Finding joy in the everyday

I have decided to do a cooking experiment. I plan to only cook with fresh ingredients and avoid, as much as possible, anything that is processed. I am already doing this to some degree, but I want to see how long I can go without buying processed foods and rely on fresh foods and make everything myself. If my grandmother managed to cook without processed foods, why shouldn't I. However I do recognised that there are some foods that I will still need to buy processed, but I will try to buy only those produces that have the minimal processing and free from chemicals (and not in tins): organic butter and not margarine organic milk that has not been homogenised (unfortunately I can't buy raw milk so it will still be pasteurised) fresh eggs  fresh bread from the bakery if I can't make my own organic honey that has not been heated which kills all the goodness (I don't own bees)  cheese - we eat lots of cheese, but generally good quality cheese  flour - I do...

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) – I am no expert but I am the mother of a child (now grown) with ADD – and I thought I would share some of my journey. Even from toddler-hood I knew that my son was bouncing around far more than other children and when he hit pre-school the first thing his teacher said to me was “ your child is hyper-active ”.  I said “ no way, he is just lively ”.  I wasn’t going to have labels placed on my son!  However the problems began to show right from the start once he started school (this list is common across most children with ADD: He couldn’t sit still He struggle with following instructions He was impulsive He had a short attention span He would stare out of the window rather than focusing on what he was meant to do Have difficulty processing information as quickly and accurately as others He wasn’t a team player (lost count of the number of times I have heard this) He was poorly co-ordinated He didn’t make friends He was a loner ...