Tutorial #1

After hours upon hours of watching the FoodNetwork, I believe that I deserve a mini culinary degree focusing on the art of dicing, sauteing and maybe even grilling (although the hubs still likes to think he is the King of that).. So below is our first tutorial which will cover chopping. This is a method that will really make your life easier and will cut down on the slicing and dicing of the fingers.

Chopping an Onion
1. To begin you must have a really sharp knife. Before I chop anything, I use this knife sharpener and then wash off with warm soapy water.

2. Cut the bottom of the onion.













3. Placing the flat side on the cutting board, make another cut right down the middle.















4. Remove the skin.


5. With the large surface placed flatly on the board, make a horizontal slice right in the middle cutting about 3/4 of the way through.






















6. Then starting on one side cut vertically every 1/4 inch all the way to the other side.















7. Then begin chopping the onion which will result in even onion pieces.