Fried chicken and.... Interesting mistakes

Okay, so tonight's dinner was... quite interesting. Logan is certain I went insane there near the end. But I never promised perfection just (hopefully) edibility.

The only thing that turned out remotely okay that I want to make again was the fried chicken, so that is the  recipe I will give.

(Other items were gravy and mashed carrots and potatoes like in "sheppard's pie" because yesterday I made a potroast as meat was on sale. Though I only have 5 spices on hand (chili, cyanne, pepper, salt, and garlic powder) Turn out very delicious, Logan called them "lava potatoes". I tried to be a little ingenious to make mashed potoaoes without a masher or even a fair sized spatula, and  no pot for making gravy. I was smashing with a chopper and having never made any of this before I took on too much with too little.
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Anyways, onto the chicken.  My plan was to defrost some of my boneless tenderloins early on, but  forgot so I put on low in the microwave till soft. The following is not the exact recipe that Logan's mom uses, but she is the only one I have ever seen make fried chicken and I've never made myself.

I mixed my leftover egg wash from my perfect pretzels with some buttermilk in a tin pie dish.

In a bag I put about a cup of flour, some of all of my seasonings, and some baking powder for good measure. (again estimation, but turned out great.) (edit: Just found out she does not put baking powder in, that was made up on my part XD )

Then take your defrosted chicken and dredge it in the liquid, then roll around and shake in the powder. Repeat in the liquid and powder.

Fry in a pan of canola or peanut oil over medium heat till golden brown. Perfection somehow, though everything else in the meal was questionable as to thee appeal (I feel horrible abougt the "aborted potatoes" though still edible, interesting flavor :)

Leftovers -> Sheppard's Pie (American)

Read the previous post, Pot Roast to find out what the leftovers were.
We are only three people and so there was a good chunk of meat, tons of carrots (again next time don't use the whole bag!) and a few potato scraps left. My boyfriend's family had a favorite recipe, Sheppard's pie. True, its an American version, basically mashed potato covered meat loaf. Now, I had watched it being made but never seen a paper copy of the recipe.

Here is what I did:

Meat: I shredded it by hand nice and fine, taking out any chunks of fat or gristle. Mixed it with a pouch of meatloaf seasoning, 3 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, and the rest of a loaf of dried out rye bread (about 5 slices) crumbled. Mixed all together and spread in bottom of casserole dish, stuck in oven at 350 for 30 minutes.

Mashed veggie topping: I had to boil up a few more potatoes (with skins), and then mashed them in with the carrots and leftover potatoes. Crushed and pressed 2 cloves of garlic, 1 package of cream cheese, and a splash of milk to the right consistency. salt and pepper to taste. Turned out a nice peachy color.

Spread potatoes on top of the meat loaf, garnish with a bit of paprika and chives, stick in over for another 30 or so.

Served with brown gravy made from a packet with the strained liquid from roasting pan.

Verdict: Yummy Yummy Yummy Potatoes, I want to make that more often! The meat texture was weird, I think next time I would make BBQ sandwiches instead of meat loaf, it was too stringy. That and/or I would make the meatloaf with rice like my mom does for when she makes stuffed green peppers.