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Could you turn 4 servings into 6 servings

61 replies

Ang3leyes · 14/02/2025 21:08

You make fish pie with 500g of fish in a cheese sauce with garden peas, spinach and onion, topped with lots of mash in a casserole dish. This would ordinarily serve 4. Do you reckon you could get 6 or 7 servings out of it if you added a handful of broccoli per portion.

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Perseimmion · 15/02/2025 01:40

I’ve had eggs in fish pie and I hated it. I love fish pie and I love eggs, just not together.

mondaytosunday · 15/02/2025 02:23

I'd be expecting veg with it anyways but if you added quite a bit more than a 'handful' of broccoli it could - though not if some of the six are teenage boys!

Tumblingthrough · 15/02/2025 02:35

Always eggs in fish pie but finely chopped, not big lumps.

Lots of veg, frozen peas and sweetcorn are filling and cheap.
Carrots also. Garlic bread.

coxesorangepippin · 15/02/2025 02:35

Personally I'd add a bowl of soup and baguette as a starter

godmum56 · 15/02/2025 11:09

I think this depends on the reason that you need to stretch the dish, also what is available and what you can afford. Are you serving it as a "nice" meal for adults, a filler for bottomless pit teens or what? As an emergency one-off I'd add extra veg on the side, maybe a starter and a solid dessert or a cheese course. If you add grated cheese to and on top of the fish pie mash, it will add flavour and protein and you can put a bit more mash on the pie provided you increase the sauce or serve extra sauce on the side. Personally I'd be wary of adding lentils. They will mess with the sauce texture and many people I know (including me) find them indigestible.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 15/02/2025 14:02

Divebar2021 · 14/02/2025 23:58

Im really surprised that people haven’t had eggs in fish pie - it’s traditionally served like that and completely delicious. It doesn’t particularly stand out as a flavour among the sauce.

I know - I see it all the time as fish pie recipes. It's just that I hate egg whites and will only eat eggs as an omelette or scrambled, so adding eggs would completely spoil what is one of my favourite foods.

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/02/2025 14:06

Boope · Yesterday 21:45
500g is quite a lot of fish for 4 so I reckon 6 smaller portions with sides of kale or other green veg

No it isn’t! We always allow at least 250g.

RitaFromTheRanch · 15/02/2025 14:10

Delphiniumandlupins · 15/02/2025 00:46

I would add prawns if you don't already include them. I've never had boiled eggs in fish pie but will try that next week.

If its down to money adding prawns is likely out of the question

LuckySantangelo35 · 15/02/2025 14:14

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 15/02/2025 14:02

I know - I see it all the time as fish pie recipes. It's just that I hate egg whites and will only eat eggs as an omelette or scrambled, so adding eggs would completely spoil what is one of my favourite foods.

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Yeah I hate eggs. Can only manage them in a quiche

Sunnyside4 · 15/02/2025 15:48

If you really have to (ie can't afford to make extra, or were planning on cooking and suddenly have others), then any bread or veggies you have would be great.

chattyness · 15/02/2025 15:57

I love hard boiled eggs in fish pie, not chopped up though, usually quartered in mine, the way my nanna taught me 😍

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