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We Want To Help You Avoid Wasting Food This Holiday Season

There are so many fun gatherings during the holidays and goodies to go along with those gatherings. And it seems that this time of year, people have a tendency to…

CHICAGO – MARCH 20: Students at Nettelhorst Elementary School, on lunch, dig into a salad bar in the school’s lunchroom March 20, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stopped by the school to visit the new lunch program called, “Cool Foods,” as part of the Healthy Schools Campaign. Nettelhorst is one of three Chicago public schools participating in the new lunch program offering salad bars. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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There are so many fun gatherings during the holidays and goodies to go along with those gatherings. And it seems that this time of year, people have a tendency to go out to eat more, too. This can pose a little problem. Unless you love leftovers, lots of food may go to waste. Here are some tips to avoid that waste.

1. Organize your refrigerator. Do like accountants. Create a FIFO (First In, First Out) system.

2. Be creative when you cook and find ways to use leftovers. Just google "leftover ingredient recipes."

3. Move stuff to the freezer regularly.

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