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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
GAPS Introduction Day 1
Our first day on GAPS went fairly well. I think my favorite thing to eat yesterday was carrots. I had planned to mash them but ended up just leaving...
GAPS Introduction Starts Tomorrow
So far I have chicken and broth ready for tomorrow. Still to do today is make a 'pate' as described in this post, make a butternut squash soup...
GAPS Introduction in Two Days!
Photo Credit: Joana Hard on Flickr On Saturday my husband and I will be starting the 30 Day GAPS Intro Challenge that Cara at Health, Home...
Making a Change
Just over two years ago we started to slowly change from a Standard American Diet (SAD) to a Real/Whole/Traditional foods diet. Our changes were...
Summer Recap
Whew. What a busy summer this has been! We went on our fabulous road/camping trip for my daughter's college graduation and after we returned I went...
Road Trip: Segment 5- Part 2 of the Long Trip Home
Photo Credit: hoi polloi on flickr We are up to the final leg of our Road/Camping trip back to Oregon for my daughter's graduation. Segment 5: Part...
Week of June 5: The Week Without a Menu Plan
Photo Credit This time next week we'll be at the beach. However, not a beach that looks like the above picture. Photo Credit We'll be at a...
Mung Beans: Menu Week of May 22
This week has started off very good. Yesterday the older children went to the movies and had a late lunch/early dinner in town. Joe, Christopher and...
Road Trip: Segment 4- Part 1 of the Long Trip Home
> Next month my oldest daughter is graduating from college. We are driving back to Oregon for her graduation and then enjoying a little...