In vegetable cooking, the biggest challenge lies in the preparation of the veggies...the slicing and dicing. Developing your knife skills is paramount to being efficient in cooking and sadly, there’s really no shortcut in this process. Only practice will streamline how you function in your kitchen space. You must pick up your knife regularly for it to become an extension of who you are and how you cook. Cooking techniques are simple, straightforward and easily mastered. It’s usually the chopping that discourages people.