a large pot of boiling water + (?) for dinner

i had no idea what to make for dinner, i wanted to make fish cakes, but the ones i like have potatoes and since there are no potatoes in the house so that was nixed

so i put 2 quarts of water to boil and decided to rummage in the fridge --- lol

in went white rice -- didn't measure wish i would have added more i was hoping for the consistency of pilaf
red lentils
amaranth
broccoli - chopped up
carrots diced
red pepper diced
a package of powdered onion soup
parsley
frozen precooked shrimp
frozen sweet corn
a pat of butter (that's about a table spoon or so :)

wish i had some cannoli beans (white beans) but i used those up the other day, vegetable stock in stead of the onion soup, and some chopped up dinner sausage, oh and brown rice but i have to use up the white somewhere

the whole thing smells great, and a preliminary taste confirmed it :) -- just needs salt

and dinner is ready in under an hour