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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Pasta Salad Recipes

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These pasta salad recipes make great easy weeknight dinners or fun side dishes for picnics and barbecues. Did your mom or grandmother have a specific dish they always brought to family get-togethers, picnics or BBQs? I think most of ours did, and now, we may even be the one that has our own. For me,Read More

Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese

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This Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese is a frugal way to turn plain mac and cheese into a meal. Your whole family will love the flavors in this easy recipe! When most people think of comfort food, certainly mac and cheese comes to mind. There’s the classic way of making it with just cheese orRead 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.