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Can you help the Mash Monster Mummy?

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Morning guys!
I need some inspiration!
I have acquired the nickname of Mash Monster Mummy as apparently I serve mash a lot. (it's half joking as I don't serve it THAT much!!)
However, I have some left over mash in the fridge (I cook double the amount to try to save fuel) and some left over roast chicken. Enough of both to make 3 generous portions which would be fine served as chicken and mash tonight with some veg.....BUT.... what else could I turn this into so I don't have to face the Mash Monster Mummy song at the table?
Can you help?! I need ideas! :)
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  • I'd either freeze the mash n chicken separately to go towards other dishes or make a chicken hotpot with mash on top?
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  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    turn it into potato cakes or croquettes

    or tell them to cook !!
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  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,053 Forumite
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    Freeze and use to thicken soup.
    'Conceal' in fishcakes.
    Add chopped spring onions, butter and milk, and possibly salt and pepper & serve "Champ" the well known Irish treat (not sure how to pronounce britin!)
    Add cabbage & onion & serve "Colcannon"
    Add sprouts & cabbage & serve (BBC) Bubble & Squeak if you're tiring of any Irish references

    And, if none of these work, remind them Monsters have Teeth... Which emerge when the Monster's sense of humour is tired.

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  • Ooh champ and colcannon are yummy, I do them regularly for my Northern Irish husband.

    I sometimes add cheese or chopped fried onions to mash to make it a bit more interesting.

    My mum used to pipe mash onto a baking tray and bake in the oven, but I can't remember what these are called.
  • trolleyrun
    trolleyrun Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Cook some veg, reheat mash, mix them together and call it a snowstorm ;)

    Sorry, that's my best suggestion :)
  • Ooh champ and colcannon are yummy, I do them regularly for my Northern Irish husband.

    I sometimes add cheese or chopped fried onions to mash to make it a bit more interesting.

    My mum used to pipe mash onto a baking tray and bake in the oven, but I can't remember what these are called.


    duchess potatoes i think
  • Chris25
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    I'd add a couple of yolks or 1 egg & make duchesse potatoes, or you can make them into mounds with a dip in the middle to serve something like peas or beans in.

    Or, I'd mix the chicken with the mash & make the chicken equivalent of fishcakes :)
  • hilstep2000
    hilstep2000 Posts: 3,089 Forumite
    Use the chicken and potatoes in croquettes.
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  • sooty&sweep
    sooty&sweep Posts: 1,316 Forumite
    Jean Mitchell Roux junior made chicken croquettes on Food & Drink this week.
    He mixed mashed potato with left over roast chicken + other flavourings, sorry can't remember what they were. He then breadcrumbed them & deep fried. Served them with sweet chilli dip.
    They did look delicious !
    Jen
  • Soworried
    Soworried Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    We love chicken and stuffing pasties. Just add some onion and left over stuffing with the lo chicken and mash.
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