Using up leftovers - Quiche

So, you just got a call to say your son is bringing his girlfriend round for dinner, 'ok Mum', and of course you said 'sure' before you looked in the fridge. You've got hardly anything in there, a few eggs, bit of bacon or leftover ham, a piece of cheese ... uh oh.

Don't panic, as long as you have a few basics, here's a meal which can really impress if you need it to and which can be made very economically to feed far more people than you would think.

Your answer is quiche.

It's probably one of the most versatile dishes there is. You can have it hot, straight out of the oven, you can eat it cold with a salad, you can put almost any filling in it, using up leftovers if you like. You can make it farmhouse style by leaving the pastry thicker or you can make a fine quiche by rolling a more delicate pastry ... that is to say, thinner.

But that's not all, a quiche will feed up to six people using just bits and pieces and as few as three to four eggs (depending on their size).

Quantities are not crucial when it comes to quiche, use what you have is the rule to follow.