Pasta with Garlic, Olive Oil and Black Olives

Provided you have pasta in the store cupboard, and olive oil, olives and garlic, and some grated fresh Parmesan cheese in the freezer, this is a real store-cupboard lunch or supper which tastes delicious if you, like me, have distinctly Mediterranean tastes. The Parmesan will thaw during the time it takes for the water to boil to cook the pasta, and also during this time you can be chopping the garlic finely and stoning and cutting in half the olives. If you should happen to grow parsley, o