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I like to chop peppers, as I love all the different colours.
I love to chop onions. Was taught at school how to do it neatly
veg for a stir fry.
vegetables for salads!
I love chopping up fruit for a fruit salad xxx
Leeks
carrots
Would be great for preparing all the ingredients foe my Hot and Sour Soup
Parsley and coriander (I love the smell)
Onions! It’s always a challenge for them not to make me cry!
Onions.
garlic
Onions!
Strangely I like chopping onions!! Always really proud of myself if I can chop it neatly despite the blurry teary eyes!
Coriander – I love the smell.
I love chopping onions
Cucumber. You can whizz through it like a pro.
I love to chop spring onions 🙂
Carrots.
celery
Good quality, sharp, knives are essential.
lettuce
Onions
Veggies to make vegetable soup.
My favourite thing to chop is onions.
Mushrooms, the easiest thing to chop
Spring onions
Meat. I must have been a butcher in a past life.
Carrots
mushrooms – they always look so pretty when sliced
For some strange reason I love chopping mushrooms, the knife just glides through and they look so good chopped up !
peppers
courgettes – knife just slices through easily
any veg I’ve grown in my garden
Fruit for the kids pack lunches #chop chop chop
I love chopping carrots but I hate chopping onions.
Carrots
onions
herbs, the smells you get when you cut is lovely
Salad vegetables
Honestly? Nothing.
May sound strange but nothing beats chopping a good onion!
Peppers
i love chopping salad items x
meat
Onions (even though they make me cry)
Potatoes!
Chicken x
Butternut squash for soup and roasting
Tomatoes…. So easy
any items to make coleslaw
chilli and garlic because i can just chop away really quickly
I like chopping any vegetable that I can disguise in dishes from the kids!
onions
Fruit, love making mixed fruit salads for the kids.
i love chopping onions
I love chopping fresh rhubarb for a crumble. The smell is delicious.
potatoes to raost for Sunday dinner 🙂
Mushrooms ! They’re easy to chop!
I like chopping cucumbers 🙂
Onions, definitely
Carrots 🙂
Carrots
Celery
mushrooms
Peppers, love the blending of colour as you chop
Carrots
Veg for making stir fry – very theraputic
I love chopping carrots
cucumber as its so easy
Slicing and chopping up all my crunchy vegetables for a stir fry 😀
cucumbers there so easy to slice through!
I love cutting up salad bits, lettuce, cucumber and tomatos
lots of colourful veggies!
I love chopping peppers – so colourful and shapely!
potatoes
Onions!
does pie or cake count?
Onions
I like to chop cabbage!
I love to chopTomatos and Carrots into shapes x
strawberries
peppers
I love chopping Carrots
I like to chop carrots.
White cabbage for coleslaw.
Cucumber
Onions when it doesn’t make me cry
carrots and onions
Chopping fruit
My favorite thing to chop. Is tree’s an acceptable answer?
Potatoes for gratin, love getting the slices as thin as I can.
Mushrooms
peppers
Cucumber!
I love chopping veg, salad anything which makes me a nice healthy meal.
I like chopping salad up
Onions and peppers.
i love chopping veg, sometimes my fingers get in the middle of it though haha
Lots of fruit for a colourful fruit salad
carrots, they’re very satisfying to slice up!
Mint, because it smells lovely
Lettuce for salad, so quick and easy
Peppers
I did a cookery course in thailand and learnt to make carrots into flowers for decoration. So probably them, looked impressive but now only have some cheap knives.
Garlic love the smell
carrots x
Carrots because they are neat and easy to slice
Carrots, potatoes, onions, leeks for my soup. Yum
apples
carrots
Cucumber
Mushrooms
Wood (seriously I enjoy making kindling..lol) in the kitchen though I love chopping veg especially onions and mushrooms
I use them to chop my veg and meat and skin fish
Mushrooms – and peeling them too lol
cucumber
Carrots
chop chop
herbs,
my uncle taught me how to sharpen a knife and how to chop properly
Peppers!
Courgettes.. they are so easy
Onions.
