about me

My name is Jacqueline Meldrum and I write Tinned Tomatoes. I am a food writer and recipe developer who specialises in vegetarian cooking. I have been writing Tinned Tomatoes since April 2007.

I am a self-taught cook and baker, who has been cooking and baking for over 24 years now. My interest in food really developed when I became a vegetarian 22 years ago. I have been trying out new recipes since then.

Baking has become my new joy. You will find a lot of cakes & cookies on Tinned Tomatoes. I am more of a novice at breadmaking though, so I went on a bread baking course in August 2011 with Bread in Fife to gain more confidence and to improve my skills. I also have a couple of cupcake decorating courses booked.

I was recently inteviewed on Nick Coffer's Weekend Kitchen and Tinned Tomatoes has been featured on Sainsbury's Money Matters Website as one of the Top 20 Family Food Blogs and in Cook Vegetarian magazine. For a fuller list of my publications, visit my press page.

I host two monthly blog events; Bookmarked Recipes, a round-up of food bloggers bookmarked recipes and No Croutons Required, a soup and salad challenge, which I co-host with Lisa from Lisa's Kitchen. No Croutons Required is entering it's fifth year and is very popular with food bloggers worldwide.

I write another two blogs. The first is Little Tums, where I post the baby and toddler recipes I have been developing and the second is The Food Blog Diary, where I post current foodie events, giveaways and challenges.

I live in Scotland with my little boy Cooper and my husband Graham, who are my greatest fans and greatest critics.

If you would like to get in touch with me:


email me: tinnedtomatoes@googlemail.com
tweet me: @tinnedtoms
facebook me: tinned tomatoes facebook page
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link to me: linkedin profile

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