Vegetable slicing shield

A vegetable slicing shield comprising:

• a u-shaped handle configured for gripping by a human user;
• a medially disposed root coupled with the u-shaped handle at opposing lateral regions of a first side of the root;
• a plurality of tines with first ends coupled with a second side of the root and extending outward from the root to second ends which form a row of spaced apart points, wherein open slots are defined between adjacent tines, and wherein a subset of the plurality of tines are shaped between their first ends and their second ends to form slices of a containment basket which is curved in three-dimensions;
• and
• a vegetable stop coupled with a tine and with the root and configured to space a vegetative material apart from the root when the vegetative material is contained between the containment basket and a cutting surface such that a knife access region for cutting the vegetative material is provided between the root and the contained vegetative material.