Cucumber. i like the challenge of slicing it thinly.
fruit for a fruit salad
hello fab blog and giveaway i love to chop anything really as long as i’ve a good knife its quite relaxing chopping away at random vedges lol x
anything but onions!!!
Carrots are very satisfying to chop.
Onions
Peppers
carrots
Onions
peppers
coriander
Peppers
Cucumber
I love filleting meat or fish!
Cucumber
Mushrooms, because they’re so easy!
Onions!
carrots, but I do end up eating as I chop
Peppers
Onions!
Onions
Carrot sticks 😀
Onions for frying
My fingers with my blunt old knives!
Carrots, I like the sound! 🙂
onion rings for battering and frying
Chocolate! I love chopping chocolate up when making chocolate mouse or ganache, it goes everywhere but smells ace!
courgettes cause there so easy to chop
Peppers and onions for fajitas 🙂
Onions!!
Multi-coloured peppers 🙂
carrots
Carrots
vegetables but not onions
I love making jambalaya so it’s chorizo, onions, peppers, garlic, all in together!
Veg for soups
I like to chop different herbs; fresh, simple and flavoursome!
Carrots.
Peppers love them
Peppers – especially if they are all different colours.
Mushrooms !
Cabbage
Veggies 🙂
Carrots
Herbs especially basil and mint
A big pile of leafy herbs reduced to a small heap very fast just like a professional chef.
Peppers
I like chopping onions.
Courgettes are really satisfying to chop!
Onions, I love the smell!
Avocados
carrots
Onions
Peppers
Chopping veg for a great stir fry
I love chopping onions believe it or not! Dicing them finely
Peppers for my spag bol 🙂
Leeks
Fresh herbs
Whatever tasty ingredients I can find for my next meal
oddly I love chopping onions, I find it hilarious that they make me cry haha
Chillies or pork steaks
fruit and veg before i put it all through my juicer!
I lvoe the satisfaction of chopping onions
carrots? haha not really sure not particularly keen on chopping anything, usually leave that job to the fiance! hehe
Fresh herbs for the lovely smells
Cheese….only because I keep on eating it on the job
Fruit
vegetables for salads
Onions! I think I’ve become immune over the years, so they don’t make me cry, and I love to chop them up superfine for curries, or pretty half moons for something like a stir fry 🙂
Oddly, I like chopping sweet potatoes!
Vegetables, I eat them everyday
A carrot has to be very satisfying
Onions – so long as I don’t cry too much 🙂
Love chopping carrots – but only with a really sharp knife so you can whizz through it.
onions
Cucumber
I must be weird – but ONIONS, I think I like the challenge, those I almost always LOSE! :p
cucumber
Any veg but carrots are my favourite to chop 🙂
Salad vegies.
carrots
Fruit for my Daughter especially apples
I love chopping fresh fruit and veg for my babies
any veg, its easy when you have good knives
coriander
i love chopping onions!
but all my knives are blunt 🙁
I love lining my green beans up and chopping the ends off 🙂
Fresh tomatoes out of the garden
lemons for my gin and tonic xxx
Onion
Chicken.
Peppers for fajitas 😀 xx
Carrots
I love to chop fresh herbs like coriander and mint as I love the smell
Any veg but especially cucumber.
chive
veg for a Sunday lunch
Pumpkin
Carrots – because I allow myself to steal and eat any slice that escapes from the chopping board
Herbs!
Tarragon, just love the smell!
Cumcumber
Cucumber
Spring onions because I love the smell! 🙂 xx
ALL VEG
I find chopping potatoes quite satisfying, for some reason! 🙂
Onions – I like to chop them properly, and I love how a few carefully-placed slits and chops instantly converts to a huge pile of onion snow!! It reminds me of being at catering college, and Chef poking through them to make sure they’re all proper even little dice, not odd shapes!!!
spring onions – not even really sure why
Mushrooms and loads of other things
Onions 🙂
Fruit for a lovely fruit salad.
