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FOOD FEATURE

2020!Welcome

UNISLIM’S TIPS FOR
MAKING IT A GREAT YEAR

The New Year is a fresh
beginning so use nature’s
positive new energy to start
creating the life you want.
Make the most of this amazing
opportunity to make 2020 your
happiest and healthiest year.

› Treat yourself to a gorgeous

new journal and write down

your dreams and goals for

the year ahead. The pages are

blank and you’re writing your

› own story! If there’s a “Believe in
Clear the clutter: your dreams
because it’s
wardrobe, a room or drawer never too late
to make them
that’s full of old clothes or
happen”
junk now’s the time to tidy

it up. A clear space creates a

› clear mind and a happier you.
Every evening before you go

to sleep write down three › head to unislim.com. › make them happen.
Meatless Mondays: Try Focus on your strengths:
things you’re grateful for. It to eat

could be as simple as a frothy at least one meatless meal per Acknowledge the things

cappuccino you enjoyed › your social circle. week which is good for your you’re great at rather than
Be kind: Firstly to
while reading the paper or an yourself, health and the health of our what you’re not! Nobody is

exercise class that you loved. but spread the love by being › planet. › amazing at everything!
Eliminate Spend more time with people
Gratitude leads to happiness genuinely kind to those the negative in

› and a better night’s sleep! around you and see how your life: Be it toxic people who you love and who
Challenge yourself: Why
› infectious it can be. who zap your enthusiasm or appreciate you: These people
Make 2020 your healthiest
don’t you take up a new negative energy which drags › just make your life happier.
Download more: Listen to
hobby or skill? Master happiest year: If your weight you down, make 2020 your

something you’ve always is in the way of health and year to live free of as much some fun, motivating and

wanted to do while feeling a happiness then come chat › negativity as possible. inspirational podcasts while
Unplug: Try to switch off
› serious sense of achievement. to us at unislim.com where and you’re commuting to work or
Have more fun: Look at
we’ll give you tips, advice and unplug more from technology. listen to a novel while you’re

your calendar and schedule details of your local Unislim This can be hard, so make a going for a walk. Time will fly

in a few girly lunches or › classes. few easy ground rules like no › and you’ll learn lots too.
Keep it balanced: Be more environmentally
› weekends away with friends. When it phones at the dinner table, or
Get the party started: Don’t
comes to healthy lifestyle no technology for the first 15 friendly: We’ve only one

always wait for someone else changes aim for a balanced › minutes in the morning. planet so all let’s work
Be bold: What’s your big
to organise a gathering. Invite approach - three healthy › together to help save it. By Fiona Gratzer
Live your best life: And
some pals to the movies or for › meals and two snacks per day. audacious dream? Is it to run
Cook more: There’s nothing
a walk on the beach. You’ll a marathon, start your own if you do at least five out

be amazed how grateful so satisfying and nutritious as business or travel the world? of these tips you’ll have

everyone will be and how making your own nutritious Believe in your dreams a wonderful year ahead!
Happy New Year. WW
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Breakfast

withSTART THE DAY THE WELLBEING WAY

Salted Method Serves 1
Caramel
Oaty Wa es * In a bowl, mix the porridge 1 Bite per
serving
(Waffle iron required oats with the low-fat
or if you don’t have natural yoghurt, salted Method
one you can use a non- caramel flavouring, baking
stick frying pan) powder and egg. * Make porridge as per

You will need * Using a hand blender, blitz packet instructions
60g porridge with oat milk.
70ml low fat natural yoghurt mix until smooth.
½ tsp caramel flavouring * Once porridge is made
¾ tsp baking powder * Pour the mixture evenly
1 egg mix through a handful
into a waffle iron or you of berries and sprinkle
can use a non stick frying the cinnamon and
pan and make small seeds over the top.
pancakes from the mix
and cook until golden and
crispy.

Avocado Blueberry
& Eggs Porridge
(Vegan)
You will need
Half an avocado You will need
2 eggs 60g porridge
2 x 30g wholemeal Oat milk
bread, toasted Sprinkle of cinnamon
A handful blueberries
1 tsp mixed seeds

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bread.

