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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
Wonderfully Tart Grapefruit Marmalade
Last winter we lived in Northern California (after our house in Oregon sold but before we could move to our land in Wyoming) and we had access to an...
Meat Potpie
I have mentioned in a previous post that one of the things I often do is prepare a meal that can be remade into future meals. Such as making a roast...
Special Occasion Fish Chowder
This rich and delicious Fish Chowder is super easy to make and uses nutrient dense fish stock as the base. I make my fish stock in my usual method...
December Food- Take 2
> I've added to our food spending for the month of December. The picture below shows some of the items from one store stop. I actually forgot to...
Menu Week of December 14
We try to eat Real Food. What does that mean to me? Our foods should be whole, unprocessed and nutrient dense. I'll be the first to admit that we...
December Food- Take 1
I've been thinking that if I'm going to call this blog Real Food for Less Money that I really should share with you not only what we eat but what we...
Minimal Knead Sourdough Sandwich Bread
I love sourdough. I love a big crusty hunk of it to enjoy with stew. But crusty sourdough doesn't work very well for sandwiches. Making a sourdough...
Super Yummy Butterscotch Oatmeal
Warm and delicious plus amazingly frugal. It's hard to go wrong with this Super Yummy Butterscotch Oatmeal. Soaking the night before helps make it...
Menu Week of November 30
Last week was pretty great food wise. Of course, we had Thanksgiving and all of the bounty that Thanksgiving entails. Tuesday night we had a very...