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Diary of a Semi-Health Nut

ramblings + recipes of a semi-healthy nut

Hi! I’m Amanda.

I’m a writer, chocolate chip cookie baker, blog designer, power walker, Instagram fiend, peanut butter toast lover and copious coffee drinker living in Nebraska with my husband and three cats. (also a fan of a good run-on sentence)

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Happy Birthday Sister + Granola Teaser

March 18, 2012 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! How has your weekend been going?  I am at the BF’s farm typing this post as we speak, looking out over cornfields.  Weird right? I wanted to take a little time, while the boys are out playing on their new toy, to say   Happy B-day  to my lovely sister Courtney on the…

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a good week! {2011}

December 27, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello AGAIN Friends! This is, infact, the third post I am doing on the Christmas festivities.  This one will be a sort-of photo dump.  (That sounds weird.) This one will have many holiday pictures from Christmas day.  (That’s better.) All my life there has been the Christmas schedule/tradition.  It has worked out pretty well.  Christmas…

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Happy Christmas Eve To ME! {NEW CAMERA!}

December 27, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas weekend! How crazy was it that Christmas Eve and Christmas was on the weekend?  Okay I know it happens every few years right, but I don’t recall the last time it came around.  At least I get this week off from school! 🙂 I have…

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Cake Pops {How to keep them on the stick}

December 13, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! Hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine was spent relaxing, making cake pops and hangin with family.  Who could ask for anything more?? I am giving thumbs up because I finally got them to stay on the stick!!! Saturday my friend Malalalalory came over to teach me how to make cake pops. …

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It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

December 6, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello everyone!  And Happy December!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  It snowed here!! Something about snow makes me feel the need to do Christmas shopping…which I actually had to do for the gift exchange shindig at the farm this weekend.  Of course I left my camera at home..so I have zero pictures. …

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Thanksgiving 2011 Baking and Family Time

November 28, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello friends! I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend!  I don’t know about you..but I reeealllyyyy didn’t want to get up this morning.  I worked at 6am at my coffee catering job so I set three different alarms to make sure I’d make it to work on time. I had a long and busy…

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Small-town Wedding Fun + Exciting News

September 27, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Oh school, how you get in the way of all my fun!!This weekend we got to go hang out with the BF’s family in smalltownville,US.  Okay that’s not really a place but it’s was a small town wedding and I honestly LOVED it.  We stayed at the BF’s family farm again {check out my Labor…

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Chi Town!! (Chicago Family Reunion 2011) + Keeping fit even on vacation

August 29, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful GREAT Uncle Bob and Aunt Joyce!!  40 years…just wow.  That is a phenomenal amount of time to be together and to still be so in love!  Such and inspiration and such a wonderful couple to be related to!  Their lovely daughters threw them a very successful surprise party.  (If any…

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S’mores Cookie Dough Pie in a Skillet

S'mores cookie dough pie in skillet

Grilled S’mores Banana Boats

grilled s'mores banana boats before and after

Banana Funfetti protein Cookies

banana funfetti protein cookies via @semihealthnut at semihealthyblog.com

{WIAW #42} Mexican Tacos and Dessert Fail

Chewy Almond Funfetti Cookies + 7 Happy Things

chewy almond funfetti cookies via @semihealthnut at semihealthyblog.com perfect for customizing for any holiday including the 4th of july! #yum #recipe #cookies #dessert

{WIAW #66} Moving Day + Archive Eats

[IMM Link-Up #9] Chocolate Covered Strawberries

chocolate covered strawberries with sprinkles with sprinkles

GF Pumpkin Spice Browned Butter Protein Bites

gf pumpkin spice browned butter protein bites via @semihealthnut at semihealthyblog.com

Raspberry Homemade Fruit Roll Ups with Frozen Fruit

easy DIY homemade fruit roll ups. great as a snack, a semi-healthy treat, or for fueling for a run. via @semihealthnut at semihealthyblog.com

Frozen Banana Pops Covered in Chocolate Taste Like Dilly Bars

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Salted Candy Bar Cookies

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flaxseed hungry jack waffles with syrup and coffee

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{WIAW #21} No Judgement Wednesday

Running to my goal…also got a free coffee pot from the Daddio :-)

20 Minute Meal: BLT Wrap with Red Pepper Hummus

How To Make Cake Pops (and keep cake pops on the stick)

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