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Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Easy Peppermint Bark Recipe

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This easy peppermint bark recipe is made with only 3 ingredients. It is quick and easy to make this bark candy. Peppermint Bark is the easiest candy to make. It only requires 3 ingredients and there are no candy thermometers involved. You don’t even have to turn on your stove if you melt the chocolate in theRead More

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Recipe

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This homemade peppermint hot chocolate recipe is made with crushed candy canes and dark chocolate chips. Yesterday was our first real snowstorm. It has snowed a few times this year, but it has always been a small amount that quickly melted. Yesterday when we woke there was already 6 inches on the ground and itRead More

Use Up Leftover Candy Canes in these Recipes

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Candy canes might go out of season, but peppermint never does! And since candy canes are red and white they are perfect for creating Valentine’s treats. So if you have some leftover candy canes lurking in your pantry, grab them and make a quick and easy peppermint treat. You can use leftover candy canes any timeRead More

Pretzel Peppermint Bark

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 Jodi is sharing her Pretzel Peppermint Bark recipe. A delicious twist on an old favorite Christmas candy. The pretzels in this candy give a light salty flavor that enhances the sweetness.  A little really does go a long way. I love dark chocolate with a white drizzle but you can use milk, dark, white, orRead More

Peppermint Bark Popcorn

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I enjoy coming up with new snack ideas for parties. I decided to modify my Peppermint Bark Chex Party Mix to make a Peppermint Bark Popcorn. I changed the quantities, but used a similar method. I also decided to use white chocolate on half of the popcorn and dark chocolate on the rest. This allows people toRead 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.