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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Gluten-Free Mocha Fudge Doughnuts

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What is better than coffee with your doughnuts? Coffee in your doughnuts! These Gluten-Free Mocha Fudge Doughnuts are seriously good doughnuts. I feel that I should point out that we don’t eat doughnuts for breakfast. In our house, doughnuts are considered a dessert. With good reason! I am still having fun with my Sunbeam DonutRead More

Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins

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My youngest son, has officially started school this year. I am homeschooling him and we are supplementing his school at home with some co-op classes. One of his classes is a geography class and I panicked a little when I saw that would be eating snacks from the states that they are studying. Then IRead 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.