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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Bad Spending Habits You Should Break

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If you want to save money, you need to make sure bad spending habits aren’t holding you back. Here are 7 bad spending habits you should break and ways to break them.   We all have some spending habits that leave us spending more than we thought or spending money we don’t need to. TheRead More

5 Ways to Build Your Emergency Fund Faster

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An emergency fund is one of the essential items you need to start the journey of becoming financially secure, paying off debt, and start the ball rolling on getting your money in order. Backed by financial experts like Dave Ramsey, having an emergency fund gives you something to lean on when you have a financialRead 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.