Got to be carrot sticks
Any veg, I actually find chopping really therapeutic!
mushrooms, there’s something quite satisfying about seeing them fallaway in slithers
Peppers as I’ve found a new way of doing it and feeling rather pleased with myself as its brilliant!
onions
Peppers
courgettes because I can do them chunky
cabbage for me
Carrots
Limes
Garlic life without garlic is a no no!
Strawberries because they are delicious!
carrots
Fruit for my fruit salad
Thanx for the competition
Definitely mushrooms. No peeling, just chopping ! Quick and easy
Carrots
Fruit – I love fruit salad
Bananas
Cucumbers
onions, the staple of the kitchen
Mine is plunt and i really miss a good sharp chopping knife, it makes life a lot easier.
Tomatoes – a good knife makes cutting them an absolute breeze, but a bad knife (such as I have at the moment!) just mashes the skin and drags the seeds everywhere!
cucumbers and peppers
mushrooms
Mushrooms
All vegetables fir my stir frys
Carrots.
Onions
Peppers, to sneakerly eat whilst chopping!
veg for stir-fry. Red onion, courgette, peppers and mushroomx
veg for stir-fry. Red onion, courgette, peppers and mushroom
I like to chop vegetables on a Sunday for a homemade roast, always chopping mushrooms and onions making casseroles, Bolognese and curries etc, I do get a bit teary though, it all gets a bit much lol xxx
probably celery!
cucumber is really easy!
Vegetables for homemade coleslaw
Apples – I know, a strange answer
Fresh Herbs
I like Chop Suey
I love peeling kiwi fruit, hate chopping butternut squash.
Carrots – very satisfying!
Erm, is it ok to say nothing? I hate chopping, it is such a chore! Maybe easier with these knives though? 🙂
Onions very satisfying with a sharp knife and the base for so many dishes
suey!
Leeks, love the way they unravel
Usually my fingers as I’m very clumsy but apart from that I like to chop carrots and onions
Tomatoes
Carrots and celery – even I can’t mess them up.
carrots x
Carrots
Fresh herbs – for the smell … lovely!
Fresh mint – love the smell 🙂
garlick
carrots fav thing to chop
Cucumber and carrots
A big slab of beef for a stew
onions 🙂
Onions
As a beginner, I need all these essentials for a good start!
carrots
Salad vegetables
Courgettes
Carrots
celery, such a satisfying crunch
Carrots we get through so many in this house and love that crunch sound
pork ribs with a hefty Chinese meat cleaver its like cooking Kung Fu
got to be meat!
I love finely chopping unions…
Carrots!
I love chopping shallots
Our home grown veg
onion – because i can cry without someone noticing it
courgettes
Potatoes, especially when I know they’re going to be roasties!!
onions and peppers
Onions
Onions
Fruit
Mint for the sauce
fruit for a lovely fresh fruit salad
Potatoes, because they’ll turn into chips!
Peppers
Favourite thing to chop would be various fruits, to make a nice fruit salad.
fruits or potatoes
ERM, GARLIC?
peppers
Carrots
Vegetables to put in a stew so I can have it on a cold evening to keep me warm. x
Carrots and Parsnips
Carrots!
gluten free dairy free sulphate free chopping seems to be life but feel great for it
fruit,avocado,celery and kale all for my morning smoothie.
I love to chop carrots, but they don’t always make it into the intended meal! 🙂
fruits – to make fruit salad for my family
Wood for our log burner; it’s a great workout and is cheaper than the gym too!
Strawberries, because of the lovely sweet smell as you do it!
Onions, for HotDogs!
herbs because of their smell
I quite like chopping onions but I need to do it quick and that’s hard with blunt knives
Broccoli
vegetables for a risotto
Potatoes
carrots!!!!!!!
onions
FRESH HERBS
Tomatos
Lettuce
Lots of nice fresh, healthy veg!
Onions and garlic
Carrots!
lots of veg or salad
Glacé cherries for cherry cake!
mushrooms
Garlic the smell it releases makes me instantly hungry and makes me look forward to the meal to come
Cake ;D
Carrots, onions, cabbage love making my own coleslaw
Onions!
Potatoes
carrots
onion
veg for soup
Tofu. I’ts so soft and manageable!
