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Easy
Learn how to
open a bottle of
Champagne
without turning
the cork into a
heat-seeking missile.
Peel off the foil, then
untwist the wire and remove. Hold
the bottle at a 45˚ angle from your
body (and any bystanders), then
cover the cork with a teatowel and
grip. Gently twist the bottle round
and slightly down so that the neck
eases smoothly away from the cork.
Intermediate
Start using this insider tip on getting
the table you want on repeat visits to
restaurants. If you like where you're
seated the first time you dine
somewhere, make a note of your
table number - it should be printed
on your receipt. Then just ask for
that number when you make your
next booking. Obvious, really, but
only when you know how.
Hard
Don't be the one who's responsible
for a badly carved turkey - sign up
for the Carving for Christmas
evening course (£60) at
Divertimenti (www.divertimenti.co.uk;
020 7486 8020). Or invest in
Sunday Roast: The Complete Guide
to Cooking and Carving by Johnny
Scott and
Clarissa Dickson
Wright (£14.99;
Kyle Cathie;
O offer
£13.99) or see our
guide on page 135.
Eat more, weight less!
If Christmas feasting has got the better of you, and you're exhausted at the idea of reading, let alone attempting to do any of our 12-month resolutions, may we suggest just one thing: eat smarter and lighter this year. Each of the following suggestions isn't a quick fix, but they all add up to being able to eat more without gaining any more weight. Brilliant.
We're not talking about bulking up on creamy kormas or making a beeline for the deep-fried starters at your local Thai. Instead, swap your usual pasta midweek supper for a more fragrant, lighter option. Cook more grilled or steamed fish, stir-fried veg, and make salads with chilli and lime to beef up their flavour. Here are five of the Olive team's favourite weeknight meals:
- soy and ginger marinated grilled trout with steamed bok choi
- miso soup with shiitake and tofu
- teriyaki salmon with spinach and noodles
- tom yam goong: a fragrant Thai hot and sour prawn soup
- seared tuna steak with sesame broccoli
Buy good quality, well-reared meat rather than a huge slab of the cheap stuff. Because it will cost you a little more, you may decide to eat meat fewer times per week. Fill the rest of the plate with veg - it isn't rocket science. And no, potatoes don't count as veg.
Ditch the TV dinners, however addicted you may be to Spooks. Apparently the main problem with scoffing in front of the TV is that watching TV slows your brain down because it is so easy to do, so you use up less calories while you are eating. Also, focusing on Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) means you might not listen to your body's full-o-meter and end up putting away more mushroom risotto than you really fancied. Chatting (or reading a book or playing Sudoku) while you eat has the opposite effect, bumping up the effort your brain has to make and using up more of those calories you are consuming. Who knows what the power of a family row over a mealtime could be?
Simple: no fat and negligible calories - you can just keep going.
Carrot and coriander, tomato and basil, pea and mint, cauliflower and thyme - chop the ingredients, add hot stock, cook and blend - it's a cinch. For more soup recipes go to bbc.co.uk/food.
How many lattes and cappuccinos are you knocking back every day? Swap one or more for a green or fruit tea. Easy and surprisingly painless.
Studies show that more sleep equals less fat. So sleep more and you should end up healthier and lighter. That would be good quality sleep, not a drunken stupor.
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