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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

Brown Sugar Pecan Coffee Cake with Chai Spices

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This Brown Sugar Pecan Coffee Cake recipe is a wonderful addition to a holiday brunch. How do you handle stress? Some people cook, some people shop, some people eat, my sister runs, but me? I read magazines. Why magazines instead of a book? Well, when I am stressed, it means I probably have a lotRead More

Easy Applesauce Bundt Cake

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This semi-homemade applesauce cake is made by doctoring a plain white or yellow cake mix. What do you do when you want to make a cake, but you don’t have a lot of time? make a bundt cake. They are elegant and you can get away from putting a simple glaze on top and callingRead More

Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Bundt Cake

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I found a recipe for a pumpkin pie spice bundt cake using a box of spice cake mix in a from a homeschool friend. I didn’t have any spice cake mix on hand, so I modified the directions to make it work with the yellow cake mix I had in my pantry. The Pumpkin PieRead 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.