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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

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This Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats Recipe is not only a delicious dessert, but it is also a fun activity to do with your kids. Instead of making sugar cookies for Easter, you can use an egg cookie cutter to cut out Rice Krispie Treats into fun shapes. Then use icing to decorate them just like youRead More

How to Make Hollow Chocolate Easter Eggs

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Use this tutorial on how to make hollow chocolate Easter eggs to make your own candy eggs this year! Here’s an Easter treat that is decorative, delicious, and filled with whatever you please. A hollow chocolate egg can hold jelly beans, chocolate eggs, marshmallow bunnies, or even money. You can even leave both sides ofRead More

How to Make Sugar Eggs for Easter

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Use this step-by-step tutorial on how to make Sugar Eggs for Easter this year. A beautifully decorated sugar egg is a delight for young and old alike. It is sparkly and dressed for spring on the outside, and has a lovely scene to discover on the inside. Making the sugar egg shell is very simpleRead 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.