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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
Menu Plan Week of October 21
Last week I was feeling under the weather and didn't get a menu plan put together. In fact, I was feeling so bad that Joe and the girls took over...
Simple Lives Thursday #169
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Working From Home: Starting a Home Based Business
Something very exciting but can also be very nerve racking is deciding on the ‘perfect’ position to work from home. This post is the second in a...
Simple Lives Thursday #168
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Baked Custard
Hot or cold this baked custard makes a wonderful breakfast, dessert or snack! Add an extra sprinkle of nutmeg right before serving. Delicious! For...
Winter Garden and Snow Pictures
Just a few pictures of the first blizzard of 2013. This was one of the biggest we've had since we moved here. School was cancelled and even my...
Working From Home: My Experience
I get a quite a few emails from people wondering how I started working from home. In fact, this is probably the question I get second most often...
Simple Lives Thursday #167
Welcome back to Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are...
Stewed Duck, Chinese Style
We raise ducks for eggs. About every other year we get a new batch of ducklings either from a friend who incubates or from incubating them ourselves...