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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
A Lacto-Fermentation Journey
Looking for the Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Book Club? I'm taking this week off. It will return next Wednesday. Two years ago, I shared a...
Add This Incredibly Inexpensive Legume to Your Menu Plan and Food Storage
Last year, my friend Andi shared this post on sprouting. I was totally intrigued by the sprouted peas. Especially the cost of those peas. $8.05 for...
Buttermilk Syrup – an Economical Alternative to Maple Syrup
Several years ago in a Taste of Home magazine, I found a recipe for German Pancake with a Buttermilk Syrup. (The magazine has all of its recipes...
8 Ways to Increase Your Food Storage- Real Food Style
Have you been working to increase your food storage but have stalled due to budget, lack of inspiration or just not sure what to do next? Last year...
Someone Else’s Shoes: An Interview With a Former Vegetarian
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'...
Milk Shake Magic
A favorite treat from before we started changing over to real, more nutrient dense foods was Magic Milk Shakes from the Hillbilly Housewife...
Foods In Review: Special Edition- Working Full Time and Real Foods
We just ended the first installment of Someone Else's Shoes with the first experience being Working Full Time and Real Foods. The purpose of the...
Working Full Time and Real Foods- Days 5 & 6 PLUS Giveaway Winner!
This is the first installment of the series Someone Else's Shoes. This experience is Working Full Time and Real Foods. Each month my family will be...
How We “Do” Real Food: 85/15
I think it is important to realize that when beginning a real/whole/traditional food journey it does not necessarily have to be all or nothing. Even...