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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


April Cleaning Checklist

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This April cleaning checklist will help you get ready for Easter, tax season, and warm weather! April showers bring May flowers; April also happens to bring tax season, planting season, and a warmer weather! Since you are going to be in the office finishing up last minute tax stuff, we are going to turn aRead More

How to Effectively Clean Concrete

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If you use concrete in your landscaping for a flower bed border, bird bath, walkway, or in garden decor, you will see that it occasionally needs to be cleaned. Cleaning concrete not only keeps it looking great, but it can help it last a lot longer, too. So how exactly do you clean concrete? HowRead 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.