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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.
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
Hungarian Turkey Legs
Did you score sale priced turkey, or ten? Looking for some options other than roasting a whole turkey? Here's a great one for you! Cut the...
What To Do With a Whole Turkey
I had a turkey in the freezer that we did not use for Thanksgiving. I admit to being slightly turkey challenged. I've roasted a few of them over the...
Menu Week of December 26
I'm coming up on a busy season here. I have a couple of temporary jobs lined up, one of them being a long term temp job plus it is tax season for my...
Menu Week of December 19
Last week was an odd one. Monday morning I was feeding the chickens, went to move a bag of chicken feed and hurt my back. I spent most of the week...
Frozen Assets
It is always nice during a busy time to know that my freezer holds the basic components for a wonderful meal. I love being able to pull a few things...
Menu Week of December 12
This week should be fairly mellow. I do not have any temporary jobs but will be working my bookkeeping job more than last month with the end of the...
Menu Week of December 5 Plus More
I recently had the privilege of guest posting at GNOWFGLINS. Wardeh was very kind to allow me to share some of my thoughts on preparing real food...
Menu Week of November 28
The last Sunday in November. Where does the time go? I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went enjoyed dinner at our friends place. My friend...
Curry Lo Mein Style Dinner
You ever have a night when nothing sounds good? Maybe the menu plan you so diligently made just doesn't quite work for that night? Or maybe you just...