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roasted yukon gold potatoes and sweet potatoes recipe

Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

January 8, 2022 by Alea Milham 15 Comments

Can’t decide whether to serve sweet potatoes or Yukon gold potatoes? You don’t have to choose if you make this roasted Yukon gold potatoes and sweet potatoes recipe! Necessity is the mother of invention. When I was getting ready to make dinner last week, I looked in the potato bins and discovered I only hadRead More

Easy Bacon Ranch Chopped Salad Recipe

Bacon Ranch Chopped Salad

January 2, 2022 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

This bacon ranch chopped salad is an easy make-ahead salad recipe. “I like the stems too”. My husband was cutting up broccoli for my daughter when she was a toddler when she first said that. He was just putting the florets on her plate and she told him that she liked the stems too. HeRead More

Ranch Roasted Root Vegetables in a Green Bowl

Ranch Roasted Root Vegetables

January 2, 2022 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

These ranch roasted root vegetables make a hardy side dish. I tell everyone that I don’t peel vegetables because there are nutrients in the skin of vegetables. But it actually might be that I’m lazy and frugal. Let’s face it, it’s also a lot less work to skip the peeling process and just wash, dry,Read More

52 Small Changes to make for a healthier Lifestyle

52 Small Changes for Living a Healthy Life

December 30, 2021 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

If losing weight, getting fit, breaking a bad habit, or living a healthier lifestyle are your goals for the new year, we have some ideas to help you out. We have compiled 52 small changes you can make to your lifestyle that can give you big results. The idea is to incorporate a new change eachRead More

Free Printable Thanksgiving Planner

Thanksgiving Planner Printables

November 1, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I look forward to planning our celebration each year. If you want to have a more organized holiday this year, use this Thanksgiving planner to create a stress-free Thanksgiving for your family. This Thanksgiving planner includes printables for everything you need to plan your celebration including brainstorming ideas, a Thanksgiving mealRead More

Organization and Planning Tips for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner.

Planning Tips for Thanksgiving Dinner

October 25, 2021 by Alea Milham 7 Comments

Reduce your stress with these organization and planning tips for Thanksgiving dinner. A few days ago, I shared my Thanksgiving dinner menu. Making my menu early allows me time to find the best deals on the ingredients I will be using to make the meal. I don’t just plan my Thanksgiving menu plan early, IRead More

Elf on the Shelf book-themed ideas to get kids reading over winter break.

25 Book Themed Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Printables

September 5, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

Enjoy 25+ Days of Reading with your child with these Book Themed Elf on the Shelf Ideas. Elf on the Shelf is a popular Christmas tradition, but I don’t like the naughty pranks and to be honest, it can be a lot of work! I am more of  Book Advent Calendar type of mom; I loveRead More

roasted cauliflower with spices in a red bowl

Roasted Cauliflower

August 22, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

This rapidly roasted cauliflower recipe is simple and delicious! Roasted cauliflower is an easy, healthy side dish that can be made in a flash. Cauliflower is a vegetable that can be prepared in a variety of ways, but my favorite way to cook it is to roast it in the oven. Roast cauliflower with oliveRead More

Quick and easy instant pot bbq chicken on a hamburger bun with barbecue sauce dripping off the shredded chicken.

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken

May 9, 2021 by Alea Milham 4 Comments

This Instant Pot BBQ chicken recipe is a quick and easy way to make barbecue chicken for your family! Confessions: I often make BBQ chicken in the Instant Pot even when the weather is nice enough to grill outside. I love making BBQ Chicken in an Instant Pot! It is quick, easy, and the meatRead More

5 ways to use citrus peels in your garden

5 Ways to Use Citrus Peels in Your Garden

March 15, 2021 by Alea Milham 9 Comments

Don’t throw out your orange peels and lemon peels! Save them and try out one of these 5 ways to use citrus peels in your garden and yard. The spring and summer months are the perfect time to enjoy a juicy orange or some fresh-squeezed lemonade. But when you are done, don’t toss those citrusRead More

