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  • Keep Raisins, Dates and Figs Soaked in Water

    Keep Raisins, Dates and Figs Soaked in Water

    If you aren’t already, I’d highly recommend that you start to keep your raisins, figs and dates in a jar or container. Fill that jar or container with water and keep it in the fridge. You can then easily use these to make spreads and...

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  • How to Open a Young Thai Coconut

    How to Open a Young Thai Coconut

    Steps Place the young thai coconut on a flat and secure surface. Use a meat cleaver to cut open the top. Hit the top of the coconut with the lower corner of the cleaver. Continue around the coconut in a diamond shape. Use the meat...

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  • How to Cut and Slice a Fresh Pineapple

    How to Cut and Slice a Fresh Pineapple

    This is the simplest way that I’ve found to cut and slice a pineapple. Steps Twist off top and discard. Lay pineapple on it’s side and slice off about 1/4″ from the top. Do the same for the bottom. Stand the pineapple upright and slice...

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  • How to Pit an Avocado

    How to Pit an Avocado

    This is by far the quickest and most simple way that I’ve use to pit an avocado. Simply cut the avocado in half and smash the blade of a knife into the pit and twist. The blade should grip into the pit and pop right...

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  • Store Nuts and Seeds in Freezer After Dehydrating

    Store Nuts and Seeds in Freezer After Dehydrating

    When I first started to incorporate more raw foods into my life, one of my biggest pet peeves was having to soak and dehydrate nuts and seeds before using. It would have to be done hours or a day in advance, and I didn’t have...

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  • How to Peel a Papaya

    How to Peel a Papaya

    A simple way to peel a papaya without using a knife. Simply use a vegetable peeler.

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  • How to Peel A Mango

    How to Peel A Mango

    Peeling a mango is always a chore. Love mangos, but having to peel them made me not want to eat them. One day it hit me, just use a vegetable peeler to take the skin off. You can then easily just eat it like an...

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  • How to Wrap a Wrap

    How to Wrap a Wrap

    I learned how to wrap a wrap back in my high school days when I worked at a local fast food joint. It’s quick, simple and securely holds the wrap contents in place (some leakage may occur). Here are the four simple steps that you...

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  • Pre-Shred or Cut Your Veggies

    Pre-Shred or Cut Your Veggies

    One of the biggest pains in making a salad is having to cut everything up to put into the salad. Imagine how easy it would be if you already had everything cut up and available on hand? That would make salad making much easier. That’s...

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