Frugal pantry vegetarian chili

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Hi! How is everyone's Saturday doing? I'm trying to come on here a little bit more than I have been lately, just busy and trying to stay caught up with life things! I was proud of myself for this meal because all I bought for it was: a 2 pack of zucchinis. Yeah, seriously! The rest of the items came from my pantry or leftover veggies I had from other meals. I had some leftover tomato juice and vegetarian beans - as well as the rest of the ingredients in my pantry - diced tomatoes, black beans, chili beans, corn, spices. I didn't actually use vegetable broth this time, just water, spicy tomato juice, spices, and some salt. Of course I needed some sour cream and cheese for topping. I also used this can of carrots that I had no idea what to do with, and I don't hate it. Normally, I don't know what to do with canned carrots. But they actually don't taste too bad in the chili. Not sure why I've been afraid of canned carrots until this point. I can't really calculate cost PER say because even though I spent less than $10 on the ingredients TODAY, I bought those cans of beans etc earlier in the year, just hadn't used them until this meal. Have you made any good frugal meals lately?