Accidentally made a massive lasagne and feel panicky

[BeardofHagrid]

As title, really.

I made a vegetable lasagne this afternoon and it’s turned out much bigger than intended, with an estimated weight of around two stone.

Albeit very nice, it is rather rich for my taste, using cream cheese in lieu of béchamel, not to mention the secret layer of fresh basil leaves. It’s only me to eat it and I don’t think I can face it for some time after one more serving tomorrow. Freezer is full. Neighbours all vegan.

The huge lasagne is cooling off in my now extinguished oven while tough decisions are made. Feeling a bit hot and panicky about it.

What do?

Wrong, you wouldnt say that about ricotta. Ricotta and cottage cheese are quite similar when you buy the right cottage cheese. The consistency differs of course, but Longley Farm full fat cottage cheese is like eating cream or marscapone or ricotta. Gorgeous.

I dont like bechemel, its 'nothing'.

Oh the sadness that is eating cottage cheese that isn't made by Longley Farm.

Wrong, cottage cheese is rank and don't even get me started on the layer of basil leaves. Bechemel for the win 🏆

I have just had lasagna for 3 days straight. Binned the rest.

I feel you. Once i made 20 portions of soup....

We had the great Rice Fiasco of 1996.

I think OP will - she'll still be eating it.

What? - You've never tripped up in the kitchen as you go to put away three bags of shopping, knocked a cast iron dish off the bench as you fell helplessly forward, and accidentally made a lasagne?

Thought everybody had done this at least once.

In fact, I hade to stop buying all of the ingredients at once because we were getting fed up with it. I usually accidentally make goulash now <thinks: . . . must stop buying paprika . . . 🤔>

There is never too much gulas

Give a local charity a call. The homeless shelter, put it on Facebook. Someone will really appreciate it.

I do this all the time with lasagne albeit meat based, I spend so much time griddling aubergine layers and making the bechemel sauce with nutmeg etc from scratch that everyone in the house sighs, DH bought me a smaller Pyrex but still the cycle continues, I cannot make it any smaller, im the same with chilli! End up eating it for 3 days and doing food parcels for the older dc's which I hope they don't just bin. Funnily enough I've just started a moussaka.....

Right you, outside!

@Queencam I totally understand that it sounds odd, but you just spoon cottage cheese straight from the pot onto the layer of pasta then put your choice of wet filling onto the next layer. It doesn't have to be posh cottage cheese. Once its cooked it is just a lovely, light gooey, creamy layer.

@soupfiend I'm with you all the way!

A 2 stone lasagne? Is this a wind up 🤯

A 2 stone lasagne? Is this a wind up?

I'd love to know your thought processes.

If your freezer is stuffed to bits (and you live alone???)

Just what compelled you to make a ginormous lasagne? Because apparently you have a freezer stuffed with food.

I'd call it a wake up call.

Take a photo of the lasagne - you can't eat/ freeze/ share or give away - and stick it on your fridge.

Then spend no money on food for the next month and just eat down your freezer.

And throw out all food that's been in there for 3 months.

Another wake up call.

Then start a weekly meal or fortnightly meal plan.

Keep your freezer half empty - or empty enough to see and know what you have in there.

I suspect something is not quite right, if you live alone, and your freezer is stuffed full - and you blindly carry on cooking enormous quantities of food.

If cooking makes you happy - maybe link up with the Salvation Army, or some such charity where you can batch cook for others.

But hey, enjoy your portion of lasagne, and decide how you "want" to be more organised with food. It might take some stress off you.

And throw out all food that's been in there for 3 months.
Absolutely unnecessary food waste

Keep your freezer half empty - or empty enough to see and know what you have in there.
Freezers should be full. If yoi have space fill it up with bottles. Just fyi

Right?!? Why is barely anyone mentioning this? It’s 12kg! It’s a joke right?

😂

Pretty much everyone has mentioned it 😂

As @BeardofHagrid hasn't returned I guess we have to assume its some stupid kind of joke although I can't see the humour

So many serious replys which make it even funnier

Massive salad seeks similar lasagne, for a good time.

List it on OLIO - plenty of people would love it 😀❤️