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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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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

College Students CAN be Healthy (Even with NO time!)

September 29, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

The first alarm goes off in the morning.I set the first alarm to radio because I tend to not hate the world so much when I hear KLove early in the AM.  SNOOZE.Nine minutes later it goes off again.  SNOOZE.One minute after that my second alarm goes off.  The annoying beepbeepbeepBEEPBEEPBEEP (progressively louder) so now…

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Filed Under: breakfast Tagged With: cardio, healthy, organize, school

Inside-Out Pizza + Using the leftovers {The recipe you’ve been waiting for}

September 16, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Good evening everyone, Back to school and managing my time is still STILL a challenge.  (Even with my new organizational tool)  It’s getting better but really all I wanna do is sleep in, go for a run, read blogs (and twitter and facebook) and watch my Gilmore Girls!  Go to class?  Do homework?  Pshh… So…

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Filed Under: pizza Tagged With: leftovers, peppers

The *Art* of the Hodge-Podge Cookie… (which for today is: Butterscotch, Oatmeal, Almond, Protein Powder Cookie)

September 12, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Sitting here doing my online Art homework(that’s right, an online Art class.  Okay it’s an Art history class but that’s still funny to think about) and thinking about how delish this cookie that I’m munching is and how I want to share the recipe with you while also trying to decide which painting of the…

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Filed Under: cookies Tagged With: art, cookies, oatmeal, oatmeal cookies

Oatmeal Bread (Healthier and Sweeter versions!)

September 3, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

I got a request from the Daddio this week to make some kind of bread for his bible study this week…what to make what to make…  I also was blog surfing and saw a fellow blogger  Lee make healthy chocolate chip cookie bites with homemade oatmeal flour and I thought, maybe I can translate that…

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Filed Under: bread Tagged With: oatmeal

Easy Breakfast + DIY Running Headband

September 2, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello everyone, I get into kicks where I eat the same breakfast every day for about two weeks and then have to change it up! So here’s my new favorite breakfast. I like quick, simple morning meals because I like to eat within an hour of waking up.  I walked by the frozen food section…

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Filed Under: breakfast, running Tagged With: DIY, peanutbutter

Tasty Enchiladas (Options for Spicy and Mild Versions) + Using leftovers for lunch + Cookies

August 24, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Well I am sad to say that the enchiladas I made last night with the BF were not as spicy as when we’ve made them in the past…I couldn’t find the green chile enchilada sauce!!  So sad!!  I just may call to complain to the grocery store… So in this recipe I decided to make options…

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Filed Under: cookies, running, salad Tagged With: cookies, enchilada, Mexican, salad

~*Summertime*~ Sweet Tooth -3 SIMPLE Summery Desserts!!

August 16, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

I have the BIGGEST SWEET TOOTH!!I think this is why I can only be called a SEMI-Health Nut! I have a couple of summery desserts I would like to share with you.  Some of them are SUPER SIMPLE which is perfect for a summer.  Plus they are all semi-healthy! First up:Summer Squash Mashed with Brown…

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Filed Under: granola Tagged With: granola, peanutbutter, squash, summer

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