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Quick Tip Solutions
See the GladWare® Bowl “Chop More for Later” symbol throughout recipes to alert you to an ingredient that can be increased and stored for future use.
General Chopping Tips
•For liquid ingredients, do not exceed 3⁄4 cup (175 ml).
•To chop carrots, celery, mushrooms, green pepper or onion, cut into
•The more uniform the pieces, the more uniform the final product will be.
•Do not process raw meat, coffee beans, whole squares of baking chocolate, or whole, hard spices in the food chopper. This could damage the chopper.
Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics
•Chop fresh garlic cloves in GladWare® bowl and freeze for future use.
•Chop fresh garlic cloves in GladWare® bowl; add softened butter to make garlic butter. Spread on sliced crusty bread, heat in oven and serve.
•Chop many herbs, such as parsley, chives or thyme (not soft, leafy herbs) and air dry to mix with seasoning for spice rubs.
•Chop herbs such as parsley, chives, thyme or rosemary to freeze for future use.
•Chop fresh herbs, add tomato paste and spices, freeze in ice cube trays for quick flavor “fix” for soups, stews or sauces
•Make flavored or “compound” butters. Chop herbs in GladWare® bowl; add softened butter and other spices. Shape into log with plastic wrap and refrigerate or freeze until hardened. Slice and use to top cooked vegetables, fish or meats for garnish and extra flavor.
•Chop onion in GladWare® bowl and refrigerate or freeze for future use.
•Chop red onion in GladWare® bowl and refrigerate to have on hand for a great salad garnish or to jazz up a recipe in place of regular onion.
Sweets
•Add granulated sugar and ground cinnamon to GladWare® bowl and mix for quick cinnamon sugar.
•Scrape seeds from fresh vanilla bean and add to granulated sugar in GladWare® bowl and mix for aromatic vanilla sugar for hot drinks or desserts.
•Chop variety of nuts, either raw or toasted, in GladWare® bowl to use as a terrific dessert topping, cookie or cake ingredient and freeze for future use.
•Chop baking chocolate in GladWare® bowl and use in dessert or cookie recipes for a more rustic or larger cut ingredient.
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Miscellaneous
•Chop cooked chicken or ham in GladWare® bowl and combine with mayonnaise, salt and pepper for a quick sandwich spread.
•Chop cooked meats, such as chicken, in GladWare® bowl for healthy, natural baby food. Add liquid or mashed potatoes to achieve soft consistency.
•Chop cooked fruit or vegetables for baby food or use as a base for sauces or soups.
•Chop variety of nuts, either raw or toasted, in GladWare® bowl to use as salad garnish, dessert topping or recipe ingredient and freeze for future use.
•Chop Parmesan cheese in GladWare® bowl and refrigerate or freeze to have
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