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    Hi! I’m Amanda, mom of boys, crazy dog lady, and taco enthusiast. My favorite holiday is Mardi Gras, I’ll never turn down an invitation to the beach, and I never order the same thing twice at a restaurant. 

    My boys and I live in the DFW area with our 3 dogs. I was born and raised in south Alabama, spent several years in Colorado, and moved to Texas in 2016. 

    I started blogging in 2007 (a month after my oldest kiddo was born!) because I was a stay-at-home-mom having to cook for the first time ever and it was my way of teaching myself. 

    I baked (and blogged) my way through The Bread Baker’s Apprentice and discovered that I love baking with yeast and spending 3 days making one loaf of bread. And then I baked through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking book with hundreds of other food bloggers and realized just how much I love sharing recipes and talking about food. 

    And because it’s the question I get asked most often, I called my blog Fake Ginger because I used to dye my hair red and ginger is one of my favorite flavors! 

    My blog is all about family-friendly food that still tastes delicious. I like my kids to try new things and thankfully, I don’t really have picky kids. I’m not picky at all and the only thing I absolutely refuse to eat is celery or anything made with celery seeds. 

    I try to keep my recipes simple and without any fussy or expensive specialty ingredients. I live in a small town and I have no desire to drive 45 minutes to get to a Whole Foods for one ingredient. 

    My work has been featured in and on Men’s Health, Huff Post, Buzzfeed, Country Living, Yahoo Food, InStyle, and many more. 

    My Favorite Recipes

    • Autumn Squash Soup (Panera Copycat)
    • Lemon Bar Cheesecake
    • Chipotle Shrimp Jicama Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
    • Cosmic Brownies

    My Kids Favorite Recipes

    • Three Bean Enchilada Casserole
    • Homemade Orange Sherbet
    • 52 Pizzas – Texas Toast Pizza
    • Sonic Ocean Water Recipe

    My Dogs Favorite Recipes

    • Peanut Butter Pupcakes
    • Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Ice Cream
    • Homemade Chicken Jerky for Dogs
    • Carrot, Peanut Butter, and Oats Dog Treats

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    Email: [email protected]

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