Would you serve lasagna with baked potatoes?

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Prompted by a conversation with my parents..

I would serve lasagna (the traditional meat version) with a side salad and possibly garlic bread.
My parents like to serve it with a (large) baked potato. I reckon this is far too much stodge and you shouldn't serve lasagna with baked potato, but my parents reckon they have been to many restaurants that served it thus.

How do you like your lasagna?

A ‘salad’ with curry / chilli is traditional too lol.

Yes it is, but I don't hear of many people serving it together, mainly just curry and rice.
Our takeaways mainly send a wee bag of salad or spiced onions free with an order, but most people I know don't eat them, I always do.

An onion / green chilli / horseradish salad or a raw carrot / green pickle is heavenly with curry.

i have it with nothing, garlic bread too stodgy too! maybe green beans or broccoli actually.

I do it with salad and often garlic bread/french stick. Although I appreciate that so quite carb heavy.

Cheap two-for-one type restaurants do it with chips or jacket potatoes. I've had vegetarian lasagna with chips before 😂 And garlic bread 😂 it's VERY heavy.

Personally no though. It's nice with salad and the kids like Bread. 😂

On it's own or with salad

I've never done lasagna with any sort of bread or chips but these do get served on the side in restaurants/pubs so I am not sure how a jacket potato is that much different from garlic bread tbh

I do filled jacket potatoes as a meal, I never think to have plain ones as a side, and even if I did, never with lasagne, maybe steak, or pork chops of similar?

On it's own, or with a nice salad to cut through the richness.

Is this a 70s thing from when lasagne was considered exotic? My parents do this!

In our house it's just served with salad and garlic bread. Yum!

My mum does this, without fail. Also she serves pizza with a jacket spud. Maybe it is a 70s thing!!

I never turn this combo down if at hers but if I'm cooking I'd just put a green salad with lasagne.

With a salad or mixed veg.

When I was younger I used to have lasagne and chips as a hangover lunch.

@Bigfanofcheese
That reminds me of my Mum and the "new", supermarket pizzas served with peas and carrots

Just with salad , maybe a couple of slices of garlic bread for the kids - especially for the one who turns his noise up at Lasagna .

Jacket potato, no.

Homemade vinegrette dressing, yes. It's a hangover from when I was pregnant. I can't eat lasagne without it now.

My mum always serves lasagne with a jacket potato and side salad and to be fair its actually a nice accompaniment. IMO chips are even better as they soak up some of the cheesy mincey loveliness. Dont know ifs it's actually a thing though as I've never seen it anywhere except my mums house

As I got older and wanted takeaway she was fine with it, but insisted on picking it up as the takeaways might do something???
with our address.

I can imagine Italians reading this thread and thinking ‘potatoes with lasagna? Mama mia!’

Do their web forums have topics such as “would you serve roast beef with bacon?”

@BrilloHair bless her!

That was weirdly my favourite at school for a while, slice of pizza and boiled carrots!

I just serve it on its own. But if I had to have a side I'd rather have baked potato then a salad with lasagne, I love salad but just feels weird to me with lasagne.

I serve lasagne with broccoli and garlic bread.

Salad for me!

I would also serve a baked potato with a topping and salad.

Just with salad, agree baked potato is too much, but I've had lasagna with chips and salad before in a cafe/restaurant, small portion lasagna though.

Now I fancy lasagna and chips for dinner tonight!

I think chips with lasagna is weird enough, let alone a jacket potato. Salad and crusty/garlic bread here.