We are starting out on more Spring fare here, can't wait for some of the fruits and  veg to come down in price, been shopping around a lot for meat and buying fish in frozen 1kg lots to keep the price down as these days I never know who will  be home for dinner. (Or not!)

I am mean though, if it doesn't get eaten for dinner, I make them pack it for lunch instead of making more for lunches, as throwing out food is just not in my natue.

I don't have anything against frozen fish or meat if it's frozen correctly.  More often than not I prefer frozen calamari and octopus than fresh.  And from what I understand shrimp is always frozen, even the ones they sell at the fish market. 

But one thing I do avoid is buying in bulk.  I don't like to crowd my fridge with frozen blocks of meats and fish.  I mostly use my freezer for storing home made foods like soups, casseroles, etc.  The reason for this is because I once read a book called "French Women Don't Get Fat."  It explained that French women tend to visit the market everyday to see what is fresh.  At the time I was trying to eat healthy and lose weight and the store is close enough for me to walk, so every day I stroll down to the market and pick up enough groceries just for a day of eating.  My refrigerator is always clean and roomy, I walk daily, the food I buy is always super fresh, and there's never enough food in the house for me to over eat. 

Some argue that it is more expensive to shop this way but it doesn't matter to me, my health is a lot more valuable.

mummz, Icelands have a very big seletion of foods really cheap.
I bought the fish for £1.00 the sachet...4 tins of heinz baked beans £2.00 (treat for the boys) PG tips 360 tea bags for £4.00 the box...

I've found that my local butcher gives away bones (for making stock and tallow from) and fat and chicken carcasses, so I get a big bundle every couple of weeks and render my own lard and tallow for cooking, and make plenty of stock from the bones.  I've also taken to buying some of the cheaper bits of meat (such as cow's and pig's cheeks) to make into stews.  Liver, kidneys, heart all make an appearance in my shopping these days (I don't like heart very much, but if I mince it up it mixes in nicely with beef mince and bulks it out without tasting too much) as they are considerably cheaper than other cuts of meat.

Otherwise, meat from the "reduced" section of the supermarket goes straight into the freezer, and many of the vegetables there get bought and turned into soups with the stock I make, and frozen in portions.