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Tenderheart Cook

***UNDER CONSTRUCTION***

An adventure in cooking and eating vegetables—I’m cooking and eating my way through Hetti Lui McKinnin’s Tenderheart cookbook. Once I’ve cooked a recipe I’ll link it here.

  1. Umami Crisp
  2. Garlicky Chilli Oil
  3. Choy sum and feta galette
  4. Charred gai larn and farro with soy tahini
  5. Curry gai larn chow fun
  6. Grilled baby bok choy with miso-gochujang butter and crispy chickpeas
  7. Soy-butter bok choy pasta
  8. Baby bok choy and rice vermicelli soup
  9. Ong choy, five-spice tofu and noodle stirfry
  10. Stir-fried lettuce
  11. Broccoli forest loaf
  12. Charred broccoli Reuben salad
  13. Sesame broccoli with crumbled tofu
  14. Roasted broccoli and crispy chickpeas with Sichuan dukkah
  15. Food court omelette
  16. Huck’s broccoli and lettuce salad with an accidental ranch
  17. Tumeric-yoghurt roasted broccoli
  18. Broccoli and mint soup with crispy spiced chickpeas
  19. Broccoli wontons with umami crisp
  20. Longtime broccoli
  21. Red Braised Brussels sprouts and tofu
  22. Brussels sprouts two ways with pear and mustard chutney
  23. Caramelised brussels sprouts and kimchi with rice cakes
  24. Sticky gochujang brussels sprouts
  25. Brussels sprouts and green onion noodles
  26. Brussels-sprouts-instead-of-egg Salad
  27. Roasted Wombok with Sesame sauce
  28. Cabbage and kimchi okonomiyaki
  29. Wombok and (Pomelo) Mandarin Salad with Coconut-peanut Crunch
  30. Tomato and Coconut-braised Cabbage and Lentils
  31. Cabbage Carbonara-ish
  32. Tea Leaf and Cabbage Salad
  33. Carrot top gremolata breadcrumbs
  34. Roasted Carrots with black-eyed peas and basil green goddess
  35. Carrot Peanut Satay Ramen
  36. Carrot and vermicelli buns
  37. Carrot and cannellini bean tray bake with yuzu vinaigrette
  38. Olive oil-braised carrots and chickpeas
  39. Carrot-almond polenta cake with lemon drizzle
  40. Cauliflower manchurian
  41. Cauliflower adobo
  42. Stir-fried cauliflower with capers, chilli and parsley
  43. Hoisin-glazed cauliflower with mixed grains and peanuts
  44. Cauliflower and kale pesto pasta salad with burrata
  45. Ras el hanout cauliflower wedges with mashed chickpeas
  46. Charred cauliflower and crispy tofu with sweet peanut sauce
  47. Cashew Celery
  48. Black bean, Chinese celery and noodle stir-fry
  49. Celery Leaf Soup
  50. Marinated celery with cous cous and pickled golden raisins
  51. Celery and vermicelli rolls
  52. Tiger salad with green tea noodles
  53. Mapo Eggplant
  54. Grilled Eggplant and soba noodle salad with nearly nuoc cham
  55. Smoky Eggplant and lentil stew with baked feta
  56. Eggplant balls with spicy tamarind sauce
  57. Eggplant katsu
  58. Creamy Whole roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Lentil Sauce
  59. Eggplant, “char siu” style
  60. Chocolate-eggplant brownie
  61. Fennel Frond Pesto
  62. Fennel and gnocchi salad with fennel frond pesto
  63. Fennel and black olive fried rice
  64. Fennel, orange and haloumi grain salad
  65. Fennel and lentil avgolemono soup
  66. Fennel quickles
  67. Pickled fennel nicoise
  68. Fennel and black pepper icecream
  69. Fried ginger and charred green onion e fu noodles
  70. Ginger jook with frizzled ginger and garlic
  71. Ginger and coriander noodle pancake
  72. Silken tofu pudding with ginger syrup
  73. Upside-down rhubarb and ginger olive oil cake
  74. Ginger and coconut mochi cake
  75. Ginger and date sticky puddings
  76. A sesame-infused kale salad
  77. Kale and risoni
  78. Torn lasagne with kale and kimchi
  79. Matcha Kale Noodles
  80. Kale, ginger and green onion noodles
  81. Kale Dumplings with Brothy Butter Beans
  82. Cheesy kale and rice cake bake
