Real Food Cooking
Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly and weekly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
Fun and Festive December Meal Ideas
Fun and festive, along with easy and budget-friendly, is on the menu for December! It's the most wonderful time of the year, it's the...
The Joy of Kombucha
In 2008 I first read about kombucha. I loved what I was reading, for the most part. The health benefits: probiotic, antioxidant, gut healing, good...
Not Too Hot, Hot Sausage
Sausage! It's what's for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. This delicious hot sausage has a bit of spice, but not too much. It's slightly hot with an...
Warming and Delicious November Meal Ideas
Warming and delicious is on the menu for November! With the long-term forecast for Wyoming showing daytime temps hovering around 40 degrees and...
5 Ways to Afford Real Food on a Meager Budget
The question I receive most often is "how do you afford real food on a meager (small, tight, limited, paltry, minuscule, tiny, wee, etc) budget?"...
Nourishing Soups for a Cold Winter Day
I love a good bowl of soup! I can't think of many better things on a cold day. Especially with a chunk of crusty bread on the side and knowing my...
Budget Friendly Beans in Summer? Yes!
It is still hot and dry here in Wyoming. Even so, I find myself thinking to the cooler days of autumn. One reason I love autumn is the change of...
Embracing Thrift and Tightwaddery
General Resources The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. This should be available in your local library. Back in 1999, I borrowed it three...
Millie’s Menu March 19, 2018
Happy Monday! Last week I shared my excitement of our new pantry being installed. I'm happy to report it's *almost* completed! All of the shelves...
Millie’s Menu March 12, 2018
Happy Monday! It's an exciting day here on the farm! Today my pantry is being installed. We've been living in our unfinished cabin for over two...
Millie’s Menu February 26, 2018
Happy Monday! Last week I didn't put a menu together. It was a busy weekend and when Monday morning rolled we started on a busy week. I thought it...
Millie’s Menu February 12, 2018
Happy Monday! We had an exciting weekend. On Saturday we went skiing at a nearby downhill resort. Joe had a birthday a few weeks ago and this is...
Millie’s Menu February 5, 2018
Happy Monday! It's cold and snowy at my Wyoming home. The new snow makes me excited for our upcoming ski day on Saturday. There's more snow...
Millie’s Menu January 29, 2018
I'm back home, after my work trip, and making yummy meals in my own kitchen. 🙂 I did okay staying on plan for Trim Healthy Mama while I was gone,...
Millie’s Menu January 22, 2018
I've dubbed this my traveling menu. 🙂 Last night, I arrived in Oregon for work. I'm here until I fly home Thursday afternoon. I'm staying at my...
Millie’s Menu January 15, 2018
I'm very much enjoying having a menu plan. I'd forgot just how much help spending a little time planning early saves me in the end. Joe has...
Millie’s Menu January 8, 2018
The second week of January and my second menu plan for 2018. I'm on a roll! I loved having a well-thought out plan last week for our food. It really...
Millie’s Menu January 1, 2018
For the first several years of my blogging journey I shared our menu plan almost every week. Those weekly menu plans were a very important part of...
Save Money: Stretchy Chicken Meals
When you are on a tight budget it's important to get the most out of your food dollars. Stretchy Chicken is a wonderful way to turn one, whole...
Getting The Most Out Of A Whole Chicken AKA Stretchy Chicken
Learn how to stretch one whole chicken into at least 5 meals with my Stretchy Chicken tips and ideas! There is something wonderful about cooking a...
Love Those Rice and Beans!
Just before Christmas one of the community Facebook groups that I'm a part of had a post from a family asking for assistance to help replenish their...
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