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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


S’more Ice-Cream Parfait

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This recipe makes 2 delicious S’more Parfaits. Double, triple, or quadruple it if you are feed a crowd. Ingredients: 1 Pint Ice Cream, Vanilla 2 Bananas, Sliced 15-20 Mini Marshmallows 4 Graham Crackers, Pulsed in a food processor, and 4 Graham cracker quarters toasted 1/3 Cup of Mini Chocolate Chips 4 Large Marshmallows 2 tbspRead More

One Ingredient Crock Pot Caramel Sauce

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  My grandmother originally shared how to make caramel sauce using sweetened condensed milk with me back in 2000. She recommended putting the unopened can of sweetened condense milk in a pan, covering it with water, and simmering for 3 hours. While her caramel sauce recipe was easy and delicious, that is a lot of time to haveRead More

Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

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It is hard to find store-bought caramel sauce that is free of high fructose corn syrup. If you do find HFCS free caramel sauce, it is very expensive. But I have good news: Caramel Sauce is really easy to make at home. I was going to say that this recipe uses ingredients that are usuallyRead More

Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe

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We love making homemade ice-cream, well actually I should say the kids and I love it when my husband makes homemade ice-cream – the kids and I rarely make it, but we love it when he does! While my husband makes the ice-cream, I make the toppings. Sometimes I make Homemade Caramel Sauce (or dairy-freeRead 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.