"Canyon Ranch: Nourish" by Scott Uehlein and Canyon Ranch (Viking Studio, $40).
Canyon Ranch is synonymous with healthy lifestyle. But, that doesn't mean flavorless food. Or that you don't ever get to indulge. Rather, the idea is that you enjoy in moderation.
The spa's latest cookbook — which hits stores April 16 — covers all the bases, even dessert and beverages. The recipes go easy on added sugar and salt and heavy on natural flavors like herbs. A recipe that highlights the Canyon Ranch way of eating is the grilled marinated trout. The marinade is a simple one — a smidge of virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice, diced shallot, parsley and just one-quarter teaspoon of salt. The trout, which is extremely mild-flavored, benefited from the bright, citrus flavor and subtle onion taste.
Canyon Ranch doesn't like artificial sweeteners, and rightly so, preferring instead minimally processed sugar. We dutifully scoured several stores in search of the exotic-sounding evaporated cane juice only to discover the organic sugar stashed in the pantry was one and the same.
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We had our doubts about a key lime pie without any additional sugar or butter, either in the crust or the filling. But, while the graham cracker crust was very powdery (no sugar or butter, remember?), the filling — four egg yolks, a can of sweetened condensed milk and key lime juice — held the right amount of tartness and sweetness. An office full of sugar hounds gave it a thumbs-up.
