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The Ranch Malibu serves Pumpkin Brownies by using pureed pumpkin or sweet potatoes as a nutritious and moist base, with almond flour, maple syrup, and chocolate chips.
January 9, 2020 | 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
Pumpkin Apple Cider Cake is a light, tasty and easy cake to bake up for your Autumnal brunch. It starts with a low-fat pumpkin cake and is topped with a low-sugar broiled topping. Wonderful for breakfast, dessert, or a sweet afternoon snack.
September 21, 2018 | Kitchens 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
A light and delicious Pumpkin Trifle dessert with that well-loved pie flavor. Spiced pumpkin puree tastes divine layered with coconut whipped cream and topped with candied pecans.
November 20, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
This is a terrific and so-simple (3 ingredients!) DIY pumpkin body moisturizer recipe to calm and sooth wintery dry skin. This treatment keeps well in the refrigerator to get you through the dry winter skin phase.
October 29, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
Did you know that the majority of fat and calories in a slice of pumpkin pie actually comes from the crust? If this holiday treat is one of your favorites, cut the calorie count down a few notches by whipping up this flavorful, velvety, light and airy Pumpkin Mousse.
October 14, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
From Canyon Ranch Health Spa comes this very fast Pumpkin Crunch recipe. Use it as a breakfast cereal, or eat out of hand or top your yogurt with it. We like to keep a baggie in the car on long road trips — it’s an excellent trail mix.
October 13, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
If you have visited spas and resorts in exotic locales such as the Pacific Rim, Bali, Hawaii, and Tahiti, you’ve probably been lucky enough to have an aesthetician select and mash fresh fruit in front of you for a fresh-on-the spot enzyme mask. This is our DIY recipe for Pumpkin Papaya Mask with Exfoliating Enzymes.
October 13, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
Looking to serve your guests a sweet treat this holiday season? Give our Pumpkin Crème Brulée a try! Hockley Valley Resort in Ontario serves this guest-favorite treat in its restaurant.
September 23, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
This healthy and delicious holiday Pumpkin Crème Brulee recipe is courtesy of Executive Chef Cameron Payne of Biggest Loser Resort.
September 23, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
Here is a fat free pumpkin spice cake recipe to round out your holiday dessert table. This recipe requires no frosting (just a dusting of sugar will do) and it travels well, so take it to work parties, family dinners and holiday events.
November 16, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This healthy recipe for Pritikin Pumpkin Wedges is vegetable-rich, only takes 3 ingredients, and can be a tasty vegetable and dessert, all in one. Plus, pumpkins are a bonafide super-food, so it’s a triple duty recipe — easy, delicious and nutritious.
October 24, 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
Please skip those dry, artificially flavored and sweetened pumpkin treats at your coffee spot, and instead, try this recipe. These homey Pumpkin Spice Cookies by Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona, are so perfect for fall and winter.
October 7, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
This recipe for Biggest Loser Fat Free Pumpkin Custard is so good, you’ll consider making it a mainstay at the holiday table. It also makes a wonderful breakfast.
November 21, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This smoothie has maple syrup, bananas, pumpkin — a Super Food, plus dense and creamy Greek Yogurt, which gives great “staying power” for the morning.
October 14, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index