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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
Design a Meatloaf Burger
I love being able to stretch a pound of grass-fed ground beef to feed our family! Gyros, Navajo Tacos, casseroles, soups/stews, chili—all are...
Quick and Easy Gyros
Here is a very yummy quick dinner idea and also an excellent way to stretch a pound of hamburger. I've been having requests from the family for...
Recap from Last Week and Menu Plan Week of 11-7
>Last week went well food-wise. I'd love to tell you what all we ate but I lost my menu plan and do not have the best memory apparently. I know...
Venison Curry over Cauliflower ‘Rice’
I have been wanting Indian food since a new Indian restaurant has opened in town and everyone is talking about it. But our budget is tight right now...
The End of October
This has been a loooong month. I worked a full time temporary job starting on October 4 so for four straight weeks I've worked 40 hours a week. But...
Working and Cooking, Cooking and Working
Whew. Another week of full time temporary work (same place as the previous weeks) has gone pretty well. I very much enjoy the work and the days go...
Real Food Made Fast
I worked this past week at the same temp job as last week. It is going good but I'm starting to feel the stress of working a full time job, a part...
Working Mama Meal Plan for Week of October 3
The last few weeks I've been trying to get by without a menu plan. More than anything as an experiment to see if not having a firm plan might work a...
Last Weeks Meals and This Weeks Plan
I'm finally getting around to post what we actually ate last week. My internet was down for the entire weekend (not fun at all when I usually work...