Spa Blog: Getaways, Features, Tips, Best Recipes, More
You’ve decided to enroll in a residential weight loss program at a destination spa or weight loss retreat — that’s taking action. Deciding which program is best for you can be challenging.
May 19, 2023 | Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Spa created this guilt-free version of a guest favorite comfort food.
January 10, 2020 | Spa Index
Shrimp and fresh, crispy veggies are dressed with a sweet and sour sauce, and wrapped in whole wheat tortillas.
July 10, 2019 | Spa Index
This Egg White Cheese and Veggie Omelette is the most-requested guest-favorite recipe at Canyon Ranch Spa.
February 10, 2019 | Spa Index
This delicious eggnog recipe was created by destination spa Canyon Ranch for its holiday guests. Treat your own guests this season with this healthy version of a holiday staple.
December 19, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Spa combines unique flavors to create Shrimp with Green Apple Chipotle Salsa, a delightful seafood entree perfect any time of year.
August 1, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Corporate Chef Scott Uehlein shows you how to create a delicious, easy, healthy game-day party dish, Buffalo Chicken Salad. Who needs those messy bones and sticky fingers and fat calories? This has all of the flavor of wings, plus flavor and sophistication.
July 24, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
A rich, thick and creamy low fat chocolate pudding by Canyon Ranch Spa, just under 150 calories.
January 5, 2018 | Kitchens Spa Index
A simple soup of beans, potatoes and superfood Kale, thanks to Canyon Ranch Spa
November 15, 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
This simple salad by Canyon Ranch is a wonderful entree for a Southwestern luncheon. Serve the salad with spa guacamole on the side and fresh tropical fruit for dessert.
July 28, 2017 | Kitchens Spa Index
The Canyon Ranch Kitchen crafted this low fat version of Bechamel Sauce for healthy and satisfying dishes. In this version, the lightened white sauce can stand in for the more caloric Bechamel. The texture is so similar it stands in well for your heartier casseroles and gravies.
July 16, 2017 | 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
The next time you are stuck for sandwich ideas for your brown bag lunch, assemble this fresh tasting Canyon Ranch Chicken Asparagus from ingredients you probably had for supper.
October 4, 2016 | Kitchens Spa Index
This flavorful Canyon Ranch recipe for Mulligatawny Soup isn’t too hot or spicy. It’s just right for a savory spa lunch.
February 1, 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
Teriyaki Steak is a sweet and savory recipe best made on an outdoor grill, but your broiler will do a bang up job as well. Serve with grilled veggies.
March 29, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
Buy the best meat you can find and let the quality of the flavor shine through with nothing more than fresh produce, grilled beef, and a toasted bun spread with homemade dressing
March 8, 2015 | Kitchens Spa Index
Biscuits and Gravy on a spa menu? Yes, Canyon Ranch adapted this hearty breakfast favorite for its guests. It relies on low fat chicken sausage in a white sauce gravy over whole wheat biscuits.
October 21, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
Crepes are a terrific alternative when you have a craving for pancakes. The batter is thinner and lighter than pancake and waffle batter, and makes a delicate wrapper for fillings, which can include fruit, ricotta cheese, or even cottage cheese.
September 27, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This unique salad is wonderful for entertaining because it can be made ahead of time. In fact, we like it even better the day after it is made. Because it is so easy to serve it is perfect for buffet-style service, a delightful addition to holiday menus, and great for picnics and tailgate parties.
August 19, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This Canyon Ranch recipe for a Berry Orange Cobbler is a perfect dessert for any season. Serve it with non-dairy whipped topping or frozen non-fat yogurt.
July 25, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
Both the bean soup and the pesto in this recipe can be served separately. The soup is good served cold with chopped leftover vegetables added to it and the pesto is a wonderful sauce for pasta. This simple faux pesto sauce has fewer ingredients than the recipe for Pesto Sauce in Canyon Ranch cookbooks, which also contains Miso and pine nuts. It can be served for vegan-vegetarian menus at Canyon Ranch because it does not contain cheese.
February 25, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
This recipe for America’s favorite cookie is made healthier by Canyon Ranch. Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip cookies are a guest favorite.
February 20, 2014 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Spanish Onion Soup uniquely differs from its French counterpart with its sightly creamier and thicker chicken stock base, white wine and garlic, and savory tortilla strips.
December 11, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
This easy-to-make bread pudding freezes very well (after baking and cooling) and therefore can be made ahead of time and popped in the microwave to reheat for a fast and healthy breakfast
March 25, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Corporate Chef Scott Uehlein and his guest assistant — his daughter — show you a fun, kid-friendly recipe for Whole Wheat Pancakes with Fruit.
February 18, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Spa guests have enjoyed Jet Fuel 5 Calorie Salad Dressing for more than 20 years. It can be customized in dozens of ways, too.
January 30, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
Canyon Ranch Corporate Chef Scott Uehlein shows us how to make delicious, gluten free coconut macaroons. So easy, so yummy — perfect for any occasion!
January 8, 2013 | Kitchens Spa Index
Roasted Garbanzo Beans are easy to make and really tasty. This version is from Canyon Ranch Spa and is a popular substitute for high-fat nuts at parties and a nutritious solution for both brown bag lunches and after-school snack
February 1, 2011 | Kitchens Spa Index
This beautiful and refreshing drink is a perfect substitute for a fancy alcoholic beverage at cocktail parties. For a tarter version, we like it with lime juice in place of the lemon juice.
December 20, 2010 | Kitchens Spa Index
The combination of so many kinds of onions in this Five Onion Bisque gives this soup a depth of flavor which is truly satisfying.
November 18, 2010 | Kitchens Spa Index
Roasted Lemon Chicken is a wonderful way to cook chicken you plan to use for salads and sandwiches. The light lemon flavor greatly enhances almost anything it accompanies.
May 12, 2010 | Kitchens Spa Index
1000 island dressing is versatile in any number of ways: Use it as a dip for raw vegetables, as a salad dressing, or spread it on sandwiches or burgers.
March 8, 2010 | Kitchens Spa Index
