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Here’s a recipe for one of our favourite Detox meals - the bean crock. Enjoy!

Bean Crock

2 cups of beans (eg butter beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, aduki beans) either soaked overnight and boiled in fresh water for one hour, or 2 tins
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, peeled and diced
2 large cloves garlic, crushed and diced
1 leek, chopped
3 large tomatoes (avoid if arthtitic), chopped
1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
Vegetable stock or tomato passata
Paprika, pepper
Mixed dried herbs
Handful of chopped parsley

Heat the olive oil in a sturdy pan at a medium heat. When hot, add the onion and the garlic and keep moving until translucent. Be sure to not to burn. Add a good pinch of paprika to colour the mix. Add the leek and sweet potato, and saute for a few minutes. Add the beans and stir, ensuring the colour of the paprika covers all the beans, adding more if necessary and to taste. After a few minutes, add the stock or passata and water, until the mixture is well covered. Add a little pepper if necessary. Throw plenty of mixed herbs in. Put the lid on, and put into the oven at a low heat for at least 3 hours if using dried beans, or one hour if tinned.
To finish, throw the chopped parsely over.

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Nicola
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Merry Christmas!

The festive season is here again, and we have a variety of perfect gift vouchers for that special someone. We’ve plenty of day spa packages for people who are living in the Leitrim and Sligo area, but also overnight breaks for people further afield.

We also have all of our wonderful retreats available as a gift voucher, so why not give the gift of health this Christmas, with a break filled with relaxation, regeneration and the skill to help you lead a healthier, happier life.

All of our gift voucher packages are listed below, and are available to buy over the phone on 071 91 34939 or online through www.ardnahoo.com/special_offers.php

Day Packages

Head to Toe Pamper ?180 (3.5 hrs)
The ultimate treat for someone special. Begin by melting your cares away in the Uisce Hour (a session in our indoor/outdoor wet area, including Detox Box Sauna and Hot Tub) before indulging in a Back, Neck and Shoulder massage, Fabulous Footsie and Skinglow Facial Massage. Detox tea and healthy snacks are included to nourish as you relax and drift away in bliss.

Stressbuster ?90 (2.5 hrs)
Relax and unwind with an Uisce Hour (a session in our indoor/outdoor wet area, including Detox Box Sauna and Hot Tub) and then indulge in a massage of your choice. Includes detox tea and healthy snacks.

Detox Treat ?60 (1.5 hrs)
Purify yourself with a session in our infrared detox box sauna, eliminating all toxins and burning up to 2400 calories. Followed by a nourishing massage of your choice.

Melt & Massage ?60 (1.5 hrs)
Soak your cares away in our outdoor hot tub, before feeling your muscles melt with an indulgent massage of your choice.

Uisce Hour for two ?60 (1.5 hrs)
Soak away your cares with a session in our Uisce Area, complete with detox box, steam room and hot tub. Lay back in the bubbles and gaze upon Loch Nahoo.

Residential Packages

Ultimate Chillout Break
Escape to our eco retreat and give your body the rest it deserves. This fantastic break includes either one or two nights accommodation in a private Eco Cabin, a soak in the outdoor hot tub, a massage of your choice and organic dinner on one night, as well as an organic welcome pack. With the different pricing options below, this is perfect for that special someone who deserves a completely pampering escape.
One night
?180 per single person (?280 at weekend)
?300 for two (?360 at weekend)
Two nights
?225 per single person (?360 at weekend)
?340 for two (?450 at weekend)

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Nicola
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Because it’s been too long. In honour of the change of the seasons, and to force myself to be positive about the freezing weather, this week’s Friday Five is celebrating the five best things about Winter.

1. Fires
It’s almost worth freezing your fingers off outside, knowing that you can come in to a blazing fire. Yes, it’s dark at 5pm, but the fire is roaring and you don’t have to worry about the outside world. This is where the hibernation kicks in for most people in Leitrim. Something has to be really blooming good to make us leave our fireplaces.

2. Winter Food
Mmm, winter food. Slow cooked with rich flavours, winter meals just warm you from the very core. A wonderful lamb stew, with meat falling apart on the fork…a split pea and sweet potato soup…shepherd’s pie…It’ll all sort you out.

3. Crisp winter mornings
When it’s not pelting with rain, those perfect winter mornings of watery blue sky, fresh (and freezing) air and a clouding of frost just make everything look like a picture book.

4. Hot Whisky
The perfect end to a winter evening. So long as it’s made properly, with clove-studden wedges of lemon, good quality whiskey and honey.

5. Duvets, scarves, blankets and jumpers
Snug as a bug in a rug.

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Nicola
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