Life with a dash of ADHD for good measure

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Why I don’t enjoy celebrating my own birthday. Is it ADHD or something else?

As I face a significant birthday this weekend, I have been trying to explain to people around me, why I don't enjoy or want to celebrate my own birthday. It's not because I have trauma, from a horrible birthday, or that my family forgot my birthdays, nor do I come...

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Gluten free and dairy free chocolate cupcakes

Gluten free and dairy free chocolate cupcakes

I have adapted this gluten free and dairy free cupcakes recipe, it's actually a cake recipe, but can be used for cupcakes or for a normal layered chocolate cake. This recipe makes about 24 cupcakes or enough for a normal sponge cake if you prefer that way. I've also tweaked ...
How to re grow your potted hyacinth plants

How to re grow your potted hyacinth plants

Hyacinth plants are one of my favourite spring flowers. They smell so wonderful and when they appear in my garden, I know that spring really is coming (and for me, not being a fan of winter, it's a fragrant sign of hope) I have bulbs that regrow in my garden year after year ...
Gluten free & dairy free Victoria Sponge cake recipe

Gluten free & dairy free Victoria Sponge cake recipe

This is an easy recipe for Victoria sponge cake, a classic tea time treat. But we make ours gluten free and also dairy free. This recipe is easy though, and I promise it works. A traditional Victoria sponge is often made using the “weigh the eggs” method because it creates ...

How to Safely Come Off Caffeine for Medical Reasons

For many of us, caffeine is woven into daily life. Whether it's the morning coffee that gets us moving, a mid-afternoon tea break, or the occasional energy drink to power through a busy day, caffeine has become part of our routine. But sometimes there comes a point when ...
How to Safely Come Off Caffeine

How to Safely Come Off Caffeine

For many of us, caffeine is woven into daily life. Whether it's the morning coffee that gets us moving, a mid-afternoon tea break, or the occasional energy drink to power through a busy day, caffeine has become part of our routine.   But sometimes there comes a ...
Roast your radishes… (they’re delicious I promise)

Roast your radishes… (they’re delicious I promise)

Did you, like me, have foods you loathed as a child but grew to like in adulthood? Radishes are one of those foods for me. I hated them as a child and couldn’t understand why anyone would eat them. They were too peppery and were crunchy and I just didn’t like them. Until ...
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