And mumsdishes is my little corner of the internet!
I launched mumsdishes in the spring of 2019 while I was juggling a full‑time job as a primary‑school teacher and two toddlers who kept demanding snacks. I started the blog as a way to capture the quick, kid‑friendly meals I was inventing at 6 am before school ran late. The first post was a simple one‑pot pasta that I posted on a whim, and to my surprise it got 1,200 views in the first week.
Fast‑forward to today, mumsdishes has grown into a community of over 150,000 monthly readers and more than 2,300 published recipes. In March 2022 I introduced a weekly newsletter that now reaches 12,000 subscribers, and the site was featured in BBC Good Food for “Best Family‑Friendly Recipe Blogs”. I’ve also added a searchable recipe index, a printable meal‑plan tool, and a short video series that has accumulated 45,000 YouTube views.
I live in Brighton, England, with my husband Tom and our two kids, Lily (7) and Max (4). When I’m not in the kitchen, you’ll find me digging in my balcony garden for fresh herbs, hunting for the perfect loaf of sourdough, or binge‑watching old British sitcoms. My favorite things are a steaming mug of Earl Grey, Sunday roasts with all the trimmings, and the smell of chocolate chip cookies cooling on the counter.
One quirky habit I have is to write every new recipe on a tiny index card before I type it up – it makes the process feel a bit like sending a handwritten note to a friend. If you’ve ever tried one of my “5‑Ingredient Dinner” meals, you know exactly what I mean.