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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Balsamic Roasted Brussel Sprouts

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Make these Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts to accompany a simple weeknight meal or to impress your guests on the weekend. While they look beautiful they are deceptively easy to make, so be sure and put them on your menu rotation. Are you tired of the same old vegetables for dinner? If peas, green beans, and corn seem to beRead More

Pan Fried Corn Salad with Skillet Tortilla Chips

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Here is an easy and delicious recipe we think you’ll be hankering for often.  This is a very simple, uncomplicated, and light dish.  With the homemade tortilla chips it will be an instant hit in your kitchen soon. Pan Fried Corn Salad with Skillet Tortilla Chips Instructions: 1 Ear of Sweet Corn, husked, and silkRead More

Parmesan Crusted Fried Green Beans

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  I occasionally take a healthy vegetable and turn it into a a completely fattening and delicious side. I cant help it, while I love my veggies fresh, steamed, boiled, or baked..sometimes they cry out to be deep fried.  Like green beans, delicious with a little butter and bacon, sauteed in olive oil, or evenRead More

Cornbread Casserole

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One of my husband’s cousins makes a delicious cornbread casserole using packaged cornbread mix. My kids and I loved it and each year I vowed to come up with a similar cornbread casserole recipe from scratch. One Thanksgiving after tasting my cousin’s corn casserole, I came home and finally modified my cornbread recipe to create myRead 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.