Vegighetti

Vegighetti is a simple, quick and delicious vegetable side dish. Use a julienne slicer to make the thin spaghetti like strands of the vegetables.

Ingredients:
1 medium green zucchini
1 medium yellow summer squash
1 medium carrot
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
pinch of red pepper flakes
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Use your julienne slicer to make thin strands of the zucchini, yellow squash and carrot. Set aside.

In a skillet over medium heat, saute garlic and red pepper flakes in olive oil until you can smell the garlic, less than a minute.

Add the zucchini, summer squash and carrot and saute until just tender, about three minutes.

Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground pepper and serve.

Makes approximately 4 half cup servings.

Nutrition info: Calories 48, Carb, 4g, Fat 4g, Protein 1g, Fiber 1g, Vitamin C 21%

Vintage Cheese Boxes Rock!

Here at Green Apple Kitchen we're thrilled when we can offer a fantastic new kitchen item, especially if it's healthy and "green" but nothing gets us more excited than giving new life to a little piece of our past. One of our favorite oldies but goodies are the wooden boxes cheese used to come in. There are 2, 3 and 5 pound boxes with terrific old-fashioned type and graphics that we find utterly charming.







So what can you do with them, you ask. Well, they can be used as planters for your kitchen herbs (line them first). They can store your farmers market hall of apples.. They can keep your cabinets tidy by storing teas, and spices. They can help organize a drawer by storing your favorite kitchen gadgets in them. Why not keep the napkins and the salt and pepper you use every day in one so it looks cute on your kitchen table but quickly can be stored away in one swoop when not needed. Of course we could go on and on but you get the idea.
We try to always keep plenty on hand, you can find them under Cheese boxes in our Vintage Kitchen Collectibles section of the website.