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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
Finding a New Place to Call Home
We moved to our current home almost five years ago. We never intended for this to be our 'forever home'. We chose the location based strictly on...
Menu Week of March 30
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Menu Week of March 23
We're celebrating! With the longer days the chickens and ducks have started laying again. We're getting between 10 and 12 eggs a day which means...
Menu Week of March 16
We've had a wonderful weekend visiting with my daughter that lives in Oregon and her fiance. The arrived mid-day on Saturday and left mid-day on...
Simple Lives Thursday #188
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week we enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you...
Menu Week of March 9
How are you doing with the time change? Springing forward an hour doesn't seem like it should be a big deal but in some ways it is. We were starting...
Simple Lives Thursday #187
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week we enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you...
Favorite Less Beef Meals
The cost of beef is going up. I've read a few different articles that peg the increase anywhere from 4% to 10% and this is a following a record...
Simple Lives Thursday #186
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week we enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you...