Second Chance Foods receives a lot of food donations from grocery stores that are items nearing expiration. That’s why meat, bread, and yogurt frequently appear in our kitchen. To ensure these items reach our recipients in the condition, volunteers cook these items into some of our favorite recipes. Meat, poultry, and seafood are beneficial additions to our stir-fries, soups, bakes, and more. Sometimes these ingredients become the star, like our salmon cakes, steak fajitas, or glazed meatballs. The kitchen loves to make strata with large donations of bread approaching the end of its peak. Strata is very adaptable, so we can also include a variety of vegetables and herbs from what we have on hand. Yogurt can be a more complex item to utilize, but if it’s plain, we can add it to meatloaf, meatballs, soups, or curries. One of our volunteers, Anya, even brought some to our Dunbar Heights site along with fruit to make smoothies with the kids! Yogurt is also an item we’re happy to pass along in our distribution boxes for families. Even with a close expiration date, we know it’ll be eaten immediately and still be fresh (see Martha’s video below to see just how long yogurt sometimes lasts beyond its label).