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Real Food Cooking
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
Meal Wrap up (October 3, 2016)
We're in a season without menu plans. Not having menu plans really is a challenge for me. I prefer to know what I'm cooking each day. At one...
Joplin 66 Hostel
In April of this year we needed to make a trip down to where my parents are living to visit and take care of a few business issues. Originally we...
A Season Without Menu Plans
I am a huge fan of menu planning. I truly believe that planning a weekly menu is the best way for us to keep our food budget under control. For a...
My Teeth Haven’t Fallen Apart!
Three years ago I shared my dental woes in, My Teeth are Falling Apart. I had always considered myself fortunate since I've only had two cavities....
Pronghorn and Petroglyphs
Last weekend Joe and I went pronghorn antelope hunting. Well, Joe hunted. I went along for the camping weekend. We met up with our friends who were...
Returning From An Unplanned Hiatus
At the end of 2007 while awaiting the birth of our sweet little boy I dipped my toe in the online world and started a blog. It began as a place I...
Ready to Start Your Own Business? Here’s Help!
A few years I ago I took a chance. I decided that I wanted to start my own work from home business. I was already working from home part-time (as a...
Trout Grilled in Parchment
We've been enjoying our beautiful summer with trips to the local lakes and river for fishing. We had a few trout in the freezer and decided to...
Menu Week of April 11, 2016
Hello, Hello! Spring is definitely here! We had our first baby goats of the year yesterday. I haven't seen them live and in person yet since my...