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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
Thrifty Food Plan Experience: Almost the End
$172 per week, two weeks, family of 5, real food. That is the current experience as part of the series Someone Else's Shoes. We're starting...
Someone Else’s Shoes Interview: Exercise Enthusiast, Real Food Blogger and Full-Time Employee
Don't you love taking a peek into the life of someone else? If you said yes, I'd say you are not alone. Just take a look at all of the 'reality'...
Thrifty Food Plan: Shopping Results Week 2
$172 per week, two weeks, family of 5, real food. That is the current experience as part of the series Someone Else's Shoes. We're starting...
Citrus Salmon Over Wheat Pilaf
Oh my, this was good! Salmon fillets plus a marinade of orange juice, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and honey then...
Thrifty Food Plan: End of Week 1 and Intro to Week 2
$172 per week, two weeks, family of 5, real food. That is the current experience. We're starting completely from scratch following the monetary...
Thrifty Food Plan Week 1: Four Days Down, Three to go
How many things in your cupboard do you take for granted? If you want to make tacos do you have all of the seasonings to add? Chili powder, cumin,...
Someone Else’s Shoes: An Interview With a Busy Mom
Don't you love taking a peek into the life of someone else? If you said yes, I'd say you are not alone. Just take a look at all of the 'reality'...
Thrifty Food Plan Week: Shopping Results
$172, one week, family of 5, real food. That is this weeks experience. We're starting completely from scratch following the monetary guidelines put...
Homemade Cracker Jacks
"Take me out to the ball game. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks. I don't care if I ever come back..." Do you like those Cracker Jack things...