[capt_noonie]

I also thought at first it was more expensive to eat healthy but if you only buy what is in season and eat everything you buy, it's not pricey. Frozen or processed foods are actually expensive. I'm really into using up everything I have.

For example, bf likes the market rotisserie chicken. After he's done with it, I save all the bones in the freezer and when I have enough I make chicken stock. Also I save all veggie peels in the freezer for the stock. Then I use the stock to make soups.

For pork shoulder or steaks, I cut off and save the fat in the freezer. When I have enough I render it down in the slow cooker to make tallow. I use that for cooking oil. Don't have to buy cooking oil anymore. Cuts with the fat untrimmed are usually cheaper IF you use the fat and not throw it away. Trimmed cuts are always more costly.

When your favorite fish is on sale, stock up and freeze it. Make sure you tell the fish monger you are freezing it, so they give it to you still frozen from the back, not the defrosted stuff in the front. Don't worry about buying frozen fish. 99% of all fish is from frozen. Unless you buy it alive from the tank or fish it yourself or know someone who does, they are all frozen.

Strawberries are in season now. I buy a crap load and clean and halve them and put them in the freezer. Anytime something is in season and cheap and does well in the freezer I buy a lot.

If you have a hispanic or asian market, get your produce there. SO much cheaper!