Great to read about everyone's small victories.
My 'pantry-anarchy' continues- throw together recipes trying to use up as much as possible before moving cross country.
Made meat sauce and only had to buy a small tin of crushed tomatoes! Used up 2 cans of tomato soup, random freezer veggies, shredded cheese, 1/2 lb of frozen ground beef, pasta, and some excess onion and carrot. Based on a suggestion I think heard here, I shredded the carrot for extra volume in the sauce. I was home, so I let it simmer all afternoon to create a beautiful rich sauce!
Semi- saving/ semi spending money- bought a frozen pizza while at the store. In my defense, I plan on pulling it out when SO and I are too tired from packing to cook, and we have the impulse to order in. (Being organized to have a freezer pizza on hand has helped stopped us from the dreaded "I dunno what to do about dinner, lets eat out" many times before.)