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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Oreo Wreath Cookies

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Just because you don’t like to bake doesn’t mean you can’t create awesome Christmas cookies! Make these easy chocolate covered Oreo Wreath Cookies for your cookie exchange. These chocolate covered Oreo wreath cookies are so festive! No one will care that you didn’t bring home-baked cookies to the cookie swap! You can make these OreoRead More

Rudolph Sugar Cookies

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These simple Rudolph Sugar Cookies are made with a gingerbread man cookie cutter! You just turn the gingerbread cookie upside down and you have a reindeer cookie! It’s an easy cookie recipe to bake and decorate this Christmas. Decorating a fresh batch of sugar cookies is a must during the Christmas season. There are so manyRead More

Mini Chocolate Chip & Peppermint Gingerbread Cookies

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I had some leftover gingerbread cookie dough leftover from the Postcard Gingerbread Cookies recipe I did a few days ago. I could have tossed it out but isn’t that one of the deadly sins? Makes sense to me, “Though shalt not toss out unused cookie dough!” With my leftover dough I created these Mini Chocolate ChipRead More

Postcard Gingerbread Cookies

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We all know any good Santa worth his (or her) salt loves cookies. So, it’s obligatory to set out a plate of freshly baked goodies to keep Santa happy. Everybody knows the happier Santa is, the better the gifts! Not any old cookie will do, don’t cha know? Santa doesn’t like boring. It is commonRead More

Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe

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I have tried a lot of Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipes over the years, attempting to find the perfect flavor and a dough that is easy to work with.  This recipe for sugar cookies is wonderful.  The cookies are crisp, but not hard and the flavor is wonderful!  The dough is easy to roll out and it holdsRead 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.