Bell Peppers, A Tutorial

No Tantalizing Tuesday this week, but I do have a tutorial on the proper way to cut peppers. This is the easiest way and it will minimize the amount of waste you have.

Since it is summer and most everything is in season now, I like to buy and freeze for later! Dicing peppers and freezing them is perfect for making pizza or black beans and rice! Plus when peppers are $2 each in winter it can really save you some big money when you want to make up some fajitas!

Start out with your washed peppers.















Slice both ends off.















Notice the ribs that hold the seeds in place.















Remove the seeds by pulling them out, or if it is stubborn, slice the ribs with a knife.















Slice down the side to open up the pepper, and remove the ribs from the flesh inside.














Now you have a perfect piece of pepper to make nice even strips. Of course you will want to chop up the top and bottom pieces that you cut off so there is no waste!















I like to make up quart bags of diced peppers and freeze them. I usually use a mixture of green, red and yellow or orange. My usual combo is 2 green peppers, 1 red and 1 yellow or orange pepper. From that I can get 1 quart bag of diced peppers and 1 quart bag of sliced for fajitas.