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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
Black Beans: Menu Week of February 6
Week 6 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. I am really enjoying using this menu plan. It did take me some work to get the plan in place and I am still...
Mung Beans: Menu Week of January 30
Week 5 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu. This week is a bit of an experiment with Mung Beans being the Stretchy Bean of the week. I've eaten sprouted...
Real Food and Food Storage
The past few weeks I have been mentioning my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan and food storage each week when I post my weekly menu plan. Food storage is...
White Beans: Menu Week of January 23
I'm still working on my 13 Week Rotating Meal Plan. This is week 4 and White Bean week. My rotating meal plan is still a work in progress for the...
Lentils: Menu Week of January 16
Oops. I forgot to put my menu plan up for this week. And I'm sure you were all waiting with bated breath wondering what in the world we are eating...
Preserving Food
Ginger commented on this post about doing more canning and preserving in order to build up food stores. This is something that I think about and...
Menu Week of January 9 and A Rotating Menu Plan
I wanted to talk a bit this week about something I've been working on for awhile. A Rotating Menu Plan. I have been working on a 13 week menu plan....
Cheap Eating circa 1878
I found these books available online recently. They were all written in the late 1870's by Juliet Corson. I've enjoyed them. Many of the food...
Menu Week of January 2
Last week was quite a week. Good but busy. I worked a temp job Monday to Thursday. Plus I started training discussions on a contract that I am...