Chives
Tomatoes
chives!! nice and fast!
Onions – sometimes I even cry with happiness!
Carrots because I can do them fast. And mozzarella because I love the way the knife slices through smoothly.
Iceberg lettuces. It’s oddly satisfying.
Tomatoes and cucumbers for my sandwiches
Nuts!
Peppers :3
Tomatoes and garlic
Herbs when the knife is sharp and it turns to herb dust!
Peppers or carrots
Onions
fruit
courgette
ALL TYPES OF VEG
vegetables
I love chopping tomatos coz I can eat them with anything
Onions and Garlic!
carrots
I love to chop Coriander because the smell is so amazing
Onions
Guess I have to say chocolate 😉
carotts then eat them raw
Fresh veg and herbs from the garden.
cucumber
Herbs
CARROTS
carrots – i love to pretend that im a really good chef and do it like they do on the telly but as my knives are so blunt it really is quite dangerous!
I don’t do the chopping in our house as I’m very accident prone! But Hubby has been coveting a new knife block for a while. He is very good at cooking & is always experimenting with new foods & recipes. His favourite thing to chop are carots which he perfectly batons every time.
Mine is mint because I love the smell of it! 🙂
Onions, cant do without them!
Courgettes, they have such a great texture and I love them raw
rhubarb
Tomatoes as most goes into my mouth
I love chopping white cabbage for my homemade coleslaw. It always slices very nicely and satisyingly!!!
Great question! I like to chop cucumber, I find it so satisfying if I manage to slice it really thinly.
Carrots
It’s got to be salad that I chop, chop, and chop
So I can have salad to put in my cob
onions as i chop make my cry
so my family comfort me as they walk bye,
Garlic
Onions is my weakness – I love chopping them
Firm carrots.
Cabbage and carrots to make a coleslaw
Peppers, no idea why!
Onions as I wear contact lenses I dont cry!
Courgettes
Onions, as I love to imagine myself as some professional chef chopping and dicing away quickly and effortlessly as you see them doing on the TV. When in actuality it’s more a case of: eyes watering from the fumes, nicking my finger nails as I get too close, sending the pieces flying all over the place as I hack wildly and then giving up in frustration and going back to cheese on toast!
potatoes
Onions
Cheese and apple. Sweet and savoury, just like me
sweet potato into chunks for roasting
cabbage
I love chopping mushrooms. I like how the knife glides through them with very little resistance.
I like chopping root veg for a stew
I like chopping vegetables for a stir fry
cucumber
I love chopping onions
i would like to cut large roasts and uncut bread, but you do nee a decent knife for this
mushrooms and onions
onions
Love chopping walnuts, have to eat quite a few too while I’m at it.
Cabbage,Carrot and Onion homemade coleslaw lovely
suede, i don’t honestly know why though!
any fruit
Courgettes, great texture
vegetables, find it much more therapeutic than using the food processor.
mushrooms
Fruit . I love fruit salad
Onions
Onions are the best thing to chop! 🙂 That may sound strange, but I love chopping my onions
Carrots
Carrots
Chopping and dicing onions
Coriander 🙂
Peppers
Herbs and garlic
Apple
Chopping onions.
I loveeeee chopping carrots. I think it’s the crunch!
Peppers, Spring onions, mushrooms ….
Onions – most satisfying
I love to chop carrots
Love to chop onions
I love to chop veg particularly when i’m making soups.
Potatoes
Cucumber
I love to chop peppers
With a good knife……. thin slices of tomato
Celery
Carrots – nice and crunchy, and you can eat the bits that fly off…
Mushrooms
Carrots
I love chopping celery – makes a lovely noise! 🙂
Thank you for the competition 🙂 I love chopping Garlic, lovely!!
Cucumbers and courgettes ….. So easy to slice through
My fave is celery, it’s got some serious crunch
vegetables especially carrots thanks
All my vegetables
Onions, I have to be very precise.
Onions 🙂
onions!
onions!
Potatoes
Onions and garlic!
