Let a Vegetable Chopper Take Over Dinner

Get ready to serve meals with incredible texture that require almost no effort on your part when you enlist a vegetable chopper as part of your culinary repertoire. This handy little gadget chops vegetables into perfectly even cubes for dicing that looks like a professional was in your kitchen with the finest of cutlery. While your chopper may not replace your best knives, this is one device that deserves more credit than it might usually get. Chop onions to top chili or rice with black beans, pile tomatoes onto tacos or to make bruschetta and get herbs down to their most aromatic. A vegetable chopper can make a world of difference to your prep and your final plate.

What is a Vegetable Chopper?

A vegetable chopper is a handheld kitchen tool that allows you to create perfectly chopped vegetables every time with a few simple, manual motions. There are a few different styles available, so choose the one that will help you elevate your favourite kinds of cuisine.

• The traditional chopper includes a jar or container as its base, topped by a lid that has a grip for your ease of use. You may have to chop your larger veggies so they fit into the container size, but after that, you simply use the chopper blade to create the texture you want.
• Another style of chopper is similar to a mandoline, which is usually used for slicing. In these instances, the mandolin requires the same manual sliding action you'd use for the slicing tool, but instead it chops or dices, thanks to wire blades that are arranged for cutting cubes.
• For herbs or garlic, you may want to choose a single chopper to dedicate to aromatics. This lets you get more work done at once when serving large meals and makes cleaning easier.

Elevating Your Meals With a Veggie Chopper

There are so many ways to elevate your meals when you have a vegetable chopper. Get out your cutting boards and small serveware and prepare to set up a table full of delightful textures as toppings, garnishes and mix-ins that you include in cooked dishes.

• Adorn pastas with chopped tomatoes, diced olives, crushed herbs or pine nuts and more.
• Coat chicken, fish or tofu in gourmet crusts, like crumbled pistachios or almonds with herbs.
• Set up buffets or sophisticated taco bars with diced peppers of all types, tomatoes, onions and other fixings.

Enhancing Your Entertaining With Chopping

Once you realize all you can do with your vegetable chopper, you'll be excited to start making a wider range of dishes. Invite friends over to enjoy your newfound inspiration and make your home the place to be for delicious texture.