If you assigned a color to the words "fresh" and "healthy", there's a good chance green would be at the top of the list. You can start greening your plate with this pasta dish. My family just so happens to like zucchini. I use it in lots of different way. I've used it in soups, steamed it as a side dish, roasted it in the oven, grilled it on kabob's, and sauteed it in dishes such as this. You can usually find it year round and it is pretty cheap. Now my ultimate dream would be to have a vegetable garden someday and grow all kinds of vegetables such as zucchini. I live in the Arizona desert where you can't even grow grass so having a garden is on the back burner for now. SOMEDAY, I hope to make that dream a reality but for now I just settle on paying .99 cents a pound. This meal is very healthy and filling, especially with bread sticks on the side. You could also make a side salad that I think would also be a perfect partner. My husband says this is one of his favorite's so I hope you enjoy it too.