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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad Recipe

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This Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad recipe is a delicious twist on traditional potato salad recipes. It combines the flavors of jalapeno poppers (cream cheese, jalapenos, bacon, and cheese) with a potato salad. Warm or chilled, this Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad is the perfect side dish for your next barbecue or potluck! Do you know how to makeRead More

Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

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If you love Jalapeno Popper Dip, you are going to love this Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Recipe! My family loves Jalapeno Poppers, so much so that I have discovered that I can get them to eat a great variety of foods if I just add a little Jalapeno Popper dip to them, even squash! IRead More

Jalapeno Popper Crescent Ring

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This Jalapeno Popper Crescent Ring recipe makes a delicious appetizer any time of year! Party season has begun! The period from Halloween to New Year’s Day is filled with so many holiday parties and family get gatherings. Because holiday dinners are a little more involved, I like to keep my appetizers simple. For some casual parties,Read More

Spicy Steak and Artichoke Sandwich

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Last week, I decided to serve sandwiches and salad for dinner instead of heating up the kitchen by cooking a meal. As I was making my menu plans, I asked my husband to describe his favorite sandwich and he basically described a Philly Steak Sandwich. I asked him if we would mind if I playedRead More

Pineapple Mango Salsa Recipe + Homemade Tortilla Chips

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Summer and Salsa Recipes go hand and hand.  Fresh salsa and tortilla chips are a great picnic food, perfect for cookouts, and a light munchie anytime!  This recipe is not your traditional fresh salsa but is just as delicious and flavorful.  The mango and pineapple offer just the right amount of sweet to offset the heat ofRead More

Sweet and Savory Summer Salsa

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Katie is sharing her Sweet and Savory Summer Salsa Recipe: Salsa is the perfect summer treat, since most of the ingredients you need to make it are growing right outside in your garden! Salsa can be sweet, savory, spicy, and even refreshing on a hot summer day, and when paired with corn chips makes theRead More

Fresh Salsa Recipe

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My family fell in love with the fresh salsa at Baja Fresh. They were always trying to get me to make it, but I resisted because I couldn’t match that exact fresh salsa recipe. Then I realized my family didn’t care if it tasted exactly the same as the restaurant’s recipe, they just wanted freshRead More

Sweet Jalapeño Corn Casserole

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Elsa from Elsa’s Cooking Diary is sharing one of her incredibly flavorful recipes with us today. I must confess, I’ve never eaten corn casserole before. Nope, not even once. I know! Crazy! 🙂 For some unknown reason, I randomly decided that I needed to make a corn casserole to go with dinner. I searched forRead 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.