lasagna!!

Everyone I know has chips and salad and if feeling it garlic bread too.

I know that is a lot of carbs but so what!!

I serve generous enough portions of lasagne to not require another carb. I don't do double carbs. It's too stodgy for me. I leave the chips if a lasagne came with them.

Solost92 · 05/01/2026 13:48

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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Then mash them and make it like a shepherd's pie lasagne. Use the pasta you have and layer it. Spaghetti would work great.

soupyspoon · 05/01/2026 13:47

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/01/2026 13:41

Why are you accusing everyone of being rigid then?

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J'accuse?

Cries of 'thats not lasagne' and 'you cant have lasagne with potatoes'

These threads are all the same, all the time, call it what you want, when you want, have it how you want, its ok

By the way I dont take myself or others too seriously, nice piece of advice there.

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/01/2026 13:47

changednameagain1234 · 05/01/2026 13:45

Also, when you go for a pub lunch it’s always served with salad and chips…

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.

RampantIvy · 05/01/2026 13:46

wandawaves · 05/01/2026 13:29

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

I was going to suggest this as well.
if you cook enough pasta you won't need potatoes.

Coffeeishot · 05/01/2026 13:46

changednameagain1234 · 05/01/2026 13:44

I don’t understand everyone saying no potatoes with lasagna!!

Everyone I know has chips and salad and if feeling it garlic bread too.

I know that is a lot of carbs but so what!!

It isn't the carbs it is just the boiled potatoes that doesn't "go"

hollyandribbon · 05/01/2026 13:45

If you have spaghetti you could use that as the layer, spread out so it covers the sauce as a lasagne sheet would (it’s thin so will cook in the sauce like lasagne sheets)

I have never known anyone to have boiled potatoes as a lasagne side but this would save the whole meal.

Otherwise just save them for tomorrow and serve them with salmon and veg or something.

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/01/2026 13:45

I’m imagining Joey, “meat, good. Cheese, good. Potatoes, good”. Objectively, lasagna with no pasta and with potatoes is a meal.

changednameagain1234 · 05/01/2026 13:45

Also, when you go for a pub lunch it’s always served with salad and chips…

Coffeeishot · 05/01/2026 13:44

PGmicstand · 05/01/2026 13:42

Mash the potatoes and put on the top as a sort of cheesy cottage pie.

Oh yes this sounds lovely.

changednameagain1234 · 05/01/2026 13:44

I don’t understand everyone saying no potatoes with lasagna!!

Everyone I know has chips and salad and if feeling it garlic bread too.

I know that is a lot of carbs but so what!!