I am loving all your tips. As we are here for 3 months it is financially impossible for us to eat out all the time. We have a cooker, fridge/freezer and washing machine in the apartment so we can cater for ourselves quite adequately, but as well as being retired we are on holiday too. We tend to have cereal or toast for breakfast. Maybe a sandwich for lunch, I cook 3 or 4 times a week and eat out the other evenings. Contrary to popular belief we do not drink alcohol much during the day, usually coffee or water. When we do eat out we tend to have a litre of house wine with our meal and occasionally we have a night cap at the Nut or next door at the Marvel. We buy mainly local items rather than UK brand names, apart from coffee that has to be Nescafe. Local bread from the bakery is quite cheap @ .80 for a fresh loaf. This makes us sandwiches and the rest is used for toast. When I cook it is sometimes an omelette, make from the delicious local eggs and a bit of salad. I find Chicken and minced steak or quite economical too. There is a great supermarket called Berettas on the way out of Arillas, their meat is excellent and cheap. They make their own souvlaki which we have grilled with salad. All in all I think we eat for less here than we do at home. I would guesstimate we spend around about 150 euros a week on food and drink. Anne
