Spa Blog: Getaways, Features, Tips, Best Recipes, More
Soft, cake-like ginger bars are the perfect occasional treat. Try for breakfast, dessert, or a snack.
September 1, 2021 | Spa Index
The spa’s executive chef developed cornmeal raisin scones to serve a hearty but low-fat breakfast treat to guests.
July 20, 2020 | Spa Index
This delicious and hearty banana bread is a guest favorite at the Pritikin Longevity Center.
May 15, 2020 | Spa Index
This moist quick bread is rich with zucchini, bananas, nuts and dates. Golden Door Spa serves it as a part of a hearty breakfast.
March 28, 2020 | Spa Index
The spa’s executive chef created maple walnut butternut squash muffins as a low-fat breakfast treat. Packs well for hiking, too!
January 20, 2020 | Spa Index
This Whole Wheat Applesauce Bread recipe takes advantage of low-fat low-sugar applesauce, whole wheat, Greek yogurt, and walnuts.
December 19, 2019 | Spa Index
These soft, cake-like Pumpkin Pecan Oatmeal Snack Bars pack well for a portable breakfast, dessert, or snack.
December 14, 2019 | Spa Index
Serve these sweet and tart little donuts for breakfast, dessert, or a coffee break. Naturally gluten free and vegan.
June 29, 2019 | Kitchens Spa Index
This family and kid-friendly recipe for High Protein Pretzel Buns is from Skyterra Wellness Retreat in North Carolina. This bun has more protein than a traditional dough recipe, no yeast is required, and it’s quick to prepare.
May 22, 2019 | Kitchens Spa Index
These lighter version of a favorite treat lets you enjoy a whole wheat cinnamon roll with cream cheese icing for less than 150 calories.
March 3, 2019 | Kitchens Spa Index
Lemon Almond Breakfast Cookies store well, travel well, and are better than an additive-filled “snack bar” for sure!
February 23, 2019 | Kitchens Spa Index
This delicious and hearty bread is a guest favorite at the Pritikin Longevity Center.
January 21, 2019 | Kitchens Spa Index
This is a tasty Blueberry Lemon Bundt Cake created by the chefs at Utah’s Red Mountain Spa. It uses Cup4Cup brand gluten free flour, fresh or frozen blueberries, and tangy lemon, to create a simple dessert, or a sweet breakfast treat.
July 28, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
The spa uses this savory bread recipe for grilled sandwiches, as baguettes, hamburger buns, and skinny bread sticks.
February 21, 2018 | Spa Index
These golden and Autumn spiced Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins are served at the Blue Mountain Mist Inn in the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee.
February 9, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
This wonderful low-fat lime coffee cake is great for breakfast, or as a luncheon or tea bread. Try it with a sprinkle of unsweetened coconut as a topping.
December 9, 2016 | Kitchens Spa Index
This recipe for lighter cornbread is veggie rich, but free of oil, sugar, and cholesterol (what you’d find in many cornbread recipes), and still offers that classic, delicious cornbread flavor.
November 10, 2016 | Kitchens Spa Index
Quinoa Blueberry Muffins are both gluten-free and dairy-free, and make for a nutritious, light and flavorful addition to the breakfast bread basket.
April 19, 2016 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch has been serving this coarse-textured, low-fat bread since the day it opened in Tucson. It is so popular with guests that many of them order loaves of it to take home with them when they leave.
January 25, 2016 | Kitchens Spa Index
Spa style Low Fat Cornbread. Is there such a thing? A lower fat healthier cornbread which doesn’t require a greased cast iron skillet? You bet there is.
December 31, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
We find most of the pumpkin offerings at our local chain coffee stop or warehouse stores to be dry, artificial tasting, loaded with sugar, and generally abysmal. We want a moister, more flavorful version, enhancing the flavor of SuperFood pumpkin and healthful cranberries — and this fits the bill.
October 22, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This simple recipe for carrot cake is courtesy of Green Mountain at Fox Run, Vermont, a health retreat for women. How can cake be healthy? Well for one thing, it doesn’t need heavy cream cheese frosting. Just trust us on this one.
August 5, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This slightly sweet loaf is perfect with a cup of tea, or as part of a light lunch with a salad and iced tea. It fits the bill for both something bread-like and dessert-like and it isn’t difficult to have these ingredients on hand if you use “craisens” or dried cranberries.
May 18, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This guest favorite Peanut Butter Banana Muffin is from the Heartland Spa Recipe Collection.
February 11, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
Even resorts love this time-honored method of having muffin batter on hand. These Refrigerator Bran Muffins are a guest favorite at Hyatt Regency Kauai.
January 25, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This is Rancho La Puerta’s agave-sweetened take on a traditional Swedish treat — Saffron Buns.
August 30, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This quick blueberry bread is rich with blueberries, orange zest, bananas, and has a nice texture from the cornmeal. Try it toasted for breakfast.
April 14, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
Cranberry Orange Muffins with Walnuts – Recipe courtesy of The Heartland Health Spa
January 10, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This is a lighter, leaner version of chocolate-flavored banana bread, courtesy of Rancho La Puerta Destination Spa.
December 10, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
Blum Center for Health Cooking Classes include Nutrition in the Kitchen as well as cooking gluten free, and cooking with children. Guest favorite recipes includes Gluten Free Almond Blueberry Muffins.
November 5, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
This healthy recipe for Whole Wheat Lemon Berry Muffins by Green Mountain at Fox Run, a health retreat for women, are a wholesome breakfast treat.
August 27, 2012 | Kitchens Spa Index
This is a dense, whole wheat dark bread which stands up well to veggie toppings. A slice of this bread, toasted, is excellent with a topping of blended cottage cheese, herbs and vegetables. Avocado Toast is a natural. It’s also good mixed with a lighter whole wheat dough recipe to make a swirl bread.
December 20, 2011 | Kitchens Spa Index
