Can Swiss cheese and yogurt be dinner?

I read a lot of food blogs. I like to read recipes and get inspired, though I rarely end up actually making any of it. I don't hate cooking. It's just not something I've made much time for in the past. I usually have other things to do, like watching that same episode of "The King of Queens" for the 8th time. But, I'm trying to get better and add new things to the three or four things I usually cook.

So, I was reading one such blog, A Mighty Appetite, and thought I'd try her Eating Down the Fridge challenge. It's basically about using up things in the fridge/freezer/pantry before buying anything new. We tend to throw more away than we should in our house, like bad bananas, the occassional half a loaf of moldy bread, REALLY sour cream that fell to the back of the fridge and was forgotten about, etc. I've been aware of this for some time and I've been unofficially kinda doing the challenge already, but now I'm gonna take it even more seriously. I do hate wasting.

So I'm not grocery shopping this week. I will be making meals using things we already have. This might be a bit of a challenge since our fridge is a little different from the norm this week due to our being gone last weekend and having my sister house/cat sit. Here's a picture of it's current state ( I just opened the door and snapped - it's a disaster right now)...



There really isn't any meat except for frozen turkey burgers and bacon. We have a decent amount of produce, so there will probably be a lot of veggie meals. And I might be getting creative with pasta. I'll let you know what we end up eating each day, and when I finally have to break down and go to the store.

P.S. I already cheated tonight because I have a bit of a cold, so I had Mark pick up some matzo ball soup on his way home from work, but I trust you won't say anything ;) Maybe we'll just call tomorrow Day 1.