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Published by Harmonia Norah, 2020-03-03 05:05:41

WW08 2020

Woman's weekly magazine

SELF-CARE

Take 10
minutes
to... CLEAN

UP YOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA
PROFILES

FIVE-MINUTE HAPPINESS FIX When was the last time you Let it out
took a look at your social
Take the first step media and are you 100 per If you do one thing this week,
cent happy with everything make sure it’s that you allow
As the famous saying goes, the AFFIRMATION: that’s on it? Social media yourself to express your
journey of a thousand miles can be a source of anxiety emotions because it’s essential
and stress, so why not take for your health. According to a
begins with a single step. One “It is safe for me 10 minutes today to curate study published in the journal
of the easiest ways to boost to trust myself. I take your social feeds. What I Psychosomatic Medicine,
your happiness is to simply excellent care of myself mean by that is delete any suppress our emotions (in
start. What’s the one positive or posts or pictures which particular, grief) can increase
beneficial life change that you’ve in body, mind and don’t resonate with who you inflammation in the body, which
been procrastinating on? Today, spirit.” are now. Block any people is linked to a host of negative
who aren’t apart of your life health conditions. So how can
find five minutes to take the first anymore or who you’re not we express our emotions in a
comfortable sharing your healthy way? It’s all to do with
step towards cementing that change information with. Recheck taking the time to tune in.
your security settings so
in your life. you’re only sharing the type HOW TO: EXPRESS
of information that you YOURSELF
want to share with others.
You’ll feel so much better 1. In a place where you won’t be
once you do it. disturbed, sit down and take a
deep breath. Relax and tune in
WRITE IT DOWN If you’re prone to overthinking and anxiety, here’s something that can help. According to how you feel. Ask yourself:
How do I feel right now?
to experts stream-of-consciousness journalling can help to quiet down swirling thoughts and mental chatter.
How do you do it? Well all you need is a pen, a notebook and a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Put 2. Name the emotion that you’re
your pen to paper and just write down everything that’s in your head in a stream-of-consciousness. The aim currently feeling e.g. anger, fear,
here is not to judge what you’re writing or to try and edit it, but to be as honest as possible and literally ‘empty’ anxiety, frustrated.
your thoughts onto the paper. Try this practice just before bed to help you unwind and relax before sleep.
3. Now just breathe deep and
WGivHeYyDouOrNli’pTsYsOomUe…love? accept how you feel. Give
yourself permission to really feel
If the chilly weather is doing a number on your the feeling and to express it in a
lovely lips, why not take five minutes today to give healthy way.
them some love? ALISO is a new Irish skincare brand
that has some beautiful products to get your lips 4. Choose an activity that
feeling soft and soothed. Packed full of organically- will allow you to express the
certified ingredients, the brand is meticulously emotion safely. You might like
formulated. Simply slather on ALISO lip scrub in to write it all down, dance it out,
sweet mint (€12.95), give lips a gentle buff and rinse hit a pillow, do a workout or put
off. Follow with a lip balm of your choice. Repeat on some sad music so you can
whenever your lips are feeling sore and dry. cry it out.

PLEASE NOTE: If you’re dealing
with heavy feelings of grief,
anger, panic or depression it’s
always a good idea to speak to
your GP. Don’t be afraid to reach
out for support if you need it.

WOMANSWAY.IE 51

Tastes

like more
THESE DELICIOUS DISHES WILL MEAN CLEAN
PLATES ALL AROUND THE TABLE

Tarongia › manageable dough. a
Transfer the dough to
Sicilian Olive Oil-fried
Flatbread with Anchovy, floured surface and knead
Fennel, Dried Tomatoes
and Pecorino for a few minutes or until you

Serves 6 have a firm, smooth dough.

You will need Shape into a ball, place in a
For the dough
240ml lukewarm water bowl and cover with a cloth.
50ml red wine
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Leave to rise in a warm
1 tbsp runny honey
1 x 7g sachet dried yeast spot for 45 minutes or until
granules
425g strong white flour, sifted, › doubled in size. 6 equal
plus extra for dusting Cut the dough into
Grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
½ tsp fine salt portions. Roll out each piece
Olive oil
into a rough circle. Leave to
For the filling
1 bulb of fennel, cored and rest for 15 minutes before
finely sliced
75g sun-dried tomatoes packed › cooking. olive oil for
in oil, drained and roughly Heat enough
chopped
1 red onion, finely sliced shallow frying in a deep
1 fresh red chilli, finely sliced
18 salted anchovies pan to 170°C. In batches,
100g pecorino or caciocavallo,
grated carefully lower the breads
1 tbsp picked thyme leaves
Sea salt and black pepper into the hot oil using a metal

Method spatula or spider and fry for

› First make the bread dough. 5–6 minutes or until golden

Put the water, wine, oil and brown on both sides. Remove
honey in a large mixing bowl.
Add the yeast and stir well. and drain on kitchen paper.
Leave to activate and become
foamy. Now add a third of › Keep warm. heat a
the flour, the lemon zest and To make the filling,
salt and whisk in to make
a smooth batter. Mix in the sauté pan over a medium heat
remaining flour to make a
and add a glug of olive oil.

