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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


How to Deep Clean Your Dishwasher

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Cleaning the dishwasher is important to keep it cleaning your dishes properly. Here’s how to deep clean your dishwasher. There’s nothing more annoying than pulling dishes out of your dishwasher and finding and that they have little bits of food stuck to them. A lot of times, this is due to the fact that yourRead More

21 Ways to Clean Your Whole Home with Vinegar

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Use these tips and tricks to clean your entire home with vinegar. It is a budget-friendly and safe way to clean practically every room! Have you ever used vinegar to clean? If not, giving it a try should be at the top of your to-do list. Vinegar is a powerful disinfectant which makes it perfect forRead 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.