Pantry Cleaning Party! Let's get crazy!

Not my pantry (from stock.xchng)

I'm a good intentions shopper. Even though I try to make a menu plan, make a list from said plan and then shop exclusively off of the list, what really happens is that I go to the grocery store and throw whatever looks pretty into my basket. As a result of my inspired method of shopping, my pantry is stocked to the gills with a mishmash of ingredients that were bought for recipes in long recycled magazines, on a whim or just bought in an unnecessarily large amount. This means one thing: pantry clean out time. My rules are:

1. I may buy food from the perimeter of the store or from the farmer's market (fruits, veggies, bread [yeast is not in my pantry]).
2. I guess I only have one rule. 

I've used most of the ingredients I've accidentally stocked up on but I'd love suggestions on sassy new ways to prepare:

• cous cous
• rice noodles
• jackfruit
• oatmeal
• pasta (I'm a slave to marinara)
• brown rice
• oatmeal
• nori
• sunflower seeds
• soy curls...endless soy curls

Any suggestions? Any general tips on pantry cleaning? Anything I desperately need to avoid?