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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


10 Make-Ahead Lunch Recipes

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Try these 10 make-ahead lunch recipes to make your week less stressful and eat home cooked meals on the go! Between balancing work and school, it is hard to find time to cook homemade meals. It is even harder to eat healthy lunches every day. Packing a lunch each morning is just not realistic for meRead More

Quick and Easy Ratatouille Chicken Bowls

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I created these Ratatouille Chicken Bowls as part of a sponsored post for Wish-Bone and Tyson. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as is the recipe for this one-bowl wonder. As a mom, I am always looking for easy ways to pull together healthy meals that my kids will want to eat. I have foundRead 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.