Sweep the kitchen.

My habit of holding onto things, and people moving out and selling me their extra kitchen stuff.

Half a box of pasta shells, half a bag of penne, one box of macaroni and cheese, two extra packets of the same type of cheese without the macaroni, frozen broccoli, frozen bell peppers and onions, frozen cauliflower.

Some olive oil, plenty of dried herbs and spices, whole milk, salted butter.

Cooking the herbs and spices before adding in the frozen vegetables, adding each pasta shape to the water in descending order of cooking time, using an extra half-cup of milk that worked in the sauce's flavor by binding to the al dente pasta, tossing everything together in the pot.

Salt and pepper at the table.

I needed something to eat for dinner, and it's Shavous tonight. That I had a savory dairy-appropriate food to make was delightful; being able to punch it up so much was a bonus.