There was a scientific study I read some years ago now. They checked plaques in the arteries of people who were eating saturated fat rich foods during a stressful situation and during relaxation.
The plaques stuck to the walls of arteries during times of stress but very little when they were relaxed when eating yummy high fat unhealthy foods.
Annie, that is really interesting! I’ll go and see if I can find some more to read about that 
I’ve just eaten spinach & a jacket with the remains of yesterday’s spicy butter beans , lentil & sweet corn stew .
I made chickpea curry tonight, with my own spicy sauce. It was lovely, despite being too warm for curries.
We had homemade veg curry tonight … not bad, but the biscuits & cheese to follow was the best bit.
I haven’t had cheese and biscuits for years! Now I’m getting some tomorrow for the weekend! Thanks d00d! 
Could you share your chickpea and veg curry recipes? I would like to make this but there are so many varied recipes online not sure what’s a good one.
I’m quite a haphazard cook, Annie, are you sure? I don’t follow recipes.
Chickpea Curry -
Blend a pack of cherry tomatoes. Add in spices like chilli powder, tumeric, cumin. Add in chopped fresh garlic and some ginger. Salt & black pepper. Blend furiously again. Check taste and add accordingly.
Onions, chopped, heat in pan with garlic oil… add chickpeas, add the sauce, medium heat for about 10 mins. Make rice (Basmati, in the microwave) or popadoms. Put curried chickpeas on rice, in a bowl, garnish with fresh coriander.
Delicious and keeps you full for hours. You could add chicken or minced beef too, if you wanted to.
Thanks Pixie 
When you say “blend furiously” do you mean I should shout rude words and abuse at the mixture?
Hahaha! Well, if you are dramatic like that Ramsay fellow you could, but it was more of “ensure the mix of spices are fully dispersed throughout the sauce, before adding to the chickpeas” 
Past times they did NOT have the additives like we have to contend with today…
Except that fertiliser was in use to some extent though.
Plastic is in food Plastic is destructive however you dress it up or down.
We have low priced ice cream for instance…contains insects…true, although there are worse things of course.
What we buy in the supermarkets is dictated to us. Try and buy pure food, difficult one that…
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Money making is sadly a priority over all…
Have a good weekend…
Dianne my experience of France is that you have better quality produce in your shops. The veggies taste far more flavoursome, you have those lovely pots of set natural yoghurt that we used to be able to buy here but they replaced them with massive pots instead. The wine doesn’t taste like it’s been in a rust bucket. The bread is a spiritual experience. The coffee is exquisite. All that is just normal living there. I haven’t seen giant supermarkets like ours being the only source of fresh food anywhere in the world aside from the US. Our regular greengrocers etc have all been pushed out of high streets or they are just too expensive for most pockets.
AnnieS our markets are full of good fresh Produce now most are opening again. We have alway plenty of produce in the Supermarkets even just before Public Holidays, I found the UK ones we used, to have a shortage of fresh foods at Holiday periods.
You still need to shop carefully some fresh foods are not so good as they should be.
The supermarkets are very different from years ago,when they were smaller and more personal. The varieties are vast in some ranges…Tins of Tomatoes Tomato Sauces anything Tomato comes to mind…rows and rows.so seems to me OTT,
Swings and Roundabouts…
I like living here, I like the people, so apart from mad drivers normally the older generation and the vast amounts of paperwork can bog you down. It suits us…
We found a Lidl in Dinard Dianne. Even the Lidl produce is better than it is here. They also had this super organic shop with the most amazing foods and products. I suppose in marketing studies we must prefer nice looking veg and fruit rather than flavoursome produce.
We are really into tinned sardines … shared two tins: Tesco @40p, John West @£1 … equally as good.
Plus new pots, gherkin.
Nice.
Cheese & biscuits.
We eat lots of fresh fruit. Breakfast, lunch & supper.
Today … oranges, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, bananas, cherries. All dirt cheap at local street markets.
I bet that tastes better than the supermarket stuff Dood.
Hmmm … not sure it’s any different.
mmm not so healthy today.
Porridge made with water and 2 fresh prunes. Tea.
Cod, Chips and side salad. Tea.
Tonight: Cheese roll. Tea.
Breakfast: Toast, peanut butter. tea.
Dinner: Fish, jacket potato, cauliflower cheese, leeks.
Supper: Cereal.
