Immune Boosting Garden Herb Stock @OmNomAlly

Immune Boosting Garden Herb Stock

Alison Murray Dairy-free, DIY, Gluten-free, Home Remedies, Kitchen Garden, Natural Living, Nut-free, Paleo, Recipes, Soups & Stews, Stock & Broth, Vegan, Vegetarian 17 Comments

There is nothing more of a sialagogue than a pot of stock simmering away on the stovetop and this vegan garden herb stock is a recipe you will definitely want to make again and again. I made the mistake of making this fast stock recipe one morning before a late start at work – I swear all I could smell the whole shift was …

How To Dehydrate Bay Leaves @OmNomAlly

How to Dehydrate Bay Leaves

Alison Murray Dairy-free, Dehydrating, DIY, Gluten-free, Natural Living, Nut-free, Paleo, Preserving, Recipes, Seasonings, Vegan, Vegetarian 9 Comments

Until recently I didn’t really have a need to dehydrate bay leaves as I had a bay tree in the backyard. More like a baby shrub really, in a large terracotta pot. Bay is probably my all-time favourite herb and it gets the most mileage out of any herb or spice in our kitchen. Then, as often happens in my …

Product Review: Mukti Naturally Organic Skincare @OmNomAlly

Product Review: Mukti Naturally Organic Skincare

Alison Murray Natural Beauty, Natural Living, Product Review, Recipes Leave a Comment

This product review has been a long time coming. It feel like it’s taken me forever to prepare this post, mostly as it’s been whirlwind of work, business and website changes here recently – so firstly a big shout out to Mukti with an apology for this post being so overdue! I’ve got the amazing Mukti herself to thank for the package of …

How to Freeze Fresh Chives (and how to use them) @OmNomAlly | It's incredibly easy to freeze fresh chives, so you can preserve the harvest whenever you have a glut of this flavourful herb.

How to Freeze Fresh Chives

Alison Murray DIY, Kitchen Garden, Natural Living, Preserving, Recipes 3 Comments

There are some pretty awesome perks to Kam working for a culinary herb grower, in fact there’s three such perks illustrated in the photo above (yum, yum, yum) that he brought home this week. Sometimes he takes requests from me, depending on what’s for dinner that night and sometimes he turns up with whatever didn’t make the production cut that …

Product Review: Restaurantware Eco Friendly Tablewear + Beetroot Sweet Potato & Chickpea Salad with Herbed Yoghurt Dressing @OmNomAlly

Product Review: Restaurantware Eco Friendly Tablewear + Beetroot, Sweet Potato & Chickpea Salad with Herbed Yoghurt Dressing + Berry-Beet Rooibos Smoothie

Alison Murray Gluten-free, Natural Living, Nut-free, Product Review, Recipes, Salads, Vegetarian Leave a Comment

One of my favourite things about having a food blog (besides eating and writing about food) is buying food props. and nothing makes me happier than a thrift store or second-hand market buy that allows me to recycle and reuse homewares that would otherwise be thrown away. That’s why I was really exciting to receive my package from the lovely …