* Top each slice

of toast with a
poached egg and
some cracked black
pepper.

WOMANSWAY.IE 55

2020 TRENDS
WILL YOUR HOME BE GIVEN A NEW LOOK FOR THE DECADE AHEAD?

From gleaming metals and techniques and traditional Adonis. “Mixed textures and palette will enhance the
rich opulence, to unfussy, etched surfaces. Rich serene scenes are seen in sanctuary of the home.”
functional pieces, the textures and luxe gleaming calm tonal blocking. Colours
dawn of a new decade has metals add sumptuous to invest in include whites, So Assembly
something for everyone. elements to rough and softened teals and olives,
Interior designers are already irregular black surfaces dusky pinks and light grey.” The retro modern feel
predicting how we’re going of unearthed pasts. Add combines reassuring
to be dressing our homes in finishing touches to the Grounded Rituals nostalgia with playful
2020. So, how’s it looking? To home to complement the rounded shapes and graphic
find out, we’ve gone behind trend such as cushions, This one’s all about a prints. Imperfect outlines
the scenes at Top Drawer, the glassware or vases,” suggests natural autumnal, are key in mid-tone brights,
UK’s leading design-led trade Healy-Adonis. earthy, tactile anchored in rich navy and
event, where Louise Healy- vibe that’s tied coffee tones.
Adonis - trend forecaster and Introspection to nature and
senior strategist at Flamingo wellbeing. “Irregular graphics and
- shares her insider insights This trend sees muted, These mid-tone brights will add
for the coming seasons. multiple inputs from our everyday the modern retro feel to the
surroundings, dialled down items are home. Look out for organic
From the finest fabrics to into subdued colours and elevated shapes with a sophisticated
brilliant basics, here, Healy- calm tonal blocking. This through the craft crafty feel. This will be seen
Adonis reveals the key is not stark minimalism of honest materials and through dining wear, throws
features of 2020’s hottest- - think meditative and the uniqueness of nature, and cushions and decorative
tipped interior design and calming with multi textures. answering the need for quiet items,” she explains.
homeware trends, and how we restorative rituals.
can get the look... “Soft winter pales and
warm neutrals create “This trend brings the
Modern Relics meditative, clean palettes grounding of nature into the
that are grounded in natural home through raw materials
A contrast of delicate and materials,” says Healy-
strong shapes and details, and handmade pieces.
with mixed textures. The One-of-a-kind By Sam Wylie-Harris
idea of unearthed antiques products are
interplays with modern formed in
materials to create future metal accents,
heirlooms. woven textiles
and tactile
“This trend sees classic wood. This
shapes given a contemporary restrained
look through new digital detailing and
pared-back

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HOME

Bio Flux “Tonal blues Adonis. “Historical detailing
are still a key stylised with modern twists
This trend speaks to the trend for 2020, including gold-edged art
mix of organic and hyper- moving into prints, this is a key trend
real, where natural looks a more yellow which is staying around for
sci-fi and bio-design is the tone, adding another season.”
future, today. warmth, calmness
yet opulence to the Industrial Organics
Healy-Adonis says: home,” explains Healy-
“This scientific and sterile This trend speaks to the
trend sees a mix of organic in-between space of
shell-like dark tones and man-made and organic,
iridescence modernise of the chunkiness of old
ombré styles. The unique machinery, but with the
and free-form nature of the ease and simplicity needed
materials offer interesting for an uncomplicated life.
overlays of organic “With the focus on unfussy
colours.” functional pieces, this
trend includes
Sublime asymmetric bold
Opulence shapes contrasted
with soft tones.
Maximalism is Pale dusty pinks
muted with a and mints, rust,
palette of deep ochre and blues are
blues and yellow grounded by warm
golds. Velvets and naturals and stark
metallics reference black,” suggests
historical detailing and Healy-Adonis. WW
add serenity.

