Over 80 recipes for real life. The messy version.

This is a whole new collection of recipes written for people with ADHD or scattered focus. The ingredient lists are short, the methods won't lose you halfway through, and there are swaps and tips all the way through for when you get home and realise the one thing you forgot at the shop was quite important.

Every recipe has a little battery on it. Running on empty? Pick something with a nearly-flat battery and dinner will still happen. Got a bit more in the tank? There are recipes for those days too.

There's Spicy Tuna and Sweetcorn Quesadillas, Broken Spaghetti on Toast with Cheddar and Sage, a Chicken, Tomato and Feta Orzo One Pot, and Caramelised Biscuit Tiramisu Pots for when the day calls for pudding.

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What's inside

Breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks

Over 80 recipes across the whole day, with plenty for when three proper meals feels frankly ambitious.

Low-effort for low-capacity days

Some days there's nothing left in the tank by six o'clock. These recipes were written for exactly those days.

Minimal prep, minimal clean up

Lots of one-pot dinners, not much chopping, and as close to no washing up as cooking legally gets.

Methods that keep you on track

No life story before the recipe and no walls of text. Just short, clear steps you can find your place in again.

Swaps and tips throughout

Forgot something? Out of something? Each recipe tells you what works instead, so dinner doesn't get abandoned at step three.

Meals you can repeat every week

Balanced, properly tasty food you'll happily cook on repeat. Finding one dinner that works shouldn't mean finding thirty.

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Out Thursday 28 January 2027. Pre-orders make a huge difference. Thank you!