About

Hi! Welcome to my humble little space on the internet.

I’m Amanda, a 24 year old stay at home mom to 2 beautiful boys and a dog 3 beautiful boys:

I started blogging back in April 2007 a few months after becoming a stay at home mom. It began as a way to teach myself to cook and also a creative outlet because lord knows, us stay at home parents need something. After a couple name and URL changes, the blog eventually became Fake Ginger which was named for both my unnaturally red hair and my extreme dislike of fresh ginger.

I haven’t always been a cook. In fact, the only time I remember cooking growing up was when I was in charge of dinner one night. It was simple chicken and rice. I didn’t put any liquid in. If  you were to ask my mother about my mad kitchen skills, she’d probably tell you about the time she asked me to put a baking sheet under an overflowing casserole and I put a cooling rack.

Today I spend a good bit of my time in the kitchen, with one kid on a step stool and the other in a sling. And the dog? Probably digging through the trash. It’s what he does best.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you are able to find something useful around here. Email me at amanda@fakeginger.com or @fakeginger on Twitter if you have questions or comments!