Hi! Tonight I thought I'd like to tell you
how to cut celery, carrot, and onion. A lot
of us do celery, carrots and
onions for a base for everything we make,
so I thought it might be helpful to show
you how to cut these up real quickly.
You have your onion, I already cut it in
half, and I'm going to take the peel off of it, so I've
got 1/2 of an onion. You're going to cut it
into little half-moon
anyway around the outside. I like my
Sakura knives that have a blunt edge for
this type of cutting. I've cut the
little half-moon shapes, and now I'm just
going to go on the other side and cut
them into pieces. Now I've got 1/2 an
onion cut in about 20 seconds! The
next thing I'm going to do is celery.
For celery, I'm going to cut all the way
down in threes okay? Keep the top intact
so it's safer to hold. Then you're gonna
put your two pieces together, put your
ends together, and cut top the same
pieces all the way down. Now I cut a
little bit faster than some people, don't
let that get in your way! Now there's celery
all cut up. That wasn't too bad. And now the carrot. I picked a
purple carrot to show you because I
think they're beautiful! They have a
beautiful yellow on the inside. You
can see the top is kind of nasty. I'm
going to cut off the bottom as well. You
did notice that I left the peel on, and I
left the peel on because this is an
organic carrot. I've already washed it,
and the peel is good for us. There's no
reason to get rid of it, so I'm keeping
it on. I'm just going to cut the top and
bottom off and discard them. Then you're
going to take it, and cut it in half. I'm
going to cut it in half. Then from there, I'm
gonna cut that in half.
Okay so now I have this piece and that's
the piece I'm going to work with - and see
how pretty that is on the inside? - I just
love that! I'm going to cut that into
pieces, so I've cut it into carrot sticks.
You could stop there now and put it for
vegetables for snack for the week, but
we're going to cut this up. You're
going to put all your pieces together,
and you're going to go ahead and cut
those into like-size pieces as well. Now
I've got my carrot, so if I do the other
piece, and put them together (make sure
you watch your fingers) take the top part
of the blade of the knife
on your cutting board for stability. Done! So if I'm making a
soup, or chili, or a stew, or whatever I'm
making I've got my basic's and it took me
a minute.  There it is!
