How to Pit and Peel an Avocado
You can easily peel and pit an avocado without making a mushy mess. To peel and pit an avocado, you need a sharp chef’s knife and a spoon. Use the silky, subtle, edible part for salads, appetizers, in [more…]
How to Chop Vegetables
Chopping means simply cutting something into small, usually even, pieces. You need to chop vegetables, most often onions and garlic, for many different cooking techniques, including sautéing. Chopping [more…]
Cleaning and Trimming Leeks
Leeks make a great addition to stews, sauces, and many other meals. You need to prepare leeks for use in a recipe by cleaning and trimming them. Preparing a leek for your next great kitchen masterpiece [more…]
Preparing Fresh Garlic
You can chop garlic, you can smash garlic, you can even put it through a garlic press, but using fresh garlic really is worth a couple extra minutes of prep time. The flavor of fresh garlic is superior [more…]
How to Wash and Store Fresh Greens
Wash greens before you store them for later use. Washing your greens thoroughly before you store them can make salad preparation much easier. After all, unwashed salad greens can taste a bit like a mouthful [more…]
Peeling, Seeding, and Chopping Fresh Tomatoes
You can use tomatoes in all kinds of different forms to make tasty meals. When you need a tomato peeled, seeded, and chopped (maybe as part of that great tomato sauce recipe), here’s the process: [more…]
Trimming and Slicing Mushrooms
Trimming and slicing mushrooms are worth the effort because of the flavor they impart. Whole mushrooms need some cleaning and trimming — and slicing if the recipe calls for it. [more…]
Coring and Seeding a Bell Pepper
Getting peppers ready for cooking involves coring and seeding them. You can both core and seed a bell pepper in the same procedure. [more…]
Peeling and Coring an Apple
To make many kinds of desserts that include apples, you need to prepare the apples before using them in the recipe. Peeling the skin off an apple and removing its core is simple: [more…]
How to Increase Your Vegetable Intake
If you are hoping to lose weight this year, you probably already know that one easy way to meet that goal is to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables you eat. Vegetables are low in calories and [more…]
How to Make Lemon Zest
Lemon zest is essential for flavoring (and garnishing) many desserts — and it's often interchangeable with orange and lime zest. But lemon zest can be bitter if not made properly. Here's an easy technique [more…]
How to Cube a Mango without Peeling It
You can cut a mango into cubes after you peel it, but you can also cube a mango without having to remove its skin at all. Here's an easy way to get your mango cubed without the mess! [more…]
How to Dice an Eggplant
You can use this technique to dice an eggplant into cubes for any number of recipes, including soups and sauces. Dicing an eggplant is an easy process, but to dice your eggplant properly, you need to have [more…]
How to Peel and Cube a Mango
Cubed pieces of mango make a great addition to everything from chutney to fruit salad. And cutting up a mango couldn’t be easier. You can cube a mango in two ways, in fact. This method involves peeling [more…]