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those who think it’s a Caribbean is their famous playa,
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“Locals say that Gran a fuss seem to be the two, and sandcastle makers, we
Canaria has a European long-term residents of quickly understand why
mind but a Caribbean the excellent Christopher it has been the recipient of
soul,” our tour guide Columbus museum: a such praise.
reveals as we stroll around pair of chatty parrots who
Vegueta, the old quarter nosily prowl the courtyard! Not even the roar of the
of Las Palmas. “We call waves crashing against
each other ‘darling’ or In fact, their plumage the rocks can drown out
‘sweetheart’ - even if we’re perfectly mirrors of the sound of our hunger
meeting the person for the vibrancy of our pangs so we pop into the
the first time! Here, it’s all surroundings. As the Mercado del Puerto - a
about love!” Woman’s Way team market designed in the 19th
explores this historic area, century by none other than
With every passing we can’t help but admire Gustave Eiffel. Here, we
moment of our whistle- the candy-coloured imbibe the odd splosh or
stop trip to the Canaries’ exteriors and trendy two of Canarian wine while
third-largest island, we shop fronts. That’s saying sharing some delicious
learn how accurate these nothing of the turquoise tapas including local
claims are - despite it being and vermillion doors - delicacy papas arrugadas
Saturday, the atmosphere their naturally distressed - or wrinkled potatoes -
here in the capital city is state currently being just the ticket for any Irish
relaxed and chilled. The tourist feeling homesick!

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TRAVEL FEATURE

By Tara Corristine Our lodgings for the Mogan Gran Later, we enjoy a well- The Christopher
weekend is the five-star Canaria earned lunch in the nearby Columbus Musuem
Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Restaurante El Alpendre - a
Gran Canaria Mogan, which the dramatic route there gets charming, family-run eatery Blu Resort Gran Canaria in
stands tall towards the south the adrenalin pumping, the that uses fresh, locally sourced Arguineguin, the hotelier’s
of the island. Like some of its village’s white walls, cobbled produce. A talking point is the second property on the island.
younger guests, this sprawling, streets and red bougainvillaea black pudding that differs from Towering above the southern
family-friendly resort is just bushes return the heart to what we’d find in the Emerald coastline and equipped with
three-years-old but deftly a normal pace. A haven for Isle thanks to the simple but swimming pools, tennis courts
incorporates decades of artists, our wanderings are ingenious addition of yummy and a bijou spa, the hotel was
experience acquired by the fuelled by some almond almonds! launched in 2012 following
trusted Radisson brand. biscuits - a local delicacy an extensive multi-million
- courtesy of a delightful Our dessert - in the form of makeover. The sterling results
In addition to being spacious, panadería. ice-cream made from goat’s are evident in every flourish.
our bedroom enjoys stunning milk - comes courtesy of
mountain views with the To get a sense of what the Aragueme café located Before dining in their
Atlantic Ocean waving at us life was like for primitive in the nearby Agüimes, top-floor 222°SW Bar & Grill,
in the distance. While the Guanches, the natives of an excellent example of a we guzzle some Cava on the
Spanish are famed for their the island, we then explore traditional Canarian hill town. terrace and say cheerio to the
siestas, we resist the urge to the archaeological site of La As we make light work of a sun as it disappears below
collapse onto our soft, cloud- Fortaleza de Ansite, which couple of scoops, we wander the horizon. We also have the
like bed and, instead, recharge comprises of three large rocks through the streets and bask good fortune of witnessing
in the hotel’s spa where we - Fortaleza Grande, Fortalexea in the relaxed and timeless some fireworks - apparently
receive one of their signatures Chica and Titana. There are atmosphere. organised to celebrate a
back massages. We’re also remnants of dwellings, burial couple of lovebirds’ recent
impressed to learn of the many grounds and worshipping That evening, we are guests engagement. The spectacular
treatments on offer for their areas to discover but a of the stunning Radisson display reminds us of the
junior guests - another reason highlight is a jaunt through comments made by our guide
why this property is proving to the caves - some natural, some FACT BOX the day before when she talked
be the ideal choice for families. artificially made - all of which › Radisson Blu Resort & about the abundance of love
spectacularly frame the unique Spa Gran Canaria Mogan enveloping the island.
That evening, we eat at landscape around us. offers rooms from €125
the hotel’s fine-dining Filini per night on a B&B basis, Well, the Woman’s Way
restaurant, one of three Amongst other things, based on two people team can now agree with these
options available, and almost here, we learn about the sharing. Double rooms sentiments with certainty -
feel guilty devouring the 15th century battle between plus B&B in Arguineguin over the course of our weekend
various Italian dishes - notably the original inhabitants and start from €209 getaway, we’ve completely
the variety of antipasti options the Castillian invaders who (radissonhotels.com). fallen for the charms of this
- such is the artistry of their eventually conquered the Canarian isla whose colourful,
compositions! island in 1483. Legends about hidden magic is just waiting to
Guanches dying by suicide be uncovered. WW
Following a nightcap in the rather than conceding defeat
poolside bar, we return to our following decades of resistance For more information on Gran
bedroom and do like Rip Van are particularly haunting. Canaria, visit grancanaria.com
Winkle, quickly falling into
a deep slumber. Surprisingly,
there’s not a sound to be heard
despite the fact that all 422
rooms are fully occupied - a
tip of the hat to the brilliant
architects of the property.
(Incidentally, the next morning
over breakfast, we learn that
part of the resort’s design
was modelled on the Giant’s
Causeway!).

