Patent ID: 7258289

Claim:
A combination food cutting, storage, and shredding apparatus for safely storing knives therein and conveniently holding scraps and peelings left over from cutting, comprising: a substantially rectangular storage box having a top portion, a top edge, a bottom portion, a first side edge and a second side edge opposite one another, and two opposite fixed sides positionable therebetween, having a plurality of drawers including a knife drawer and a garbage disposal drawer, the knife drawer having a plurality of elongated stands having grooved slots therein for securely housing sharp knives therealong, the first side edge housing the knife drawer which extends outwardly therefrom, the garbage disposal drawer having a substantially empty receptacle for collecting peelings and shreddings therein and the second side edge housing the garbage disposal drawer which extends outwardly therefrom, and one of the fixed sides including a substantially circular knife sharpener; a substantially rectangular cutting board having a bottom surface and a perimeter which fits securely on top of the top edge of the storage box; and a substantially rectangular shredder positionable within the storage box just underneath the cutting board and above the garbage receptacle drawer, and being exposable for use when the cutting board is removed from the top edge of the storage box, shreddings easily fall through the shredder and into the receptacle of the garbage disposal drawer.