02 Jun 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
If anyone knows healthy food, it’s Vilalara Longevity Thalassa Spa in Portugal, so when it comes to snacks, lunch and dinner nothing beats their detox soups… Detox Soup Ingredients - 200g of pumpkin - 200g of onions - 100g of green leafy vegetables - 50g celery - three garlic cloves -...
Read more → 23 Apr 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
You know that feeling when you just feel a bit off-balance? Not entirely sure what’s wrong, but things just aren’t quite right? Well Brooklands’ BSpa have just the treatment to sort that out... What exactly is the treatment? The Jane Scrivner Body Balance Treatment is a 50-minute warm balm...
Read more → 05 Mar 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
The ultimate in sociable spa treatments, Foxhills has put its own twist on the traditional rassoul making it a firm favourite amongst Spabreakers... What exactly is the treatment? The rassoul chamber at Foxhills has two heated thrones, which means couples or friends can experience the treatment...
Read more → 16 Feb 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
If anyone knows a good breakfast it’s the lovely nutritionist and MS campaigner, Rebecca Saady from Embrace Nutrition. This month she’s recommending scrambled egg and sweet potato wedges… we’re sold! Ingredients (serves two) Four eggs One tsp butter Rock salt Two medium sweet potatoes Two...
Read more → 14 Jan 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
It is no secret that tea is filled with antioxidants and is one of the world’s most potent superfoods, but the lovely people at BLOOM have now taken that one step further with their matcha tea powders. The history goes that for centuries the Japanese have been releasing the power in tea leaves...
Read more → 22 Oct 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
The final days of my late summer getaway were at Elounda Bay Palace - the sister venue to Elounda Beach which I talked about last week , this hotel sits in the next bay along so that both hotels share many of their facilities. Again, thanks to the kids’ clubs and mini soccer it is family friendly...
Read more → 20 Oct 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
On a girly getaway from the working week, Spabreaks.com Managing Director, Abi Wright, visited the beautiful runnymede-on-thames with her friend, Steph, for some well-deserved pampering... First Impressions After the most incredible drive to the hotel along the Thames and through the centre of Windsor,...
Read more → 17 Oct 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
It’s National Chocolate Week (our kind of week that is), so here SHA Wellness Clinic provide us with the healthy way to enjoy chocolate! The ingredients for this recipe fall predominantly under the macrobiotic diet category, so to kick off here are a few properties of the ingredients... Benefits...
Read more → 16 Sep 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
Straight from Lifehouse Spa and Hotel’s Detox for Life programme, naturopath Sue Davis gives her superfood salad recipe that will leave you feeling good in your own skin... The components of this salad all have significant health promoting properties including beetroot as an excellent liver cleanser,...
Read more → 12 Sep 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
You might never eat a conventional wheat-based pizza again after you try this gluten-free version! Belinda Connolly shares another treat from her Deliciously Conscious Cookbook with a vegetable quinoa pizza! The bases crisp up fantastically and can be used for both savoury and sweet pizzas. Ingredients...
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