Right, I said I’d go first so here it is. Not the most salubrious of topics, but a start none the less – and it won’t be the last. As it happens, I Know A Thing or Two about lots of things….I must…I’m over 40 for goodness sake….I just having a bit of trouble thinking of what they are right now. Anyhoo….

How often to you get home from work after a long day, open the fridge and think ‘what on earth are we going to eat tonight’? Rather than pick up the phone to dial an unhealthy take-away, try some of these tips instead:

1. Look for eggs. You can do almost anything with eggs. And fast. If you have eggs, then look for stuff you could chuck in with them. I like to call this an ‘egg mess’. Basically scramble the eggs and toss in a bit of onion, some kind of left over meat (like ham), chopped up left over veges of any description, a tin of corn, or beans and a handful of cheese if you have it.
2. Put together like-ingredients. I tend to have a look at what’s there and then decide whether, as a group of ingredients, they’re more Asiany-type flavours, or Italian, or salady or something that lends itself to baking, grilling etc. Once you get that in your mind, you can start to think what might be done with them….a stir fry, a pasta etc
3. If there are no like ingredients? Then I’ll often chop whatever’s there up really small (veges, protein) so it’s almost indistinguishable, then stir fry the lot and add either some noodles or rice or something to pad it all out.
4. Check the freezer.  I’m not sure about you, but I’ll often freeze stuff for ‘later’ and then forget all about it until months later. For example I recently found some pureed pumpkin pods that I’d made for my 6 month old baby (she’s now in her second year of school). Check what you’ve got because you may have frozen some left overs at some stage, or have some meat or veges that can be added to what you have in the fridge.
5. Win with a tin. Tinned food is so underrated. And again, you often forget what’s there. I reckon we could live off the tins we have in our pantry for at least a month if it came to the crunch. Put something on toast, stir something through some pasta or see what you’ve got that could be combined with some fresh bits and pieces from the fridge.

So there you have it…..the very first I Know A Thing or Two About.
So who’s next?