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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Gallery of Favorites – Urban Chickens

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April of The 21st Century Housewife and I would like to welcome you to our weekend blog hop: Gallery of Favorites!   This week we are featuring a post written by a 10 year old about keeping chickens and tips for holding them. Earth Muffin Mom blogs at Diary of a Small Town Earth MuffinRead More

Gluten-Free Chai Doughnuts with Vanilla Glaze

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This homemade gluten-free chai doughnuts recipe creates flavorful doughnuts with a delicious blend of cardamon and cinnamon spices from using chai tea in the batter. Sometimes I amaze myself, like with these donuts. I love Chai spices, so I thought that steeping Chai tea in milk and then adding it to a vanilla doughnut recipeRead More

Sonoma Chicken and Pasta

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Since the pickiest kids EVER have started artichoke hearts and olives on their pizzas , I have been looking for more ways to incorporate them in recipes. This recipe was inspired by a chicken salad recipe that I saw at a local deli. I decided to add the chicken, artichokes and olives to a tomatoRead More

Feeding my Family After a Day of Batch Cooking

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On Sunday I shared a glimpse into my day of batch cooking on my Facebook Page. Batch cooking allows me to fill my freezer with “homemade convenience food” and speeds up dinner prep on busy nights. For me, batch cooking is different than once a month cooking because I am not actually assembling meals. InsteadRead More

Mocha Fudge Frosting

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This is my signature frosting. When someone in my family asks me to make my frosting, they are asking for my Mocha Fudge Frosting. I do not remember the source of the recipe though I think my mom shared it with me. The first time I clearly remember making it was the summer I wasRead More

Summer Squash with Chives

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Summer Squash is one of my favorite vegetables, but my children are not as crazy about it. Which is why I am always looking for new ways to season and prepare yellow squash. I have found that if I constantly change how I serve it, they don’t have a chance to get tired of it.Read More

Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Pizookie (Pizza-Cookie)

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My husband and kids prepared dinner for Mother’s Day. My husband grilled steaks and my daughter made Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Cauliflower and Green Beans with Garlic. My oldest son set the table. And my youngest son picked flowers from the shooting star hydrangea bush they bought me and put them in a cup ofRead More

Hearth and Soul Hop – Preserving the Harvest Edition

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Welcome to another Hearth and Soul Hop, the food carnival for and about food that not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls!  You can find the Hearth and Soul Hosts sharing links to entries on the Hearth and Soul Hop Facebook Page, Pinterest Boards, and on Twitter at @HearthNSoulHop. Last week, I featured recipesRead More

Gluten-free Pear Muffins with Jam Filling

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My kids informed me that it had been too long since I had made them muffins for breakfast. I wanted to make them something hearty, something more than what my daughter calls “ugly cupcakes”. I adapted my Gluten-Free Pear Bread recipe to make muffins to include more whole grains. I used oat flour in theseRead More

Chai Spiced Frosting

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I was asked to make cupcakes for a party we attended last weekend. I wanted to create unique flavors without frightening the guests, so I choose to make chai latte cupcakes with Chai Spiced Frosting for one batch. They have a mild, but interesting spiced flavor. My daughter walked in as I was baking andRead More

Gluten-Free Strawberry Kiwi Coffee Cake

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How do you improve upon spring’s first strawberries? Pair them with kiwi! Strawberries and kiwi are an amazingly delicious combination. So often I see them paired on top of fluffy, frosted cakes, but you don’t need to go to all that trouble to enjoy them. In fact, they are so good, you can sneak someRead More

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Scones

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My oldest son is a really good big brother! I mean really good. He offered to help my 4 year old put together his train set. If you have a young boy, you know that one ill-fitting piece can lead to a catastrophic meltdown of epic proportions. The mothers of daughter probably think I amRead More

Gluten-Free Vanilla Scones

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My youngest son does not have much of a sweet tooth, but when he does want sweets he usually wants something with a strong vanilla flavor to it. When we were grocery shopping last week, a salesperson offered us a sample of vanilla bean scones. My son really wanted to try one, but since theyRead More

Gallery of Favorites – Peaches!

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April of The 21st Century Housewife and I would like to welcome you to our weekend blog hop: Gallery of Favorites!   This week we are featuring two amazing, seasonal recipes using peaches: Peach Mango Creamsicles and Spiced Peach Clafoutis.   Laureen, of Fox in the Kitchen, took creamsicles to a whole new level whenRead More

The Gallery of Favorites – The Make It From Scratch Edition

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April of The 21st Century Housewife and I would like to welcome you to our weekend blog hop: Gallery of Favorites!   This week we are featuring three entries that feature an item made from scratch: Homemade Red Wine Vinegar, Homemade Mayonnaise, and Homemade Harissa Paste.   Jen, of Jen’s Natural Kitchen, shared her experienceRead More

Hash Brown Recipe with Summer Squash and Zucchini

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Today at $5 Dinners, I shared my latest experiment in getting my kids to eat squash…for breakfast…and it was a huge success! Here is my recipe for Hash Browns With Summer Squash. I hope you have as much luck with it as I did. Are you swimming in yellow squash and zucchini? Here is my 4th AnnualRead More

How to Make Crispy Hash Browns

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The trick to making crispy hash browns is to remove as much of the water from the potatoes as possible after grating the potatoes. You will be surprised by how much liquid you are able to squeeze out. Remove the excess liquid from grated potatoes to make crispy hash browns. You can do this aRead More

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.