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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


15 Scrap Fabric Projects

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If you love sewing, quilting or just doing fabric crafts, you know that despite your best intentions, you often end up with way more fabric that you needed and now you are stuck with scraps of fabric that didn’t get used. It seems like such a shame to throw these away, but what do youRead More

DIY Kindle, iPad, or Tablet Cover Tutorial

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Turn an old hard cover book into a beautiful case for your kindle, iPad or other tablet.  A little decorative fabric, cotton batting, and your trusty glue gun and you can create a pretty, custom cover for your tablet.  If you have fabric on hand already this can be a really frugal project.  I createdRead 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.