Natural Pest Control for Ants | Om Nom Ally

Three Natural Pest Control Methods for Ants

Alison Murray DIY, Kitchen Garden, Natural Cleaning, Natural Living, Recipes, Resources 8 Comments

An ant every now and then doesn’t bother me, but this year it’s been horrendous. Even keeping every surface spotless of crumbs hasn’t deterred a steady stream of ants this summer, I’d wake up to an army of ants marching along my kitchen bench. Destroying the nests outside with a jug of boiling water would do the trick for a …

Figgy Raw Hot Chocolate in the Blender | Om Nom Ally

Figgy Raw Hot Chocolate Smoothie (in the Blender)

Alison Murray Dairy-free, Dessert, Drinks, Gluten-free, Paleo, Raw, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wholefood Blender Party 8 Comments

It’s week seventeen of the Weekend Wholefood Blender Party and we’ve shared many a smoothie, juice, vitamin water, tea and hot chocolate… you guys are awesome! There’s been a few hot chocolate recipes over the past few weeks that have been piquing my interest, and this week I’m attempting one of my own with the help of my Optimum blender. …

Purple Power Juice with Kale

Alison Murray Dairy-free, Drinks, Gluten-free, Nut-free, Paleo, Raw, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wholefood Blender Party 8 Comments

There’s suddenly 5 mouths to feed in this house now, as we adopted a Chihuahua x Jack Russell puppy on the weekend. This might explain why noone outside of work has heard ‘boo’ from me this week. While there hasn’t been any recipe posts this week, the show will go on with the Weekend Wholefood Blender Party as I can’t …

Antiinflammatory Kiwi Juice Tonic

Alison Murray Dairy-free, Fermented, Gluten-free, Home Remedies, Nut-free, Paleo, Raw, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wholefood Blender Party 14 Comments

I’m so ready for this weekend, it’s been a terrible week for me! I’ve been running on very little sleep due to a few late night occurrences (including a snoring boyfriend, a barking dog and a car crash outside our house one night) and this weekend is hopefully going to be a restorative one. As of this week I’ve also …

Honey Oat Banana Bread | Om Nom Ally

Honey Oat Banana Bread

Alison Murray Baking, Nut-free, Recipes, Vegetarian 5 Comments

It’s the simple things (and recipes) that often make life great, and this banana bread is pretty great indeed. Afterall, it’s pretty great knowing that even though those browned, over-ripe bananas in your fruit basket won’t make a nice snack, you can easily turn them into the best baked goods on the planet. That’s ‘great’ to me, as I love recipes …