1. Tackle tomatoes quickly
One or two tomatoes aren’t hard to handle, but working with a bunch can quickly turn frustrating. If you need to remove seeds and have a salad spinner handy, chop your tomatoes up whole and give them a few spins—most of the seeds are now separated. If you need to peel a lot of them, a drop in boiling water for 15-30 seconds makes it easy to yank skins with your hands, but if you only have a few, simply hold them over a gas or electric stove burner with tongs or a fork until the skin just blisters.
2. Get ahead with prep containers
Many recipes call for adding a number of liquids, solids or both at once, or in a few phases. If you’ve planned out a few dinners for the week, or if you have a little time before the cooking starts, pre-assembling these mixes—having what the French call mise en place can be a huge time saver. You don’t have to buy small dishes that end up getting washed—one Cook’s Illustrated reader uses leftover cough-syrup cups (after washing, of course), while others suggest a muffin tin tray, used yogurt cups, coffee filters and other containers.
3. Work clean
4. Pick simple, shorter recipes
5. Keep “cheat sheets” inside cabinet doors
6. Working with garlic
7. Tackle tomatoes quickly
8. Clean a grill with aluminum foil
9. Blanch ingredients with a tea kettle
10. Keep important ingredients handy with ice cube trays

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Kitchen Timesavers That Speed Up Dinner (LifeHacker)