Category Archives: OMS Cooking

chocolate Banana Dessert

Death by Chocolate Banana Dessert

Simple, Easy, Delicious, Vegan, Gluten Free Chocolate Banana Dessert my All-Year-Round Favourite Treat

Chocolate Banana Dessert is probably my favourite dessert of all time. That’s not just because this dessert ticks all the boxes of my dietary requirements but because I just love it. Period. I mean, can you tell me what’s not to like about chocolate? Or Bananas? They are like the perfect match, the perfect fit. Bananas and chocolate are culinary soulmates. This recipe is the match made in heaven, it’s more than the perfect date, it’s like Romeo and Juliette. They were just made for each other. read more

vegan winter fruit dessert - stuffed spiced apples

vegan winter fruit dessert – stuffed spiced apples

Why I like warm vegan winter fruit dessert

I like warm winter fruit desserts on cold winter nights. There is nothing better to warm you from the inside than a warm vegan winter fruit dessert preferably sitting in front of a cracking fire. I don’t know what winter is like where you live, but here in Ireland winter seems to want to linger a bit longer these day giving us plenty of cold frosty nights.

For this vegan dessert I cored some apples and stuffed them with a mix of dried fruit and spices. I added some cold pressed rapeseed oil and brown sugar to the mix. You can substitute both by using a liquid sweeter like honey or a fruit concentrate to bind the fruit mix together for stuffing. With those adaptations you could make this dessert without any added sugar just using the sweetness of the juice concentrate and the fruit. read more

Best Candied Almonds Recipe

Candied Almonds are probably one of the yummiest snacks available on any German Christmas Market. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit one of these old, traditional markets you will know what I’m talking about. Just the smell of the sweet, freshly roasted nuts makes my mouth water. I am nearly ashamed to say that it took me until very recently to try to make these myself. I love snacking on nuts. I used to really enjoy nut brittle until I broke a bit off one of my molars! Thankfully my dentist was able to fix it within a couple of days. Still, ever since then I’ve since given the nut brittle a wide berth. read more

Non Dairy Vegan Festive Dessert

Apple Syllabub – Non Dairy Vegan Festive Dessert

Non Dairy Vegan Festive Dessert – Apple and Almond Syllabub

A great non dairy vegan festive dessert is this apple and almond syllabub. It’s perfect for the festive season when there is an abundance if apples around especially if you are lucky enough to have a garden. But apples can be easily purchased in any local shop too. Slightly tart, sour apples like cooking apples are especially suitable for this recipe because they burst with flavour and hold on to that apple favour through the cooking process.

As this dessert also looks great and tastes divine and it is perfect if you are dinning with family and or friends around Thanksgiving, Christmas or for other a special occasions. The recipe uses yoghurt, apples and almonds. It is really easy to make, just follow the instructions below. I like to cook the apples with a little bit of apple cider or white wine if I’m stuck but you can obviously substitute that with a non-alcoholic beverage like apple juice. read more

fat free christmas cookies

Fat free Christmas Cookies – Almond Cinnamon Stars

Christmas Cooking doesn’t have to be full of Saturated Fats

When I grew up we celebrated the four Sundays before Christmas (Advent Sundays) by lightning the candles on the advent wreath and my mother setting out one big plate of traditional Christmas baking. They were usually an assortment of cookies and treats rich in chocolate, marzipan and yule tide spices. If you’ve ever visited or come across German Christmas celebrations you will most likely have had your taste of ginger bread, cinnamon stars, dominos, caramelised almonds etc along with gluhwein, egg nog and other Christmas festive drinks. read more