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Homemade {Mild} Enchilada Sauce

August 26, 2013 by Alea Milham 8 Comments

We love enchiladas, but I recently discovered that I have to be careful when buying enchilada sauce because some of them contain gluten. Tomato season just happens to be the perfect time of year to make enchilada sauce from scratch. You can make extra and either freeze it or can it for future use. ManyRead More

How to Clean Stainless Steel Pots and Pans

How to Care for Stainless Steel Pots and Pans

August 23, 2013 by Kristi 4 Comments

Stainless steel pots and pans can be very difficult to take care of. Stainless steel is also one of the best types of cookware on the market. You will find that stainless steel is extremely durable, cooks evenly and can last you a lifetime! Below are tips for how to care for stainless steel pots andRead More

Easy Make Ahead Breakfast Recipes

August 19, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

One of the biggest issues I have on school mornings is making sure everyone in the house has a good breakfast on top of all the other things they need for their day.  Lunches are easy to fix ahead of time an store but a good breakfast takes a bit more time than most ofRead More

How to fill your freezer in 30 minutes a day - includes recipes and tips.

How to Fill Your Freezer in 30 Minutes a Day

August 15, 2013 by Alea Milham 15 Comments

Michelle is sharing tips and recipes for filling your freezer in 30 minutes a day. It’s back to school time! I don’t know about you, but my “lazy” days of summer are almost over and I need to start getting back to business. Eating at 8:30 pm isn’t going to fly with a little girlRead More

How to get started dehydrating food

Dehydrating Food

August 14, 2013 by Kristi 4 Comments

If you have never dehydrated food, you will want to keep reading! Dehydrating your food is great for saving money, space and preserving food that would otherwise go bad. I’m sure to most people the thought of dehydrating food sounds a little intimidating. However, it is extremely easy to do and it’s also fun. YouRead More

How to Reheat Leftovers

August 13, 2013 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

After creating a dish for your family, most people have the common task of dealing with leftovers. Leftovers can be a great thing for your family as your lunch the next afternoon or for the base of a new dinner the next day. Since you have spent all that time cooking a healthy meal, youRead More

easy pizza poppers recipe

Pizza Poppers

August 12, 2013 by Editor 2 Comments

This quick and easy Pizza Poppers Recipe is a semi-homade pizza pocket made with refrigerated biscuit dough, pizza sauce, cheese, pizza toppings, and garlic butter. My kids are always happy to eat anything pizza-flavored.  They would gladly dig in and never complain if I made Pizza or spaghetti for every meal.  But sending pizza orRead More

Fruit Recipes from the Hearth and Soul Hop

August 12, 2013 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

This week will be the last week that Judy from Savoring Today will be participating in the Hearth and Soul Hop as a co-host. If you follow Savoring Today, you already know that Judy is transitioning to the life of an empty nester. She is going to use this time to focus more intensely onRead More

10 Uses for Garden Grown Tomatoes

August 1, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

Here are 10 ways to use up the tomatoes from your garden. It is that beautiful time of year when backyard gardens become chock full of bright and juicy tomatoes! It seems like overnight they can multiply by the dozens and before you know it, you have bushels of tomatoes and no idea what toRead More

Grilled “Stir Fry”

July 31, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

We enjoyed the vegetables that we grilled to make our grilled salad so much that we decided to make a faux stir-fry by grilling veggies. I love grilling with my husband. It ends up being a team effort. Mostly I am just a back-seat griller, but he puts up with it to have company whileRead More

Crunchy Cabbage Salad

July 29, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

If you are wondering what you can possibly do to make those Ramen noodle packs healthy check out our Crunchy Cabbage Salad.  As I find with most salads I make, this one is easy to adapt to your family tastes.  We have often served with grilled Teriyaki Chicken on the side or used shredded chickenRead More

Menu Plan Week of 7/29

July 28, 2013 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

We are entering into week 4 of the furlough. I have been cooking from the pantry, freezer and garden. The freezer and garden are still full, but the pantry is starting to get low. We are eating more meatless meals and I am replacing half of the hamburger in some recipes with beans or lentilsRead More

Salad recipes

10 Delicious Salad Recipes

July 27, 2013 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

These delicious salad recipes are perfect for easy weeknight dinners or for meal prepping lunches. I am not sure what the weather is like where you live, but we have been having record high temperatures. It is so hot I don’t want to eat, let alone turn on the oven and cook. I just wantRead More

Free Printable Freezer Labels and a Freezer List

July 25, 2013 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

Last week, we shared a list of foods that freeze well. One way to make sure that the food your freeze gets used and doesn’t go to waste is to clearly mark all of your items with the date and what’s in the bag. This will allow you to quickly see what day you putRead More

10 Uses for Basil + Walnut Pesto Recipe

July 24, 2013 by Alea Milham 4 Comments

Basil is one beautiful herb, because it is not only pleasing to the eye but pleasing to the palette too. Basil is easy to find, easy to grow, and easy to use in a variety of ways around your home. You may not have thought of basil for much more than adding some spice toRead More

Sweet and Savory Summer Salsa

July 23, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

Katie is sharing her Sweet and Savory Summer Salsa Recipe: Salsa is the perfect summer treat, since most of the ingredients you need to make it are growing right outside in your garden! Salsa can be sweet, savory, spicy, and even refreshing on a hot summer day, and when paired with corn chips makes theRead More

Berry Recipes from Hearth and Soul Hop

July 22, 2013 by Alea Milham 7 Comments

Welcome to another Hearth and Soul Hop, the food carnival for and about food that not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! This week I am featuring recipes using berries created by last week’s contributors to the Hearth and Soul Hop:  Raspberry and Rose Jelly and Cream Lemon and Blackberry Napoleons Watermelon and BerryRead More

Strawberry Spinach Salad

July 22, 2013 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

If you have fresh spinach in your garden or at your farmers markets like I do, now is the perfect time to whip up this quick and easy low fat dressing and create a beautiful salad for your family tonight.  I especially love this salad because it is great for my picky eaters who likeRead More

The Furlough Menu Plan Week 2

July 15, 2013 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

Our menus are going to become a little more frugal over the next couple of months as my husband is furloughed one day each week. We will be eating from our freezer, pantry, and garden as much as possible.We will be cutting back on our meat in take as well. I have printable menu plans,Read More

Summer Dessert Recipes from the Hearth and Soul Hop

July 15, 2013 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

Welcome to another Hearth and Soul Hop, the food carnival for and about food that not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! This week I am featuring some of the delicious summer dessert recipes that were submitted last week. Some are frozen treats and some are made on the grill allowing you to keepRead More

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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.

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