Lasagne and what ?

A salad.

Yes, but I’d like an interesting one !

Don’t need more carbs!

A lovely summer salad, freshly picked with a nice dressing is the way to go?

A light coleslaw.

Whitewavemark2

Don’t need more carbs!

A lovely summer salad, freshly picked with a nice dressing is the way to go?

It’d need to be freshly picked from waitrose ! I have no garden.

Try a base of baby spinach leaves.
Blanched fine green beans, cucumber, spring onion and rocket leaves.
Add Parmesan shavings and a few finely chopped basil leaves.
Now make some croutons, and top the salad with these, they absorb the dressing and give some crunch and texture.

A salad like this is best served on a platter or very shallow bowl.

Definitely a nice salad my Granddaughter loves raw sugarsnap peas too.

A quality Waitrose salad with maybe a platter of good tomatoes & Mozerella cheese with Basil leaves scattered over it? Olive oil & balsamic dressing lightly added. Avocado in there somewhere? Look up a dressing recipe on line. The possibility is endless. Just being together for a meal will be lovely.

I would serve tenderstem broccoli or green beans.

Anything green in the way of salad or baby vegetables. A clean taste.
I wouldn't want any more tomato or cheese if that is what is already in the lasagne.

Lucca

Whitewavemark2

Don’t need more carbs!

A lovely summer salad, freshly picked with a nice dressing is the way to go?

It’d need to be freshly picked from waitrose ! I have no garden.

?that will do

Adding sundried tomatoes makes an ordinary salad more interesting.

I don’t usually question Hail Mary Berry, but sausagemeat lasagne - seriously?

Ciabatta bread or rolls, very Italian. Then a salad as suggested or maybe asparagus which is still in season.

Sago

Try a base of baby spinach leaves.
Blanched fine green beans, cucumber, spring onion and rocket leaves.
Add Parmesan shavings and a few finely chopped basil leaves.
Now make some croutons, and top the salad with these, they absorb the dressing and give some crunch and texture.

A salad like this is best served on a platter or very shallow bowl.

Oh thank you, sounds lovely! I’m not a spring onion fan but could substitute or miss out.

MawBe

I don’t usually question Hail Mary Berry, but sausagemeat lasagne - seriously?

Have you tried it? It’s an absolute winner, it doesn’t need bechamel etc. Honestly
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fastlasagnewithporka_83462

I like salad with lasagne. Salads can be imaginative as you like these days. If there are more than just us then I add garlic bread as well.

MawBe

I don’t usually question Hail Mary Berry, but sausagemeat lasagne - seriously?

Agreed- must be very fatty.

But yes, salad. You can make a green beans salad, as they do in France. Cook beans al dente, cool, cut a shallot very thinly and make a dressing- cut a piece of garlic in half and wipe all over the inside of the bowl first with it- a garlic hint not too strong.

It wouldn’t necessarily be fatty if instead of buying sausage meat as such, you bought best quality, very low fat sausages instead and just squished the sausage meat out - it’s so easy.

That’s what I do every Christmas when making the usual sausagemeat, sage and onion stuffing.

The recipe looks good Lucca

Thanks for this thread. It has given me a good idea of what to cook for Sunday, when DS and family are coming to lunch. They are vegetarians so it will be veggie lasagne with salad, followed by strawberry gateau.

Sorry, but you lost me at the 'sausage meat?'. With lasagne I do love a few crispy chips ha ha.

Coleslaw definitely.

This salad goes down well in our house, especially with Lasagne or Moussaka Lucca.
I spooned cous cous over the top and the drizzle is balsamic glaze.