• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

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)

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • About
    • The Blog + Amanda
    • Life
    • Best Of DSHN
    • As Seen On
  • Foodie
    • By Type >>
      • Breakfasts
      • Desserts
      • Drinks
      • Entrees
      • Snacks
      • 20 Minute Meals
    • Allergy Friendly >>
      • Dairy Free
      • Gluten Free
      • Vegetarian
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • What I Ate Posts
  • Fitness + Health
    • Fitness Posts
    • Workouts
    • Running Posts
    • Did You Know…
  • Faves
    • Confessions
    • Cookies
    • SHN Favorites
    • Caturday
    • Happy Things
  • amandaRdewitt.com
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    This is an archived site, so not as glorious as the original 🙂

Christmas

{#WIAW #14} Never too Late for Gingerbread Houses

January 18, 2012 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! How is your week going?Mine’s pretty alright.  Filled with Chemistry homework, a nice red run, working on my Recipage Page and some much-needed Gilmore Girls time after saying good-bye to the BF yet again as he travels around with the railroad (if we were married, the railroad would be his mistress…sometimes I hate…

Read More

Filed Under: SHN Eats Tagged With: Christmas, DIY

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…

Read More

Filed Under: family Tagged With: Christmas, family, turkey

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…

Read More

Filed Under: family, holiday Tagged With: Christmas, family, oreo ball

Peanutbutter Truffles — Sound Fancy, but Easy to Make

December 27, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! I have a lovely recipe to share with you that I presented to my family on Christmas Eve, but it can be used throughout the year.  I also have a couple of upcoming posts from Christmas weekend and I am super excited to tell you what I got for Christmas!  Peanutbutter Oreo Truffles…

Read More

Filed Under: holiday Tagged With: Christmas, oreo ball

Merry Baking {Christmas} Eve 2011! (Part 1)

December 24, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Friends! Hope your holiday is starting out wonderfully…and that you are not as last minute as me in your food preparations! Every year I set out to make a zillion different treats for Christmas.  The BF told me I should just start bringing side dishes so there weren’t so many tempting sweets at holiday…

Read More

Filed Under: cookies, holiday Tagged With: Christmas, cookies, sugar

Friday Five Foodie Finds #11

December 16, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

shn favorites and link-love

Happy Happy Friday!! How has your week been?  I can’t believe it’s Friday already!  It’s a sneaky yet wonderful day that appears once a week to delight us all! I am still a little sore from Body Pump so I didn’t even write this post last night like I said I would.  Yep the arms…

Read More

Filed Under: ramble Tagged With: Christmas, Friday Finds

Like Chicken Parmesan…but not

December 16, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Good Evening Friends! You like the title right?   I could not for the life of me figure out a name for this little meal I’ve created…but it reminded me of Chicken Parmesan, so there you have it. I have had this dish twice this week and loved it both times.  Super quick and simple to…

Read More

Filed Under: fitness Tagged With: chicken, Christmas, cottage cheese, fitness, mac n cheese, spinnach

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. …

Read More

Filed Under: family, holiday Tagged With: Christmas, family

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2

Primary Sidebar

Dig into the Archives

Browse the Categories

Dessert is the Best

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

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

[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

Frozen Banana Pops Covered in Chocolate Taste Like Dilly Bars

See More >>

Popular Today

Self-efficacy...vocab lesson!
Challenges + Benefits of Outdoor Running + Run or Dye Coupon Code
WIAW #80: Voodoo Tacos and Sweet Blueberry Almonds
WIAW #76 Farmer's Market Fun + #HLS Excitement
People I love
Preparing for a Marvelous Weekend at #HLS13!
WIAW #84 Chicago Eats
Blogging 101: Tips from The Chimes
Monday Moves 8-12-13 Half Marathon Training Plan!! Week One
Cereal Talk

Tags

banana (16) birthday (15) blogging + writing (56) Blogging 101 (17) chicken (15) chocolate (19) Christmas (18) coffee (12) confessions (13) cookies (48) dessert (32) Did You Know (22) family (42) fitness (82) food (47) Friday Finds (36) giveaway (16) guest post (47) holiday (14) life (17) link-love (14) link-up (31) MIMM (38) Monday Moves (14) nutrition (21) peanutbutter (22) positivity (15) pumpkin (21) ramble (16) recipe (63) restaurant (22) review (21) running (24) salad (13) school (32) semi-healthy (16) smoothie (16) thankful (23) Thursday Thoughts (17) tips (15) twin cities (27) Uncategorized (17) vegetarian (14) weekend (20) zoeyfluffybutt (14)

Random Random Posts..Good Luck!

Pumpkin Patching in Nebraska

Shape Diva Dash Giveaway + Discount Code

Justin’s Nut Butter Raffle + Half Marathon Training Update

Happy Birthday to My “Little” Sister

Fiber One Banana Muffins with a little Somethin Extra

{Product Review} Get Hydrated with Crystal Light

{Thankful Thursday Link-up} #30DaysofThanks

WIAW {Running Food}

Time to Start Shaving Again! [ Venus Snap Razor Review ]

What Do YOU Think

Footer

Random Recipe Machine…Refresh for More!

{Friday Five Foodie Finds #22} Housekeeping

{WIAW #37} Meat-Free Day

bacon and egg bake in a skillet with mashed potato crust

WIAW #85 Bacon + Egg Bake in a Skillet with a Side of Embarrassment

Pumpkin Pie Latte Protein Shake with Banana

{Vegetarian Curious #2} Lindsay’s Loaded Sweet Potatoes

GriLLeD Pizza!

Best of 2014: 20 Semi-Healthy Recipes

Oatmeal Bread (Healthier and Sweeter versions!)

Copyright © 2026 Diary of a Semi-Health Nut · By Amanda R. DeWitt