Pantry Challenge - Week 3 Update

I know I said I was joining the Pantry Challenge at Good Cheap Eats, with the goal of using up some random ingredients I have on hand:

Ronzoni Healthy Harvest egg noodles
Sweetened condensed milk
Canned cannelli beans
Cornmeal
Jam
Anchovies

But I've made hardly any progress at all. As I mentioned when sharing my menu plan for the week, I haven't felt much like cooking because I've been focused on other projects. That's not a bad thing, but it's just not possible to do everything at the same time, let alone do everything well.

However . . .

I do want to make more progress with this pantry challenge before it ends. And my family will eat better if I do. So I'm planning to use anchovies in tomorrow night's Pasta Puttanesca, and I finally acquired the ingredients to make Key Lime Bars and Mushroom & Artichoke Chicken with Egg Noodles. I will also finally get around to making cereal bars, which will use up some jam.

I do really like cooking . . . I just need to plan better!