  83. Salt and vinegar kale chips with fried chickpeas and avocado
  84. Mushroom, leek and walnut paste
  85. Sesame mushroom toast
  86. Mushroom khao soi
  87. Mushroom and potato coconut chowder
  88. Pan-seared king oyster mushrooms with whipped almonds
  89. Southern fried mushrooms
  90. Black sesame mushroom with soba noodles
  91. Creamy mushroom udon noodles
  92. Mushroom cheung fun
  93. Miso mushroom ragu with baked polenta
  94. Mushroom and ginger broth with soba and lime
  95. Not your traditional Sunday roast
  96. Stir-fried black fungus and cucumber
  97. Miso-maple sugar snap, turnip and strawberry salad
  98. Peas and Burrata
  99. Tingly ‘cacio e pepe’ snow peas with rice noodles
  100. Pea egg-drop macaroni soup
  101. Pea and kimchi falafels with pea tahini
  102. Thai curry snow pea stir-fry
  103. Smushy spiced peas with any roasted vegetables
  104. Roasted potato and lentil salad with black sesame aioli
  105. Hazelnut hasselback potato gratin
  106. Spiced double potato noodles
  107. Potato and olive oil flatbread
  108. Baked potato dinner
  109. Mum’s velvet potatoes
  110. Big potato pancake with quick-pickled apple salad
  111. Crispy potato wedges with lentils and guasacaca sauce
  112. Crispy potato tacos
  113. Salt and pepper potato gems
  114. Sweet Patatas Bravas Salad
  115. Kabocha miso soup with ramen noodles
  116. Roasted delicata and radicchio with date vinaigrette
  117. Miso-roasted pumpkin and chickpeas with kale
  118. Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne
  119. Garlicky sweet and salty pumpkin seeds
  120. Pumpkin egg custard tarts
  121. Spiced pumpkin donuts
  122. Lazy spiced butternut tiramisu
  123. Fish-free furikake
  124. Vegan dashi
  125. Hijiki baked rice wrapped in nori
  126. Seaweed, tofu and sprout soup
  127. Seaweed burnt butter pasta
  128. Seaweed scramble
  129. Celebration soup
  130. Triple treat salad
  131. Spinach with sesame miso and soba noodles
  132. Spinach and mint ruffled milk pie
  133. Spinach and Black Bean Enchilada Bake – Tenderheart
  134. Green curry spinach and lentil soup
  135. Spinach boxes
  136. Inspired by chana saag
  137. Chana saag (or any leftover curry) fried rice
  138. Spinach and pandan chiffon cake
  139. Sweet potato panang curry
  140. Sweet potato penang curry pizza
  141. Hasselback sweet potatoes with garlicky caper and thyme oil
  142. Roast sweet potatoes wedges with aji verde
  143. Sweet potato bravas salad
  144. Sweet potato rendang
  145. Sweet potato and black sesame marble bundt
  146. Sweet potato spiral mantou
  147. Taro Gnocchi
  148. Taro Puffs
  149. Taro Curry
  150. Taro Curry Puffs
  151. Roasted Taro, feta and maple salad
  152. Steamed Black bean Taro and Mushrooms
  153. Sunday Night Sticky Rice
  154. Taro, sago and coconut
  155. Tomato and Gruyere Clafoutis
  156. Walk Away Tomato Sauce with Pici Pasta
  157. Spiced Tomato Jam
  158. Everything Bread Soup
  159. Soy-pickled Tomatoes with silken tofu
  160. Tomato, watermelon and feta salad
  161. Gemista
  162. Tomato and Tofu
  163. Salted tomatoes with Tomato and White Bean Dip
  164. Arroz de Tomate
  165. Turnips with harissa cashew cream, kale and lemony breadcrumbs
  166. The whole turnip pasta
  167. Japanese turnip curry
  168. Miso butter-glazed turnips with black rice
  169. Turnip tortilla
  170. Roasted turnips with red onion, lentils and wasabi aioli
  171. Daikon with cold spicy noodles
  172. Lo bak gao
  173. Zucchini and yuzu bread
  174. Smooky zucchini dop with za’atar flatbread
  175. Fried zucchini pasta
  176. Zucchini and kimchi stew
  177. Zucchini, dill and tahini soup
  178. Za’atar zucchini ramen noodles
  179. Charred Zucchini and Sweetcorn with Basil Caesar-ish Sauce
  180. Zucchini flower pajeon