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Clean Your Refrigerator | Weekly Decluttering Challenge

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By keeping our kitchens organized, menu planning will be much easier, we’ll reduce our food waste, and we’ll be less likely to buy duplicates. Sort the food by category, such as dairy, condiments, drinks, leftovers, etc, and group categories together. 5 Simple Steps to Clean and Organize Your Refrigerator and Freezer.

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Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

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So instead of menu planning, buying what we need and eating it, we are buying what we feel like, cooking too much and throwing away the rest instead of eating the leftovers. Learn to reduce, reuse recycle everything. Everything has another use is a saying often heard in regards to recycling. USA, UK, Australia etc.)

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8 Tips to Help You Save Money While On Vacation

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For dinner, we''ll plan to eat in on 5 nights and eat out 2 nights. Usually there is enough leftovers for the last night to be a ‘clean out the fridge’ night. We''ll plan the menu weeks before we leave, so I can do most of my grocery shopping at home instead of our vacation spot where prices are more expensive.

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