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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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Semi-Healthy Pumpkin Spiced and Sprinkled Cookies

November 22, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends!  Happy Tuesday! My Tuesday is going particularly well as I slept in until 9:30 and have been lounging in my pjs watching Gilmore Girls and drinking delish peppermint mocha coffee.  Are you totally jealous?? 🙂 No, I’m not pulling a sick day…its my first week on Fall Break!  That means no classes for…

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Filed Under: cookies Tagged With: cookies, pumpkin

{WIAW} Eating on the Go

November 16, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Happy Wednesday bloggie friends! Hope you are having a good week and if not…it’s half-way over! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by on W.I.A.W. (What. I. Ate. Wednesday)!  It’s time again for me to share with you all everything that fueled this body during one day’s time.  Are you ready?  I made a fun collage (inspired…

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Filed Under: #30daysofthanks, coffee, SHN Eats Tagged With: #30daysofthanks, banana, carrots, coffee, dark chocolate, peanutbutter

Sugar and Spice and Everything Awesome Cookie

November 14, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello friends, I hope you had an amazing weekend!  I had a pretty lazy one…stayed in my Pj’s for most of the day Saturday.  (I needed that.) Since all of my Halloween treats had vanished quickly, I have been craving homemade sweets.  I decided to try a new recipe…rather I decided to create a new…

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, holiday Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, nuts

Thankful Thursday #30daysofthanks

November 11, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends!How is your week going?  It is almost Friday!  Woot!  Any plans?  I am planning on a run date with the BF and I am SO EXCITED because he’s been gone most of October and November.  Then we are heading to small town, Iowa for a childhood friend’s wedding.  So many weddings this year!…

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Filed Under: #30daysofthanks, chocolate, running, thankful, wedding Tagged With: #30daysofthanks, chocolate, school, thankful

WIAW {Running Food}

November 9, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hey friends!  Happy WIAW! (What. I. Ate. Wednesday.) Time to take a look at what this Semi-Health Nut ate on Tuesday. Breakfast {9:30 a.m.}: Kashi Blueberry Waffles, peanutbutter, “grandma jelly” bottle of water and coffee (with splenda and cinnamon vanilla creamer) Snackaroo {11am}: Dark chocolate chips with string cheese(Made me feel less like pulling out…

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Filed Under: breakfast, coffee, running, SHN Eats, workout Tagged With: carrots, chicken, coffee, cottage cheese, treadmill, wrap

Post-Halloween + That’s HOW MANY calories?? {WIAW}

November 2, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello friends!  Happy November! So Halloween is over right?  Candy binging be gone?  Kinda…  Hormones told me that I needed to have sugar today so it’s not my fault. 😉  {But let’s be honest…I rarely go a day without sweets!} Me and the BF at our Halloween Party Fun fact about some sweets I consumed…

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Filed Under: SHN Eats Tagged With: oreo ball, oreos

Happy 100th Post! {WIAW #2}

October 26, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Everyone is getting married!!I think last year was the year that began the wedding insanity.  I went from not going to a wedding since I was about 10 years old…to 5 to 10 a year!  I even got to be in one this year!  I can’t complain though, because weddings are a great place to…

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Filed Under: SHN Eats, wedding

I Heart Cookies {Lemon Doodles}

October 11, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

I think I am an expert at one thing and one thing only..baking cookies to perfection. Seriously if I could have one dessert for the rest of my life it would be cookies.  I LOVE COOKIES. The BF’s favorite cookie is a Snickerdoodle.  So I have a special secret recipe that I make for him because…

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Filed Under: cookies Tagged With: cookies, school, science of baking

Creative French Toast

October 8, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Well I have had a stressful morning trying to figure out classes for this next quarter/semester.  Yep there is a next quarter AND a next semester because I am taking one class at the local community college (Chemistry..ekk) and at least one class at a University about an hour away (Anatomy…double ekk).  Trying to figure out…

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Filed Under: breakfast Tagged With: french toast, school

Friday Five Foodie Finds #3 {New Favorite Foodie Photographer}

October 7, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope your week has been good and productive and now you can be lazy over the weekend.  🙂  Mine was somewhat the opposite with my stinkin cold but good news..I am feeling better! Now I would like to share with you the thing I did get accomplished this week….blog surfing and good…

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Filed Under: cookies Tagged With: cookies, Friday Finds, pinterest

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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

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

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