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Welcome to ADHDishes. If this is your first time here check out this page to find out who we are, what we're about and get some essential tips for feeding yourself with ADHD.

ADHDishes is a collection of straightforward, flavour-packed recipes built for people with ADHD — and anyone who finds cooking overwhelming, boring, or just too much sometimes. Whether it’s remembering what’s in the fridge, getting started on dinner, or figuring out what you’re actually in the mood to eat, this site is here to help.
Every recipe is designed to be dopamine-boosting, brain-friendly, and as low effort as possible without sacrificing joy. This isn’t just a recipe blog. It’s a toolbox for feeding yourself when your brain wants to do literally anything else.

Our Mission

We follow three guiding principles:

🧠 Dishes for Dopamine

‍Food should feel good. That means bold flavours, interesting textures, and meals that are fun to eat and satisfying to make. We cut the fuss and keep the dopamine.

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🥦 Dishes for Health

‍Our recipes are built around a diet that supports ADHD brains. That means high in lean proteins, healthy fats, gut-friendly ingredients, and complex carbs — with minimal added sugar and processed stuff.

⏱ Dishes for Busy Minds

‍We know what it’s like to have executive dysfunction crash dinner plans. That’s why our recipes use a small number of steps, repeat ingredients across meals, and favour long-life or frozen staples. Less food waste, more flexibility.

The Flavour Bomb Formula

Every dish on ADHDishes is built around one simple idea: The Flavour Bomb Formula. Here’s how it works:

Pick a Base
‍A healthy protein, grain, or veg — something quick and nourishing.
Add a Flavour Bomb
One intense, exciting flavour hit that transforms your meal. Think pesto, chorizo, miso, pickles, or gochujang. These are usually jarred, frozen, or long-life — things you can keep on hand for instant wow.
Mix and Match
Use the formula to build meals from whatever’s left in the fridge or cupboard. ADHD-friendly cooking is modular.

How to use this site

ADHDishes is built to be as low-stress and easy to explore as possible. On each recipe there are tags that let you jump to similar recipes. Here’s how to get the most out of it:

🧭 Start with a Meal Type tag

Browse the categories like One Pot Wonders, Tasty Veg, or Things on Toast to find quick, dopamine-friendly meals. Each recipe is short, to the point, and modular — so you can swap out what you don’t like or don’t have.

💥 Explore Flavour Bombs

Flavour Bombs are the heart of the ADHDishes formula. You’ll find a dedicated page for each one showing:

Why it works
How to use it
What to pair it with
What recipes feature it

You can filter recipes by Flavour Bombs if you’ve got a jar of pesto or a pot of miso and no idea what to do with it.

🥬 Explore Core Ingredients

Not sure what to do with that can of white beans or a pouch of lentils? The Core Ingredients section breaks down how to use long-life staples, what they’re good for, and the easiest ways to cook them. It’s your ADHD pantry cheat sheet.

🧠 Check the Nutrition Tags

Every recipe follows an ADHD-friendly nutrition style — high in protein, full of complex carbs, and low in sugar or additives. You can explore:

Recipes rich in Omega-3s
Gut-friendly meals
Quick protein hits

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Essential Links

Each of the links below explain more about core elements of ADHDishes methods, flavours and nutrition.

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