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Slice a Bazillion Cherry Tomatoes in Half (and Other Amazing Food Hacks)
By Lynn Andriani
<div class="top-content"> <div class="addthis_share"> <span class="addthis_share_button at-svc-facebook" data-service="facebook"></span> <span class="addthis_share_button at-svc-twitter" data-service="twitter"></span> <span class="addthis_share_button at-svc-pinterest_share" data-service="pinterest" data-description="Slice a Bazillion Cherry Tomatoes in Half (and Other Amazing Food Hacks)" data-media=""></span> </div> <div class="article-body"> <div class="article__content article-text-content"> <h3><b>Safely Slice in a Matter of Seconds</b></h3> <br> Slicing a cup or more of grapes, or cherry or grape tomatoes, can be a painstaking task, but whole ones just won't do for a Waldorf chicken salad or other dish you're serving to guests. This hack, which we spotted on <a href="https://food52.com/blog/4179-a-hack-for-slicing-cherry-tomatoes" target="_blank">Food52</a> and <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/cutting-grapes-in-half_n_5528891.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>, has you place the grapes or tomatoes on a plate or the lid of a plastic container, then cover them with another plate or lid. Using a serrated knife, cut horizontally, between the plates/lids, as you hold down the top lid, going right through the produce. </div> <div class="publicgood_wrapper"></div> <div id="article_pagination54420" class="article-pagination"></div> <div class="article__byline article-text-byline">Published <span class="feedID_pagedate">01/20/2015</span></div> <div class="outbrain_wrapper"> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-ob-template="Oprah"></div> <div class="zergnet-widget"></div> <div class="article_next"> <img class='next_thumb' src="https://static.oprah.com/images/o2/201311-orig-skillet-burger-949x534.jpg"> <p>NEXT STORY</p> <img alt="Next Story" src="https://static.oprah.com/css/OWN_2/content_stream/gfc_nextstory_arrow.png"> </div> </div> <div class="comment_wrapper"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-right"> <div id="main_ad" class="content_ad"> <p class="section_ad__text"></p> <div data-adunit="true" data-adunit-size="300x250,300x256" 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