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Home » Blog » Tips and Tricks » Fruit and Veggie Tips & Tricks

Fruit and Veggie Tips & Tricks

Jul 22, 2014 · Modified: Jan 4, 2024 by Pam Dana · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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A few weeks ago, my husband came across this video on Facebook showing how to Husk Corn without the mess!  We both literally freaked out!  We’ve been having TONS of corn on the the shucking is by far our least favorite part! So, from there I started questioning how many other fruit and veggies I was cutting and peeling the wrong way!  So, I began my search!  I was amazed at some of the tips and tricks I discovered!  So, I today I’m sharing them with you!  I know you’d all like to save some time in the kitchen too!

Fruits:

How to Cut a Pineapple from Dessert Now, Dinner Later!

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How to Cut a Mango from The Kitchn!

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How to Cut an Avocado by Tablespoon!

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How to Cut a Grapefruit by The Kitchn!

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How to Peel a Kiwi with a Spoon from Dessert Now, Dinner Later!

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How to Cut a Pomegranate from Bon Appetite!

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How to Hull a Strawberry from Practically Functional!

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How to Pit Cherries from chow.com!

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The Right Way to Cut an Apple from Bless this Mess Please!

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How to Peel an Orange Like a Genius from Listotic!

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How to Peel and Cut a Peach from Simply Rebekah!

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How to Cut a Watermelon Sticks from the Girl who Ate Everything!

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How to Crack Open a Coconut from The Healthy Foodie!

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Veggies:

How to Dice an Onion from The Kitchn!

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How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds by Saveur!

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How to Shuck Corn with No Mess!

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How to Peel an Entire Bag of Potatoes in Under a Minute from Dam Good Cooking!

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How to Cut a Pepper from Fine Cooking!

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How to Chop a Head of Broccoli from Bon Appetite!

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How to Cook an Artichoke from OhDearDrea!

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How to Cut Romaine Lettuce into Bite Sized Pieces from Panera Bread!

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How to Cut Cauliflower Florets from Yum Sugar!

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How to Cut Zucchini from I Heart Naptime!

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How to Cut Cabbage from Start Cooking!

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I hope you learned something new today!  Have a great day!

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  1. Beauty Groomers

    April 30, 2015 at 1:19 am

    such a great and creative idea.

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  2. Angela Todd

    August 21, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    aaaawesome! Pinning!

    Reply
  3. Samantha

    July 28, 2014 at 10:54 am

    Thank you so much! this is one of the most useful emails I
    have ever gotten!

    Reply
  4. Melissa Griffiths

    July 23, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    Such a cool idea for a post! I’m in love with life hacks 🙂 Vegetable and fruit ones are even better!

    Reply
  5. Better From Scratch

    July 22, 2014 at 7:35 am

    What an awesome roundup! Coconut is a tricky thing to cut!!! Love all of the great tips here–pinned!

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  6. Amber @ DessertNowDinnerLater!

    July 22, 2014 at 6:14 am

    That orange one is blowing my mind!

    Reply
  7. Leah @ fabulousfarmgirl

    July 22, 2014 at 1:00 am

    Wow, some of these I knew but a lot I didn’t. My husband if the chef at our house and I’m the sous chef, always cutting up fruits and veggies. This will come in very handy. Pinning. Thx

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