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Get the most
out of your groceries.

Making sure to use up all the food you buy is a great way to save cash and reduce your wasted food. Not sure what to make? Check out some of our favorite recipes below.

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Rotisserie Chicken – MFNW
1 chicken, 5 meals
Fried Rice – MFNW
Leftover soul fried rice
Hummus – MFNW
Broccoli stem hummus (Kroger)
Pesto 2 – MFNW
Carrot top pesto (Fork in the Road)
Pesto 1 – MFNW
Use what you have pesto (Real Simple)
Kitchen Scraps – MFNW
22 budget-friendly recipes that will use up your kitchen scraps (The Kitchn)
Bread – MFNW
Recipe finder (Save the Food)
Remix – MFNW
Remix: work with what you've got recipe book (Too Good To Go)
Cookbook – MFNW
Download the Stop Food Waste Day cookbook

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