Well I can absolutely see why Mediterranean folk are said to have better diets. Yesterday my lovely farmer neighbour brought me some heavenly ripe figs and a huge bag of last year's almonds, to thank me for letting her gather the carobs from our trees (wholesale prices for carob are high this year so everyone's out bashing the pods down at the moment).
The almonds are still in the shell, which slows me down, thankfully, as they are so creamy-tasting.
I was also given a big bag of plums by a different farmer, who I'd gone to see about some peacock eggs. The eggs are under my broody hen, we'll see in a month's time whether they hatch. The plums are divine. The Portuguese are so crazily generous.
Anyway, today I did a HIIT workout followed by a 10 minute yoga cool down and meditation. I've also started a CBT programme for improving my sleep.
Lunch of yoghurt with oats, chia and flax seeds, plus a few raspberries. Then a couple of oatcakes with goat liver pate, tuna pate and a few capers.
Dinner will be a tuna and rice pilaff salad with tomatoes and homemade mayonnaise, and some corn on the cob with garlic and herb butter.
Also had couple of heavenly figs and a handful of almonds. A square of dark chocolate and maybe a plum will finish off the day's eating later.
We have just had a carob gin portini, because we've had a stressful day wrestling with the plumbing (my husband's recipe - cheap Lidl gin which has had carob pods steeped in it for a week, blended with dry white port and a twist of orange).