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    You are here: Home | Miscellaneous Posts from a Plant Based Food Blogger

    How to Cut a Pineapple

    Sep 10, 2021 by Faith VanderMolen

    I had a wonderful recipe for Vegetable and Chickpea Mafé (a Senegalese Peanut Stew) all ready to share with you today, but alas, my pictures were posting blurry. I didn't want your first introduction to this delicious, rich and peanuty stew to be a blurry one, so I decided to share with you "How to Cut a Pineapple." It's not nearly as exciting, but pineapple is still pretty darn delicious! Stay posted for the Mafé dish. It's amazing!

    Now, I know the method for cutting a pineapple may be old news for most of you, but learning how to cut a pineapple was revolutionary for me! If you love pineapple, but don't know how to cut it, you know how expensive store-bought, pre-cut pineapple is. If I cut up a whole pineapple instead of buying pre-cut pineapple, I usually get double the amount of fruit for the same amount of money. 

    While this process may seem time consuming, it only takes me about 5 minutes to do. Yes, I've had quite a lot of practice, but I think it's worth the savings to learn how to cut one yourself!

    This tutorial is going to be mainly pictures with some captions, but I hope it helps. Enjoy your freshly cut pineapple!!

    How to cut a pineapple
    Lay the pineapple on it's side and cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple.
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    Keep a trashcan nearby so you can throw away the scraps as you go.
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    Stand the pineapple up vertically.
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    Cutting from top to bottom, slice off the tough, outer layer in strips.
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    Keep cutting all the way around the pineapple until there is no more of the green, outer layer.
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    Carefully slice the pineapple in half vertically
    How to cut a pineapple
    Lay the two halves flat side down on your cutting board.
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    Cut each half into 4 vertical sections.
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    Each of the outer slices should angle towards the middle of the pineapple half.
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    Cut the thick, inner core off of each slice. Some of the slices may not have any core.

    How to cut a pineapple 2

    How to cut a pineapple
    Cut up each long piece into bite size pieces. You can do this quickly by lining them up and slicing through 4 sections at a time.
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    Store in the fridge in an air tight container.

    That's all there is to it! I love having a huge tupperware full of sweet pineapple to snack on throughout the week. It also allows you to make a fresh fruit salad in no time. Just add in some berries and a sliced banana and you've got yourself a beautiful, healthy side dish!

    Eat Consciously,

    Faith

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    1. Liv @ Healthy Liv says

      January 15, 2015 at 7:45 pm

      That's exactly the way I cut pineapple, too! I've seen people do it a few different ways, but I think this seems the easiest. I'm craving pineapple after reading this post 🙂

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      • Faith says

        January 15, 2015 at 9:01 pm

        Yeah, once I learned this method ive never done anything else!

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