It’s not just Gran Canaria’s
coast that excites visitors to
the island; so, too, does the
mountainous landscape. Our
second day’s itinerary begins
with a visit to the picturesque
Fataga, located in the Valley of
a Thousand Palm Trees. While

WOMANSWAY.IE 59

Travel news SAFETY FOR ALOMVEYS
SKIN

CHILL OUT IN CORK Whether you’re hitting the
ski slopes or enjoying some
Book into the Cork International Hotel this January and enjoy an sunshine abroad this month,
overnight stay with breakfast from just €105 per room per night. make sure to pack your SPF.
This offer is subject to availability and extends to stays up to the P20 has a unique formula
end of March 2020. that’s non-greasy, non-oily
For details log on to www.corkinternationalhotel.com and fragrance-free, offering
ultimate coverage whether you’re in
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part? Its protection can last for up to
10 hours a day. The range is available
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Available from leading pharmacies and
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DITCHING PLASTIC EXPLORE INDIA

Over the past 18 months, Take a once-in-a-lifetime holiday with TD
active Holidays this year and enjoy a 12-night
Brittany Ferries has been getting escape to beautiful India. Highlights of this
small group tour include Humayun’s Tomb,
rid of single-use plastics from the Taj Mahal, the marketplaces in Delhi, a
Bollywood film screening, yoga and more.
its on-board restaurants and This package is available from €1,999pps and
includes return flights, transfers, three-
cabins. A massive 5,664,400 star hotel accommodation, a traditional
homestay, daily breakfasts, six dinners and
items of plastic have been eliminated, including over two excursions with an expert local guide. Flights
depart in September.
million cups. To take the place of these single-use plastics, For details call 01 637 1633 or log on to
www.tdactiveholidays.ie
environmentally-friendly alternatives made from

Sun bamboo, cardboard, paper and wood are now
and sand on offer. Speaking about ditching the plastics,
Brittany Ferries CEO Christophe Mathieu said:

Enjoy seven nights at the RIU “The sea is our home, so of course we’re

Buena Vista in Playa Paraiso, deeply aware not only of its beauty, but also
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Happy shopping Taking
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Hit up the January sales in style with this fantastic
shopping package from Dublin’s five-star Dylan Now here’s a lovely o ering from Fota
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Rathbornes 1488 candle. Available from €89pp and suitable for
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For details call 021 480 0500 or

log on to www.fotaisland.ie

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HOME & AWAY

DAY TRIPPING TRAVEL IN STYLE Get walking

Do something different this year and Know a frequent flyer in need of Get active this month with a unique walking
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see Ireland like you’ve never seen it beautiful luxury silk travel set from Co Mayo. Taking place on the weekend
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company. With Wild River Tours you globetrotting. Each set includes a and use of the thermal suite in Spa Salveo
travel size silk pillowcase designed from €235pps. This package also includes
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mask, a hair scrunchy and a pouch For details call 098 28600 or log on to www.
like the Cliffs of Moher, the Giant’s to keep your set together. knockrannyhousehotel.ie
€79, available online from
Causeway, Glendalough and more. The www.whiteandgreenhome.com

