5. Rescue ugly produce
Compass Group USA launched an Imperfectly Delicious Produce program to encourage its foodservice accounts to use misshapen and bruised produce in recipes. Morrison Community Living Executive Chef Juan Acosta, who runs the kitchen at the Motion Picture & Television Fund, a retirement community in Woodland Hills, Calif., purees odds and ends of spinach, cauliflower, mushrooms and other vegetables as the base for cream soups and finely slices tiny potatoes and broccoli into salads and stir-fries.