Roasted monkfish, filo pasties, chicken curry

The scallops (which I won't be having again, although husband quite liked them) and monkfish were both bought reduced to half price as they were on date - as they're expensive that's the only way I'd be buying them.  The price of fish has really gone up lately, don't know whether it's to do with all this Brexit rubbish, or fishing quotas, or what.  Pity, as we do like fish and would eat more of it if it wasn't so expensive, particularly as we're eating so much less red meat now.

For dinner last night I roasted a tray of veggies - small new potatoes, Chantenay carrots, courgette (all from the cheap Lidl veg box), a sweet potato and an aubergine, with a big splash of olive oil, some smoked paprika and seasoning.  When nearly done I put the monkfish tails on top, brushed with oil, some fresh lemon slices (from the veg box) and salt & pepper and roasted for another 20 mins.  The fish was absolutely yum, really meaty and flavoursome.  We'll have it again IF it's reduced enough in price.

I had a box of filo pastry sheets and some leftover mashed potato, so made pasties.  Mixed some grated Cheddar, crumbled feta, chopped sun dried tomatoes and diced ham (remainder of the gammon joint we had the other day) into the mash, with parsley and sage.  Put a sausage shape of mash on each sheet of pastry, brushed with oil and rolled it up like a sausage roll and baked.  They've all gone in the freezer, to be taken out for packed lunches when we go for days out.

Husband asked for chicken curry tonight.  We have cooked roast chicken in the freezer, plenty of mushrooms, leeks of course, and half a jar of tikka paste in the fridge.  Think I'll put some chopped dried apricots in it too.  We'll have it with plain brown basmati rice, with some peas added.