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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Crispy Kale Chips

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These Crispy Kale Chips are an excellent healthy snack!  They fit perfectly into a gluten-free diet, paleo diet or even a diabetic friendly diet.  Chock full of antioxidants and nutrients everyone needs, kale has fast become the most fashionable of vegetables.  These chips will have your family begging for more of their favorite new vegetableRead More

10+ Delicious Kale Recipes

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Kale is a great vegetable as you probably already know if you are reading this. Kale is great vegetable to grow in cold weather and can be started in very early spring and again in the fall. Here are tips for growing kale. Kale is also in season for purchasing this time of year.. This means youRead 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.