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Take
a Photo Tour
of Praia D'El Rey Marriott Golf & Beach Resort
in the 13th Century village of Obidos, Portugal |
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Take a
Photo Tour of the Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells,
Palm Springs, CA |
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Spa Cuisine Spotlight: A
grilled
sandwich showcasing your summer tomatoes, courtesy of Lake Austin
Spa |
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The
Stowe Mountain Lodge & Spa in Vermont offers two private cooking
classes for groups up to eight guests, taught by Chef Sean Buchanan, one
of the state's foremost advocates of the local farm movement.
Available year-round from Sunday through Thursday. |
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Spa
index Bath
Cookies
Our most requested recipe!
2 cups finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 T light oil
1 tsp vitamin E oil
2 eggs
5-6 drops essential oil of your choice
Preheat your oven to 350 F. Combine all the listed ingredients and form into
a dough. Using a teaspoon or so of dough at a time, roll it gently in
the palm of your hand until it forms a ball. Form all dough into one
teaspoon balls, and gently place them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Consider sprinkling the bath balls with herbs, flower petals, cloves, citrus
zest and similar aromatic ingredients. Bake your bath cookies
for ten minutes, until they are lightly browned. Do not over bake. Allow the
bath cookies to cool completely. To use, Drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm
bath and allow to dissolve. Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12 baths.
Would you like to share our recipes with others, or print them on your own
website? Please feel free! We only ask that you take and share
those recipes which are NOT credited to other
providers (please seek their permission directly). Otherwise, please
credit us and link back to
www.SpaIndex.Com so that we may keep
the recipes flowing like water. Submit some of your own, too
Sharon G. comments:
"Hi! I enjoy your site, and appreciate all the recipes you
provide. However, I just made the "Bath Cookie" recipe and I have to say I am
quite disappointed. I followed the recipe exactly and found upon use that they
sink like a rock, take a long time to dissolve and not completely at that- I
think it is due to the egg. I did an internet search and found this exact
recipe on many sites. I also found on a forum (for those who make bath
products) that others have found this recipe to be terrible and have had the
same experience I have with it. I encourage you to test the formulas you post.
Thank you." Sharon G., Oregon.
Spa Index Responds:
"We test each and every recipe we post,
in the test kitchen in our office building, and, we use the products among our
staff extensively, prior to posting. We receive far more 'blah' recipes than
worthwhile recipes, and testing is essential to sort the wheat from the chaff.
For that reason, while we regret you had unfortunate results, it would be
impossible for us to surmise why the recipe is popular and works for some, but
not others, without overseeing the process, knowing the quality of ingredients
(fresh or not, large or small egg, hard or soft water). We have learned from
one staff member that the recipe doesn't work as well for
her in hard water,
whereas in our water, which is quite soft, it works quite well.
As for
finding the recipe on many sites, as stated on every single recipe we post, we
encourage our recipes to be shared, and we are accustomed to them being
reprinted on hundreds of sites. Our bath cookies has been posted since 1998,
and we have used this recipe several times, particularly at the holidays.
It's our most requested recipe, with yours being the first negative feedback we
have ever received.
Nevertheless, we are happy to
post both your comment, and our observation regarding hard water vs. soft
water, to alert future home spa enthusiasts that 'results may vary.'
Thanks for
writing. We hope you can enjoy some of the other recipes."
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