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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living

Vanilla Bundt Cake with Mixed Berry Glaze

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This vanilla bundt cake recipe is topped with a mixed berry glaze, but you can top it with your favorite glaze. A few days ago, I stopped in at Save Mart to pick up a few things. While I was there we found Driscoll’s Berries on sale, so I picked some up. Before I leftRead More

Berry and Coconut Popsicles

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You are going to love this Mixed Berry and Coconut Popsicles Recipe made with a mixed berry puree. The recipes and pictures are from the new cookbook The Ultimate New Mom’s Cookbook by Aurora Satlerand and are reprinted with permission. The Ultimate New Mom’s Cookbook simplifies the process of feeding you and baby as well as multiple agesRead More

10 Amazing Raspberry Recipes

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Raspberry season is here! This makes me super excited because I love berry season. Here in the Pacific Northwest, berries are very expensive in the off season and they get much more reasonable in the on-season. I buy so much that I freeze them and end up with great frozen berries for use all yearRead 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.