thanksgiving

This year is all about saying thank you with flare. Here are the best things a Spafinder Gift Card can be used for… this season and beyond!

There are many reasons why Thanksgiving is one of Spafinder’s favorite holidays. It’s a time of great food, grand traditions, and giving back to both your loved ones and those you don’t even know. What’s not to love about that? Everybody has their own way of doing Turkey Day, and we appreciate them all. Some […]

Pumpkin recipes are fall’s sweet spot, as you bake alongside your besties and your seasonal spirit grows. Do you know what else is rising during this time? The deliciously sweet pumpkin bread you have in the oven! This orange squash is everywhere in the autumn, from your flavorful lattes to your front porch. And those […]

We know it’s not Thanksgiving with some sort of mash, so we set out to look for new takes on the always-present mashed potato sides to mix things up. From mint to celery root to wasabi, we’re excited to try something new this year.

Giving thanks could be the most important thing you do for your health and wellbeing–here’s why.

We know it’s not Thanksgiving with some sort of mash, so we set out to look for new takes on the always-present mashed potato sides to mix things up. From mint to celery root to wasabi, we’re excited to try something new this year.

These spa chefs create them, we share them, you cook them: The following Thanksgiving recipes are perfect for the holiday season!

Here’s what to do with all those Thanksgiving leftovers.

Since the last thing you’d want to do is jump on the treadmill following dinner, try a couple of fresh and healthy Thanksgiving meal alternatives.

Vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free Thanksgiving recipes—we’ve got dishes for every diet.

What better way to make use of some leftover holiday ingredients than to create fun at-home beauty products? Have some extra cranberries? Check out this How-To on a DIY Anti-Aging Facemask! Left with nutmeg, cinnamon or brown sugar after baking? We know just the way to use up those items–hold the calories!

We know it’s not Thanksgiving with some sort of mash, so we set out to look for new takes on the always-present mashed potato sides to mix things up. From mint to celery root to wasabi, we’re excited to try something new this year.

For a healthier stuffing alternative, try mixing it up with some whole grains; we love farro—an ancient superfood grain well-loved in Italy—for its nutty taste and firm chewy texture, and also its immense health benefits.

Camp Shane at Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts shares some holiday eating tips that will hopefully help all of you get through the holidays feeling healthy satisfied. Get the tips on how to eat more mindfully during the holiday and all throughout the year.

Delicious pumpkin pie. Mouthwatering turkey and stuffing. Savory cranberry sauce. It’s difficult to pinpoint the best part of Thanksgiving (Eating? Quality time with the fam? Football games?), but we have a feeling the following might just be your new favorite part of Turkey Day: Resort spas dishing up holiday deals and packages that you may […]

Too much turkey and dressing this last week? With yummy Thanksgiving dinner and the just-as-good leftovers that follow in the days after, we’ve never felt more stuffed. If you’re like us, and ready to lose that post-Turkey Day weight gain, try losing weight the feng shui way, with useful tips provided by Medical Daily. Here’s […]

Year after year, we’ve all developed our favorite Thanksgiving dishes, but why not branch out and give one of these healthy spa-inspired Thanksgiving recipes a try? SpaFinder picked out three spa recipes that sound like great potential additions to mix things up for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner repertoire – Apple Parsnip Soup, Grilled Figs with […]

A recipe from Rancho La Puerta (Serves 6) Ingredients: ½ cup ricotta cheese ½ cup cream cheese (See note) 4 tbsp honey, plus more to taste 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 tsp pure vanilla extract or anise- or fruit-flavored liqueur, or a combination of the two (optional) 18 ripe figs 1 tsp olive oil […]

A recipe from Green Mountain at Fox Run (Serves 10) Use your favorite pie dough recipe, just mixing the pecans into the flour mix before adding the water. Or, to save time, use a ready-made refrigerated crust. Green Mountain provides an ‘in-between’ version below, using a boxed mix for the crust. Ingredients: 1 box pie […]

On Thanksgiving weekend, legendary fitness expert Mari Winsor, who had much to do with the publicizing and popularizing of Pilates, making it accessible to the masses, will be leading a four-day Pilates workshop at Four Seasons Resort Maui, November 25-28. The luxurious resort in paradise took it a step further and has been offering a […]