Add the fennel and season,

then cook for 3 minutes or

until softened and browned.

Add the tomatoes, onion

and chilli, stir and cook for a

further 3 minutes. Transfer to

› a bowl. the grill. Divide
Preheat

the fennel and tomato

mix among the flatbreads,

spreading it over the top,

followed by the anchovies

and then the cheese. Place

under the grill and cook for

3 minutes or until the cheese

is melted and golden brown.

Sprinkle with thyme and

serve.

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COOKBOOK

Whole Cinnamon

spiced Chicken and Pilaf

Serves 4

You will need “The elements of this dish
are very simple, just roast
1 free-range or organic chicken, some spice and some
chicken, 1.8–2kg rice. But the technique of
6 sprigs of thyme cooking everything together
1 lemon, cut in half in the same pot amplifies
Olive oil all the flavours and creates
2 tsp ground cinnamon the most delicious, sticky,
½ tsp ground cumin lemony, unctuous cinnamon-
1 tsp ground coriander spiced pilaf. A good amount
1 onion, finely chopped of credit for this recipe goes
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped to Claire Thompson who
1 cinnamon stick wrote the brilliant The Five
3 bay leaves O’Clock Apron cookbook.
350g basmati rice, rinsed well Her cinnamon chicken
with cold water, then soaked recipe is one of our family’s
in cold water for 30 minutes favourites. Needless to say
A handful of flat-leaf parsley a great chicken will give you
leaves, roughly chopped a great dish, so invest in the
Sea salt and black pepper best you can.”

Method

› Preheat the oven to

180°C/160°C fan/Gas Mark

4. You need a large, lidded

ovenproof pan or flameproof

casserole for this recipe,

large enough to cook the

› chicken and rice together.
Stuff the chicken cavity with

the thyme, a lemon half and

seasoning. Heat the pan or

casserole over a medium the rice and press down,

heat and add a good glug of then put the lid on the pan or

olive oil. Brown the chicken pot. Return to the oven and

all over, seasoning as you cook for 1 hour 20 minutes or

go, then sprinkle over the until the chicken is cooked

ground cinnamon, cumin through and the juices run

and coriander. Transfer to › clear.
Remove
the oven and roast for 30 from the oven and

minutes to further brown leave, covered, to rest for 20

› and cook the chicken. minutes. The rice under the
Remove the pan or pot
from chicken will be tender and

“From the Aeolian islands the oven (leave the oven on) delicious from all the chicken
off the Sicilian coast, this
wonderful bread is not for and lift the chicken on to a › juices and fat.
the faint hearted. The dough Lift the chicken
is fried in olive oil for a few plate. Put the pan or pot back on to a
minutes before the toppings
are added and then grilled over a medium heat on the chopping board. Remove
to finish. It is completely
delicious and the toppings can hob and add a little more the legs and breasts and cut
be varied to your liking.
The dough will naturally take oil. Add the onion with the each in half. Stir the chopped
on the flavour of the olive oil
used to deep fry, so be sure to garlic, cinnamon stick and parsley and juice of the other
go with a favourite variety.”
bay leaves and cook in the lemon half into the rice.

› oily juices until softened. Spoon it on to serving plates,
Drain the rice very well,
top with the chicken and

then add to the pan. Stir well serve.

to coat with the juices and continued on next page

season. Pour over a glass of

water. Place the chicken on

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COOKBOOK

“This recipe is a love letter
to the blood orange. The
blood orange, a slightly
bittersweet citrus fruit, is
only available in the winter
months a er Christmas.
Aside from the delicious
flavour of the blood orange
itself, which I absolutely
love, it is also the crazy
colouring of the flesh
that gets me excited.
The colours of the blood
orange rainbow are an
intoxicating swirl of yellow,
orange, pink, purple and
red, o ering the willing
participant a gastronomic,
psychedelic freak-out. It’s
a culinary trip well worth
taking!”

Blood Orange

and Saffron Jelly with
Blood Orange Granita

Serves 6–8

You will need
For the jelly

700ml blood orange juice
(from 9–10 oranges)
175g caster sugar
½ tsp saffron threads
7 small sheets/leaves of
gelatine (14g in total)

For the granita

220g caster sugar
500ml blood orange juice
(from 7–8 oranges)

Method

› For the jelly, pour the

orange juice into a

saucepan and add the

sugar and saffron threads.

