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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 M+M Cookies

January 9, 2012 by Amanda R DeWitt

semi-healthy M+M cookies 2

These semi-healthy m+m cookies are packed with flavor and nutrition.

Filed Under: cookies, dessert, recipe Tagged With: cookies, dessert, recipe, semi-healthy life

{WIAW #12} Easy Dinner and Dessert

January 4, 2012 by Amanda R DeWitt

Hello Again Friends! I just got done with an amazing run!  Just a little 2-miler but it felt just right.  It was in the 40s so I did have to bring a little tissue because my nose gets a little runny on cold runs, and my throat got a little sore….but an hour later I…

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Filed Under: cookies, Goals, SHN Eats Tagged With: cookies, fish

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…

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

Salted Candy Bar Cookies

December 11, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Oh yes you heard me right!  Salted Candy bar cookies! I just can’t get enough of these!  If you know me, you know I adore cookies.  {I have honestly thought of having a cookie blog…but seriously who has time for two blogs??}  They are my weakness because I can never have just one, but they…

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Filed Under: cookies Tagged With: cookies, salted

{WIAW} Eating with Kiddos + Serving Others

November 23, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Happy Mid-Week Day to you all! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!  Can you believe it?? I have THREE Thanksgivings to go to the day of NOT COUNTING Thanksgiving at the farm with the BF’s family.  That’s a lot of Turkey.  I will be in need of a big nap. Today is Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, today is Wednesday…

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Filed Under: cookies, SHN Eats Tagged With: cookies, meatloaf, pumpkin

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

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

Friday Five Foodie Finds #7 {You make that in a SKILLET??}

November 4, 2011 by Amanda R DeWitt

Happy Friday Friends! It’s that time again…time to show you a small sample of the awesomeness I have found searching this here world-wide-web.  I like to call it Friday Five Foodie Finds. {Really it’s an excuse to peruse many many blogs for hours and hours each week in the name of Friday Five Foodie Finds.} …

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Filed Under: ramble Tagged With: banana bread, chicken, cookies, Friday Finds

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

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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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

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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

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