Sunday dinner and weekly meal prep with the leftovers

Chicken Dinner Menu Plan + Meal Prep Lunch Recipes

March 4, 2021 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

Enjoy a delicious Sunday dinner with your family and then use the leftovers to meal prep lunches or simple suppers throughout the week. Sunday Chicken Dinner Menu Plan I use several different appliances, so I can easily make large batches of each dish. Each recipe I mention in the menu plan is linked to theRead More

Asian chicken salads in meal prep bowls with Asian dressing

Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep

March 4, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

This Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep recipe makes it easy to meal prep lunches for the week, it is a delicious salad that will revival your favorite take-out salad. This Asian salad is an easy salad for me to pull together in under 15 minutes because it is made from vegetables that I often haveRead More

Asian Chicken and Rice Bowl

Asian Chicken and Rice Bowl

March 3, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

These Asian chicken and rice bowls are one of my husband’s favorite meal prep lunches. I make chicken bowl recipes regularly because they are both healthy and hearty. I like to mix up the sauces, grains, and vegetables that I use to create variety so it doesn’t feel like we are eating the same chickenRead More

roasted broccoli in a white bowl

Roasted Broccoli

March 1, 2021 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

This roasted broccoli recipe is seasoned with garlic powder and onion powder creating a flavorful side dish in under 15 minutes. When I was a kid I thought I didn’t like cooked broccoli. It turns out, I love cooked broccoli, I just don’t like over-cooked, slimy broccoli. Roasting broccoli for a short time at aRead More

onion and garlic instant pot rice in a bowl

Instant Pot Onion and Garlic Rice

March 1, 2021 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

This quick and easy recipe for rice seasoned with onion and garlic makes a great side dish for a variety of meals. I usually cook plain white basmati rice to use in recipes. I like to cook a large batch of rice, then I divide it up and add seasonings to just the portion IRead More

three good companion plants, corn, beans, and squash growing in the garden together

How to Use Companion Plants in Your Garden

February 23, 2021 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

Here’s how to use companion plants in the garden and a list of good companion planting combinations. Just like with people, plants have their best friends – you know, those other plants that they like to grow old next to. When you grow certain plant combinations together they have surprising powers to help each otherRead More

Caribbean Chicken Taco Salad Recipe with Mango Salsa

Caribbean Taco Salad with Mango Salsa

February 2, 2021 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

Looking to jazz up your taco salad? Try this Caribbean Taco Salad recipe topped with homemade mango salsa! The salad days of summer require that I get more creative with my salad recipes so my family doesn’t tire of them. As the weather warms up here the salad greens growing in my garden will startRead More

How to Make Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts: Make a healthier Valentine's Day treat with this recipe for clementine hearts. Perfect for parties

How to Make Chocolate Dipped Clementine Hearts

January 5, 2021 by Alea Milham 4 Comments

Check out how easy it is to make chocolate dipped clementine hearts. These would make a fun snack or treat for kids on Valentine’s Day! These chocolate dipped clementine hearts are easy to make. If you wanted to be super healthy, you could stop after cutting the clementine wedges and using toothpicks to create hearts,Read More

A batch of quick and easy instant pot mashed potatoes recipe in a green bowl.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

November 20, 2020 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

This easy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes recipe does not require draining. You can make the mashed potatoes in the Instant Pot from start to finish. The fastest way to make a large batch of mashed potatoes is to cook them in the Instant Pot. Even better, since you cook Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes in vegetableRead More

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Holiday Bonus Gift Card Offers 2020

November 16, 2020 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

There are a lot of Holiday Bonus Gift Card Offers this year!   Retail Gift Card Bonus Offers 2020! Many of the bonus gift cards offered at retail stores are only valid for a couple of weeks in January, so be sure to mark your calendar with the dates, so you don’t forget to redeemRead More

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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