by Millie Copper | Nov 17, 2021 | Cooking, Recipes, Traditional Foods
If you’ve been dragging your feet on your Thanksgiving menu plan, hoping the costs will drop right before the holiday, you’ll love these budget-friendly Thanksgiving recipes. From appetizers to dessert, I’m sharing my favorite economical ideas for...
by Millie Copper | Nov 23, 2009 | food thoughts, frugal options, Starting Out, Traditional Foods
Are you at a point where you know you need to make some improvements to your diet to include more nutrient dense items, higher nutrition and less processed foods? These easy and inexpensive suggestions will help! Stop Buying Cold Cereal Cold cereal is a huge waste of...
by Millie Copper | Feb 3, 2010 | Nourishing Traditions, Traditional Foods
At Thanksgiving time we got our turkey from my friend JLB and as a bonus she threw in two meat ducks. We love duck. We usually have wild duck which is different from domestic duck but we have discovered that both are equally delicious. We cut up the ducks and froze...
by Millie Copper | May 8, 2012 | food thoughts, Starting Out, Traditional Foods
We started our real food journey in January of 2009 after reading Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig. I’ve have mentioned several times (so much that I probably sound like a broken record) that we made changes very slowly in order to...
by Millie Copper | Oct 30, 2011 | GAPS, Nourishing Traditions, Traditional Foods
As a young adult I totally bought into the whole “Politically Correct Nutrition” idea that fat was bad, especially animal fat. At one time I attempted to become a vegetarian for ‘health reasons’ and I’ve been on numerous low fat diets...
by Millie Copper | Jan 7, 2010 | frugal options, Traditional Foods
Soups and stews are a great way to stretch a tight food budget. I use nutrient rich bone broth as my soup base, add a fair amount of vegetables and a bit of protein. And of course during the winter (my temperature at the moment is -9 degrees Fahrenheit, BRRRRR)...