I started this blog in April 2009, as something to do, I had recently got into cooking and baking, in an attempt to lower my cholesterol. I’m not sure I would necessarily say that I am healthier now (I make too many muffins for that!) but now I know what I am eating. If I make a sauce I know how much salt or sugar or fat is in it, and I like that.

I spend a lot of my time online, and while looking for recipes I found this whole new section of the internet I never really knew existed. Food Blogs. I suddenly for the first time found myself using feed readers to keep up to date, and signing up for twitter (@coffeemuffins) to follow some of my biggest inspirational food bloggers.

Having a rather geeky side does mean that I have dabbled in blogging before, but I never really knew what to say. Having my family, my colleagues and my friends reading it I felt immense pressure to always write something insightful, useful and interesting, and in the end I wrote nothing at all.

This blog is, almost, anonymous, if you knew me in real life then you would be able to guess, that picture is a real giveaway… But the reason for being anonymous is that I don’t feel the same pressure as before. Don’t get me wrong I still hope to always post something interesting, insightful and useful, but now I don’t feel controlled by it.

Maybe at some point in the future when I have found my voice and I am more confident, I’ll become less anonymous. I’ve made the first steps already first name, picture etc.

Outside the protective cacoon of being an anonymous food blogger, I am a twenty-something with a full time software engineering job here in Edinburgh, Scotland. I have a beautiful fiance affectionally mentioned as The Other Half, yes we do plan to marry, and no we haven’t set a date yet.

I hope you enjoy the posts here, always feel free to drop me a comment, with ideas to improve recipes, or other recipes you think I might like. I am always open to new ideas. You can also email me at lauren(at)coffeemuffins(dot)com.

Lauren