This thread all seems to have gone a bit odd. I was only going to say that I had a small head of broccoli, a left-over leek, some cream, odds and ends of cheese and the remains of a packet of macaroni at 5.00 p.m. Later we ate broccoli, pasta and leek bake - and delicious it was! To make it pretty I sliced half a tomato, stuck it across the top and sprinkled the remains of the grated cheese over it before sticking it in the small oven to brown and crisp.
No, no-one taught me to cook. Mum was great at baking, but never passed it on to me, she was useless at main meals - I just learned as I went along.