Batch cooking to save time and money

Dear reader,
You may have read of a September challenge that both Karen at Chelmarsh Chunterings and SFT are doing. You do 3 weeks worth of shopping and save the fourth weeks money. Stretch it September I believe.
I had the last 2 days off as I worked the weekend and got up with big man this morning at 4am as he was in work very early.
I had been googling for new ideas for packed lunches. The trouble with us is we take a sandwich then eat it about 11am then by 2 or 3 we are hungry again which then costs us money.
We work very long hours, sometimes 13 and 18 is not unheard of. We have to eat on the go and a sandwich, crisps and a drink for the 2 of us from a petrol station is a lot of pennies. Er, about 1200 pennies actually.
I am determined to provide more for,our lunches and got cracking in the kitchen first thing.
First I did my usual of peeling a load of onions and freezing them in my muffin tray for easy cooking another time. This is a huge time saver for me and the little cakes are just right for throwing into a stir fry, a curry a stew.

Then I made pastry. I only started making my own last week and follow the food processor method, so quick. Flour, butter, water. I leave the salt out.
I made spinach and feta pasties to take to work. I fried some onion then wilted a big bag of spinach and crumbled feta (Lidl own). My lovely mum bought me some pastie making cutters and crimper a. Brilliant!

  

Then I did a chilli using Quorn mince, onion, chilli sauce, tinned tomatoes and a tin of beans. Hot hot

We will take this to work so I froze two portions and then one larger for a home dinner.

Shepherds pie or is it cottage pie I think with beef?

Peeled and boiled potatoes, fried the mince with onion, stock cube and added some frozen veg to bulk it out a bit. Topped with the mash and cooked. Again, half for work lunch half for home dinner which we will have tomorrow.

I grated a huge block of cheese as I had the food processor out. I always do this as its handy and we use less.

I was really going for it and made cheese scones. Never done this before and very easy. Didn't make them thick enough so a bit flat but boy did they taste good with a scraping of butter while still warm.

I pottered into the garden for a break and noticed a load of ripe tomatoes. I fancied making some sort of chutney/relish after reading Frugal Queen last week. 

I found this recipe which is for a spicy one.

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