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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

Italian Pasta Salad with Grilled Pork

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This quick and easy Italian Pasta Salad recipe includes grilled pork, cheddar cheese, and a variety of vegetables. Four random ingredients and 20 minutes to make a meal.  When I am in a situation where I have to pull a couple of random ingredients together to make dinner, I often turn to cheese to pullRead 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.