Cleaning out the pantry - Part II

I've been successful in sticking to my goal of cleaning out the pantry - purchases have been limited to rounding out what's needed with vegetables/fruit, milk, cheese, eggs, and bread. Some things have been tasty (such as this delicious recipe for peanut sauce - great in a stir-fry, or thinned with potstickers, and some not so great (Mark Bittman's white beans with tomatoes recipe from How to Cook Everything wasn't worth keeping leftovers of, and white chocolate doesn't melt when it's old). 

I'm now down to a less forgiving assortment of items. I still have plenty of beef, ground pork, tuna, and shrimp in the freezer, but the other pantry items are getting thin. Namely - tomatoes. I'm out of tomatoes. Who knew I would wish for just a single can of tomatoes? 


Some good news, though - with fall comes soup and stew season. That's my go-to type of recipe for beans and stew meat (of which I have two bags in the freezer) - but they don't really fit the weather on a hot day. Now, I'm sure many of these soups would be better with a can of tomatoes, but I must forge on!