Carrots
onions lol I like to see how long it takes before i’m turned into a blubbering wreck lol
Peppers
Onions! And my contact lenses stop me crying…
Would use them mostly for chopping veg. I really need a new set of knives so this would be a great prize for me!
Tomotoes
Onions. They make hubbys eyes water but never seem to bother me.
Sun-dried apricots
the veg into cubes for the stew
Peppers
All veg
Pineapple
Onions
Mushrooms
Chocolate from the fridge
I like chopping mushrooms as they are so easy.
Mushrooms
vegatable for home made soup
I like chopping carrots so I can snack healthily
slices of cheese for cheese on toast
Onion and garlic
Herbs, very finely 🙂
I like to chop carrots.
Home made chips
vegetables
tomatoes 🙂
Mushrooms
I like to chop carrots
Apart from the fact that some make me cry, I love the way the root of the onion holds everything together while you chop it, so I’d say onions.
Great for chopping onions to make Raymond’s Onion Tart Recipe
Garlic & Coriander essential ingredients in virtually everything I cook.
Cucumber.
Probably peppers as I can always have some mid prep!
with a sharp knife – onions!
Parsley
I love chopping the tougher stuff like fresh swede but with a really sharp knife its so easy
I love to chop veg for a stir fry …. maily because it means there is a stir fry coming
i love to chop mushroomsxx
Chopping mushrooms is quite fun – can’t stand chopping onions though – makes me weep every time!
Carrots for my kids
Mushrooms, so fun to peel
Peppers. Easy to chop, nice bright and cheerful and very tasty in a stir fry.
Onions! They always kick up a good joke and i end up crying for some reason with laughter 😛
Carrots are a favourite.
I love chopping nice peppers for fajitas 🙂
pepers for spaghetti bolognse
Carrots
tomatoes with a really sharp knife
chicken x
Onions!!
My homegrown vegetables
Garlic, I love the smell although it is a nightmare to get off!
Beetroot
Mushrooms
I love chopping up my vegetables for a casserole or a stir-fry
veg for a stir fry.
Cucumbers
I love chopping up fruit to make a nice fruit salad x
Getting a good dice on an onion is always satisfying!
Love to chop chicken
Anything but onions
All veg, something very therapeutic about cutting veg
Carrots – seem to chop these every other day! 🙂
Onions. Or cheese.
courgettes
peppers
Mushrooms
Mushrooms
carrots
There is something very satisfying about chopping cucumber and fruit to go in a jug of Pimm’s.
Mincing garlic.
mushrooms 😀
I huge chocolate cake into slices so that there is plenty for everyone.
tomato’s when you have a good knife
Wood
Mushrooms
Carrots : )
Onions and peppers !
Carrots
vegetables
Mushrooms, as they’re nice and easy!
I love to chop onions! Something really refreshing about having a good cry! hAHA!
Fruit
Veg, any type!
Fruit salad – yum!
Salad with all the different bits and pieces you can put in 🙂
I love to chop peppers and celery. They always smell so nice.
I love chopping tomatoes. I have tomato salad lots just so I can
Chopping herbs – it always makes me feel so virtuous
I like to chop Onions
Onions – can’t get enough of them.
Carrots!
Mint, wether it’s for mint sauce or mojitos, it smells lovely.
Courgettes. They have a satisfying way 🙂
Peppers
Onions, when you make the cuts first and then the final cuts result in all those lovely uniform pieces… bad if i cry tho 🙂
Onions because I love the smell
Carrot sticks
carrots !
Cucumber or carrots
Watermelon!! x
At this time of year veggies to add to a warming casserole 🙂
I love to chop salad to make my own coleslaw
Ginger… love the pungent smell
fruit for my kiddies. x
Cucumber
mushrooms
Fruit for fruit salads
Carrots
Coriander, i just love the smell.
Parsley, for the smell!
I love chopping garlic
Any Veg to make a casserole with
herbs
Chocolate chunks for making brownies.
Herbs
parslew and onions
herbs
Cucumber
onions
Carrots
peppers! X
mushrooms
peppers
I love chopping up chocolate pieces for cakes
cucumbers
Onions
Dates for sticky toffee pudding
Onions 🙂
Carrots