company also offers special two-day And breathe…

tours which allow you to delve even Throughout January and February, the Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore and
Cliff at Lyons in Kildare will be offering guests a complimentary yoga class.
deeper into beautiful areas like the ring Running from Mondays to Fridays, the classes will offer guests the chance to
relax and slow down. One night’s bed and breakfast in Cliff House Hotel is
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TAKE THREE... WOMANSWAY.IE 61
REASONS TO TAKE A
DAY TRIP IN 2020

A lot of people believe that in order to
really explore a place, you need a few
days there but that isn’t always the
case. This year an old travel trend is set
to be highlighted again – the humble
day trip. Why should you consider
getting away for a day this year? Here
are three reasons to put it on your
bucket list for 2020.
1. They’re totally accessible – One of
the best parts of a day trip is the fact
that you don’t have to use up any of
your holiday days in work or take time
away from your busy life. Day trips work
with our schedules. You can take them
on the weekends or, if you’d like, you
can just clear a single day to head off
and go explore.
2. They’re inexpensive – Okay, so
technically you still have the expense
of your travel and food (at least). But
you’re saving money on flights, week-
long accommodation, travel insurance
and much more. The day trip offers
a relatively inexpensive travel option
for people who don’t have the cash to
splash on a week-long, all-inclusive
escape right now.
3. They have just as much benefits of a
longer holiday – One reason why people
love holidays so much is because they
give us a chance to relax and unwind.
On a day trip you still get to take your
break and relax. You also get the chance
to broaden your horizons in your home
country and experience new things.
What’s not to love about that?

OUR WEEK

ChriRstemadas MAXIMARVELLOUS HAVE A SNEAK PEAK INTO THE
EDITORIAL TEAM AND THEIR WEEK
Our sta writer Niamh Our new fashion trend
received this beautiful copy at the minute here in JANUARY 6-13
of Pride and Prejudice by the o ce is maxi skirts.
Jane Austen for Christmas. Going out a er work and QUOTE
They say don’t judge a book by its don’t have time to go back
cover but credit where credit is due to home to change? Fear OF THE WEEK
the publisher, Chiltern Publishing, as not. Team your maxi skirt
this copy is stunning. Niamh read all with a cosy jumper and “In a world where
throughout Christmas until she forgot make a quick change in you can be anything,
what day of the week it was – bliss! the evening with a fancy be kind”
What did you read over Christmas? top. A life saver fashion – UNKNOWN
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A few of our sta members Motivation Music
treated themselves to a ernoon The lovely Dana is back with her new album
tea with their families over My Time and we are in love with the track
Christmas. How good does ‘Falling’. The ultimate pick-me-up song.
Áine’s look – jealous! Let us
know where your favourite place And breathe HAPPY BIRTHDAY AINE
to have a ernoon tea is by
writing in to us: We’re getting back OUR LOVELY EDITOR ÁINE CELEBRATED
[email protected] into the swing of HER BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK. WE
things this week by HOPE YOUR DAY WAS FILLED WITH
practicing the art of HAPPINESS AND PLENTY OF GOODIES
taking a breath. It’s ÁINE, YOU DESERVE IT.
the perfect remedy
when you’re feeling a
little stressed, frazzled or in need of some
relaxation. Just take a deep breath and
then let it out. Simple!

CHOCOLATE COMA By Niamh Shields

We ate all the chocolates from our Christmas
tins, coconut chocolates included. It would be
rude to see them go to waste, right? Needless
to say we are sick of chocolates this week
(Just kidding! Can you ever really be sick of
chocolate?).

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COLOUR IN CORNER

Take a few minutes peace and quiet out of your busy day to colour in this powerful picture. As you concentrate on colouring,
expect to feel increased levels of wellbeing. We encourage you to tap into your creativity and balance your self-expressive chakras.

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