Box up any unopened nonperishables and donate them to your local food pantry. Challenge yourself to spend a week incorporating all the little bits left over into soups, stews, pasta dishes, and trail mixes. To utilize every inch of space, invest in a slide-out drawer that makes even the back corners of the pantry more accessible. “These goodies add interest without a lot of extra work,” she says. Yonan suggests dried mushrooms, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and his new favorite condiment, jarred Chinese chili crisp.
