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Premeditated Leftovers™

Prep-Ahead Meals, Cooking Tips, and Frugal Living


Rudolph Sugar Cookies

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These simple Rudolph Sugar Cookies are made with a gingerbread man cookie cutter! You just turn the gingerbread cookie upside down and you have a reindeer cookie! It’s an easy cookie recipe to bake and decorate this Christmas. Decorating a fresh batch of sugar cookies is a must during the Christmas season. There are so manyRead More

Patriotic Star Homemade Sugar Cookies

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Homemade sugar cookies are a treat that reminds me of my grandma.  They are one of the first special baked goods I ever made on my own, and this easy recipe is just another way to honor her.  She was a military wife who knew how hard it was to hold down the fort while herRead More

Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe

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I have tried a lot of Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipes over the years, attempting to find the perfect flavor and a dough that is easy to work with.  This recipe for sugar cookies is wonderful.  The cookies are crisp, but not hard and the flavor is wonderful!  The dough is easy to roll out and it holdsRead 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.