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Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
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All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
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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
Stretchy Breakfast: Fried Mush – Two Ways
One of my favorite breakfasts growing up was fried mush. My mama always made it out of cornmeal mush. It was a true 'Stretchy' food since day one we...
Foods in Review: Week of January 22
I am happy to report that our bathroom project is just about finished. The room is now fully functional and we are working on the details. One...
Grain-Free Almond Meal Pudding
One of my real life friends shared a great grain-free breakfast treat. She calls it Almond Flour Pudding. She says she's been making it for some...
Hash: A Great Stretchy Meal
When I'm looking at little bits of leftover meat and a small selection of vegetables (either raw or previously cooked) Hash immediately comes to...
Foods in Review: Week of 1/15/2012
This past week was another busy one. We started redoing the girls/guest bathroom a few weekends ago. Sunday and Monday (a holiday) were spent...
Guest Post: Chicken Divan
I'm excited to have Teryl here today to share a very tasty main dish with you. I 'met' Teryl in the GNOWFGLINS eCourse Forum where she posted the...
“Butter Causes Diabetes”
This morning, my husband Joe, had one of those 'morning shows' on. I wasn't really paying attention to it until one of the 'medical contributors'...
Grain-Free Clafouti
Mmmm. Clafouti. Definitely a favorite. I had actually never heard of clafouti until it was featured in the menu mailer from Cooking Traditional...
Foods in Review: Week of 1/8/12
This past week I didn't spend too terribly much time in the kitchen. With tax stuff to be done, regular bookkeeping, my business getting this new...