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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
Menu Plan Week of November 18
Last week's menu plan ended up with a few slight changes. Mainly Friday night's Taco Soup. When it was time to make Taco Soup I just didn't feel...
Introduction to Food Storage: Make a Plan
I like making lists. I make a 'to do' list almost every morning of the things I need to accomplish that day. I make a menu plan nearly every week....
Campfire Broth
Homemade broth is an important part of a real, whole, traditional foods diet. Making broth was one of the first things I started doing when we began...
Menu Plan Week of November 11
It is quite cold here! We had snow and single digit temperatures over the weekend. I think it is supposed to warm up later in the week. Last week's...
Introduction to Food Storage: Why?
What would you do if you could not go to the grocery store? If you were not able to go to the farm and pick up your eggs, meat and milk? And your...
Taking the Pantry to the Next Level
Last month I did a few posts on some of the methods we use for tightening our financial belt as far as food costs are concerned. We are smack in...
Menu Plan November 4
Last week's menu plan turned out great. Planning for breakfast, lunch and dinner really helped me with my organization-- something that had been...
Menu Plan October 28
Last week a friend and I were retrieving the rest of our Azure Standard order (a long story that involved ALOT of driving) and we were discussing...
Shop the Pantry First– My Method for Menu Planning
For the month of October, we're focusing on tightening our belt and reducing our food costs. The main thing my family does to help with our food...