Place over a medium heat,

whisking to dissolve the

sugar. Meanwhile, soak the › Once cold, pour the

gelatine in cold water to › set for about 4 hours. syrup into a freezerproof
For the granita, put the container and freeze, every
soften it. Drain the gelatine hour scraping through
with a fork until the syrup
and squeeze out excess sugar and 300ml of water is completely frozen and
resembles snow. Serve the
water, then whisk into the into a saucepan. Bring to jelly alongside the granita
for an incredibly fresh and
hot juice until completely the boil, stirring to dissolve light finish to a dinner. WW

› melted. the sugar, then boil over a
Strain the
mix through high heat to create a sugar

a sieve and pour into syrup. Whisk in the blood Recipes from Moorish by Ben Tish
(Bloomsbury Absolute). Photography by
individual glasses or a large orange juice. Pour the mix Kris Kirkham.

serving bowl. Cover and into a bowl and set aside to

place in the fridge. Leave to cool down.

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Add sliced carrots, stir well

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Layer the

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Plant Kitchen launched in M&S stores in 2019 and in 2020, they’re and season lightly again
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simply want to substitute a few meals each week with meat-free
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Buckinghamshire’s Stoke Stokes Park first of two hotels on our knots remained were
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very lake where Renée we’d little interest in treated ourselves to a glass
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Colin Firth once enjoyed a Suite was the high standard of imbibed while sashaying
spot of rowing. service we received! around the premises,
admiring the gilded
In fact, the five-star Standing amongst 300 mirrors, tapestries and oil
hotel’s proximity to acres of verdant parkland, paintings.
Pinewood Studios has seen this late eighteenth-
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take advantage of the sweeping countryside chef Chris Wheeler and
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Layer Cake, Wimbledon peeping through the trees fine-dining restaurant
and two James Bond films, in the near distance. Our delighted our taste buds by
Goldfinger and Tomorrow suite was so luxurious serving up some delicious
Never Dies. that after checking in, we venison; the first mouthful
were just short of casting immediately informed us
Madonna filmed her aside our itinerary and that their 3 AA Rosettes
directorial début here - allowing the four-post bed were well-earned.
W.E., which documented to swallow us whole!
the romance between Clad in our finest tweed
Edward VIII and American Inspired by the golfers jackets, the following
and tennis players working morning, we partook in
up a sweat outside, we some laser clay shooting.
eventually mustered the However, our whistle-
motivation to venture stop visit to Stoke Park
across to the modern had promoted such an
Pavilion sports centre abundance of serenity
where we de-camped within us that we struggled
for the afternoon, first to call upon those
unwinding in a hot yoga mischievous skills needed

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across the sky – even if it was › Stoke Park and Dukes shenanigans these well-worn
just for a lark! London offer four- walls have witnessed! Clegg, the iconic tailors located
night Town & Country in Piccadilly Arcade.)
That afternoon, instead of packages for two people Before the potent tipple got
clay, our target was Mayfair’s starting from £2,575. the better of us, we popped Even though the decadence
Dukes London - one of the Visit dukeshotel.com downstairs to the hotel’s of the weekend left us feeling
capital’s most treasured or stokepark.com for Great British Restaurant. The like royalty, every monarch’s
properties. This collaboration additional information. scrumptious menus, which reign must sadly come to
between the two hotels is are overseen by the talented an end. At least we’re now
inspired as guests receive an Dukes Hotel Norfolk-born Nigel Mendham, armed with a treasure box of
opportunity to experience feature traditional British memories. WW
the contrasting dynamics of by The New York Times as ‘one dishes with modern twists.
both town and country – even of the world’s best.’ As the Woman’s Way is
though the addresses are just mixologist deftly created us a Our sartorial inclinations continuously aiming to
40 minutes apart. gin and vodka Vesper, made received a treat the next cut down on our carbon
famous by a certain 007, we morning as we mooched about footprints so for our
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James’ Palace as neighbouring stores nearby. to London, we opted for
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yet cosy bedroom, a definite perfumer to Queen Victoria.
highlight of our stay here was
sampling one of the legendary (If there’s a chap in your life,
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lovers, 7UP Free will welcome winners to Radiance Mask is
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NIAMH’S LONDON TRIP: By Niamh Shields

Niamh was filled with ‘notions’ as she spent Valentine’s
weekend in the lovely London. From browsing around the
markets, being tourists going to the iconic London Eye,
Buckingham Palace and not to mention the West End. A
magic weekend with great company too.

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