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Here are some fast and easy tips on chopping that will surely cut your meal prep in half!
- Cutting herbs: Take a hand full of fresh herbs and place them into a narrow juice glass. Using kitchen shears, chop vertically until thoroughly minced. Be sure to take a whiff... the smell will be amazing!
- Slicing meat: To get thin strips of chicken or steak for fajitas or salads, cook the piece of meat whole. When the meat is still about a minute or so away from finished, pull it out onto a cutting board and slice it using a fork and pizza cutter. Return meat to skillet and cook until it reaches the desired wellness.
- Shredding Chicken: Use a vegetable peeler to shred already boiled or baked chicken. Be sure to use a fork to hold the chicken in place as you quickly shred using the peeler.
- Chopping Garlic: I used to buy pre-minced garlic and thought it tasted just as great as the real thing... WRONG!!!! I can't believe how much better freshly chopped garlic tastes. There's a great new tool that has become my favorite kitchen gadget! Quickly peel garlic and place it into the top of this rolling garlic chopper. Roll back and forth on your counter and in seconds you've got freshly chopped garlic!
- Pizza Cutters, not just for pizza: I have 3 pizza cutters because we use them so much. Consider them for cutting crusts off PB&J sandwiches, slicing through waffles and pancakes, cutting celery or fruit or chopping meat into small pieces for soups and salads.
- Green Beans: Rather than sit and pop the ends off of all of your green beans one by one, grab a handful, tap the ends of the bunch on your counter and chop. Flip the bunch over and allow the ends to fall to the counter and chop once more. This works for the ends of asparagus too.
