healthy vegetarian dishes

hi! i'm amanda with expert village. in thisclip, i'll be pitting the dates. choosing dates and shopping for dates, it's importantto have minimal wrinkles in the skin. some wrinkles are okay, but making sure that theskin is smooth and glossy and that the date is really plump. dates are harvested in thefall and they're sweet and they're great for the cold drying winds of winter. i'm justcutting the date in half. you'll find the

healthy vegetarian dishes, pit right in the middle. you'll just removeit. we've got the dates in fairly small pieces

here. you can see it's sticky enough so thatit may even stick to the knife that you're working with. if that happens you can dipthe knife in some warm water. there we have the dates. i'll take the dates and i'll addthem to our syrup and spice mixture. i'm just

going to mix them in here.