So does starting with a Takeaway, constitute a meal planning fail?

Bacon pea & mint pasta I suspect it probably does - but it had been an absolute aeon since we'd had an Indian takeaway and, although I'd been lusting after a Chicken Tikka Masala, I eventually plumped for a Lamb Biryani with Vegetable curry, together with a Saag bhajee and Peshwari naan to share amongst the three of us. I know, it was frivolous and shameful - but boy oh boy, did it t