Life with a dash of ADHD for good measure
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Why People with ADHD Struggle to Celebrate Their Own Birthdays
Birthdays are supposed to be fun, right?
Cake, presents, messages from people you love, maybe a meal out or a little gathering. Yet for many adults with ADHD, birthdays can feel surprisingly uncomfortable, overwhelming, emotional, or even disappointing.
It's one of those ...

That creepy man in your Instagram inbox? It’s a scam
That man saying nice things to you in your social media inbox - it's likely a scam....
For a while now I have been very vocal on my Instagram account about certain things that happen on that site. I am becoming slightly infamous for "naming and shaming" fake male profiles ...

Not quite an authentic Coronation Chicken recipe
I have to confess I was not a Coronation chicken fan as a child, or growing up. Mainly I suspect because I LOATHE raisins, with an extreme passion and I will only eat them in certain foods and coronation chicken is not one of them.
Coronation Chicken is one of Britain's ...

Fig with goats cheese and walnut salad
There’s something about a beautiful salad that feels effortlessly impressive. The kind of dish that looks like it came from a café menu, yet takes almost no time to throw together at home. This fig with goats cheese and walnut salad is exactly that.
It’s fresh, colourful, ...

Don’t like lettuce? Try baked lettuce instead…
Baked lettuce? It’s actually delicious, I promise.
I am not a fan of lettuce, or at least iceberg, romaine, cos etc. They all seem rather tasteless and mostly a mouthful of watery crunch to me. Ok in a decent salad but boring and not really much to get excited ...

Warm Roasted Lettuce Salad with Poached Egg & Crispy Chorizo
This is warm roasted lettuce salad with poached egg & crispy chorizo of those simple meals that feels far more special than the effort involved. Warm roasted romaine, a softly poached egg, crispy chorizo and crunchy homemade croutons all come together into something ...
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