Orto box (vegetable garden box) is the name of the enterprise our entrepreneur farmer has created here in the upper Tiber valley, or Val Tiberino. I met him today. Luca, a young farmer. He brought my first delivery. It is very early in the season yet so I got two big heads of lettuce, some red spring onions, 5 big zucchini, and a few zucchini flowers. It cost 10€. Picture.

Since the lettuce was so big, I shared half, plus e a zucchini, with my cleaner, Linda. She was thrilled to get it.

Last night I used the zucchini flowers and one zucchini to make a pasta sauce. Chop small onion, two garlic cloves sauté in olive oil. Cube the zucchini and chop flowers and add. I added thyme and a few pepper flakes now. Then cook a few minutes until softened. I used orecchiette pasta. It was good. Didn’t take a photo! Oops.