using up some leftovers - thank you Jack! (and others)

I've been trying to reduce the throw-aways from the 'fridge and turned to good 'ol internet for inspiration

OK, so, there isn't a definitive resource for "recipes for all your left overs" but I guess there will be one day

I wanted to use up some raw chicken, half a tin of pizza sauce, half a pot of sour cream, a large carrot and an orange...

I found this recipe: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/11/mashed-potato-casserole-crispy-baked-potato-topping.html

but as it serves 10 to 15 people(!) I had to reduce the ingredients by a large amount. It's handy, though, because I also had some sad looking spring onions lurking in the 'fridge.

I adjusted the recipe by using 3 potatoes:

I didn't weigh the rest of the ingredients, just used a small bunch of spring onions and a couple of slices of bacon and used-up a small lump of cheese.
Oh, and panko breadcrumbs - this is where Jack Malone comes into this - I didn't go and buy a bag of breadcrumbs. This is on Jack's blog:https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2016/02/08/dont-throw-that-away-an-a-z-of-leftovers-tired-veg-etc-and-what-to-do-with-them/
OK, so looking back through the A to Z I can't find the bit where Jack says to not throw away the discarded toasted bread crusts your child refuses to eat but to put them in a bag and keep them in the freezer and then blitz into breadcrumbs. I did that. It's fine

I made a "pizza chicken" using this as inspiration : https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1267633/chicken-parmigiana
with as above, for the breadcrumbs and the left over pizza sauce instead of making it as described in the recipe link.

We got pudding too!:

I made some carrot and orange muffins, there are chocolate chips in them too because I had some in the cupboard.
Years ago (probably 20!) Tesco used to sell carrot and orange muffins and I loved them, then, one day, they stopped. So, I took a box of chocolate chip muffin mix and added a grated carrot and the grated rind of an orange and, yay! happy muffins. I used SR flour from the store cupboard for this batch, though, and not a box

happy cooking :-)