If you like to cook

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Do you stick to a few cuisine types or do you cook from all over the world?

What do you do with less used ingredients, do you find other recipes and use it up? Or end up chucking that jar of chipotle paste away because you've only used it twice in the last six months?

I'm trying to be more conscious of what I buy and cook but seem to still end up with a half used jar here etc.

Not me, but I have a friend who likes to do different 'themes' in different years - so it might be she goes through all the countries in a continent and tries to find a recipe from each. Or she might try to find a recipe starting with each letter of the alphabet or something.
I did tell her she has too much time on her hands but she reckons she likes it as it takes her out of her comfort zone.