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Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
Homesteading
All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, and much more.
About Millie
As a blogger for over a decade, focusing on preparedness, homesteading, off-grid living, and traditional foods, Millie has penned seven nonfiction traditional food focused books, sharing how—with a little creativity—anyone can transition to a real foods diet without overwhelming their food budget.
Millie uses her homesteading, preparedness, and off-grid living experience as a guide to writing her bestselling Christian Post-Apocalyptic series, Havoc in Wyoming and Montana Mayhem.
Recent Blog Posts
Getting The Most Out Of A Whole Chicken AKA Stretchy Chicken
Learn how to stretch one whole chicken into at least five meals with my Stretchy Chicken tips and ideas! There is something wonderful about cooking...
Off Grid Living July 2017
Hello, Friends! I hope you your July has been wonderful. We had a wonderful month at our off grid farmstead. Our grandson came to visit for about a...
Off-Grid Living April, May & June 2017
Hello, Friends! What a busy few months we've had! It's time to catch-up on the excitement around our place. The theme for April is kids! Cute little...
Off-Grid Living March 2017
It's hard to believe we've been living in our off-grid cabin for a year now! It's still unfinished and there is still much to do but we've made some...
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...
Off-Grid Living January 2017
Hello, Friends! Winter is still in full force at our Wyoming farmstead. January brought many more snowy, cold days and even colder...
Woodstove Cooking
With winter in full force we have a fire going in our wood stove pretty much all of the time. The wood stove is our main heat source. Originally we...
Off-Grid Living December 2016
The word for December was cold! We had very few days above freezing and several below zero. One morning a neighbor told me their temperature gauge...
Planning for a Smokehouse
Time for venison chicken fry! We have had a great year for filling our freezer and are definitely enjoying plenty of chicken fried venison and...