Frozen meat and fish

[elliedodger]

I was recently diagnosed with PCOS so I've been trying to up my protein intake and eat less carbs. Only problem is that it's costing me a fortune buying so much fresh meat and fish.

I was looking at frozen cod and chicken fillets in Tesco the other day and they're so much cheaper than buying fresh. I was thinking of getting some to cook with homemade sauces but wasn't sure if they'd be any good. I couldn't work out why they were so much cheaper if there wasn't that much difference in quality.

Does anyone use frozen meat and fish regularly? Do they still have a nice taste and texture to them and do they still have the same nutrients in them?

Thanks

We have fish as often as we can when eating as a family (that said ds2 doesn't generally like fish so we have to try him on new ones very occasionally to see if he likes it - crumbed whiting recently passed the test). I saw on a recent Jimmy Doherty programme on TV that frozen fish SHOULD be cooked from frozen (rather than MAY be cooked from frozen) because the structure of the flesh breaks down when the ice expands on thawing. A super-quick defrost, i.e. cooking, prevents this from happening. I learnt at school that water at 0 degC - 4 degC takes up more space than ice.