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  • Tenderheart Cook #26 and #27

    Tenderheart Cook #26 and #27

    I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart cookbook. Everything Bread Soup The photo is from the second time I made this because I was absolutely starving the first time and gobbled it down before I remembered to take a photo. This is a carb fest, so we had it a few times when we were…

  • Tenderheart Cook #23, #24 and #25

    Tenderheart Cook #23, #24 and #25

    Miso-maple sugar snap, turnip and strawberry salad There were no turnips in the shops when I made this, so we omitted them, which I was not sad about. This a lovely, salad. The Quick Lowdown: Fennel and gnocchi salad with fennel frond pesto I made this one day for myself, making the fennel frond pesto…

  • Tenderheart Cook #5

    Tenderheart Cook #5

    I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart cookbook but realised in my post numbering I missed #5, so here we are. Smushy spiced peas with any roasted vegetables Hmmm … this is a very unappetising photo, but this was good. Cooked frozen peas are lightly blended with garlic, ground cardamon, ground cumin, a chilli, herbs…

  • Tenderheart Cook #20, #21 and #22

    Tenderheart Cook #20, #21 and #22

    Roasted Carrots with black-eyed peas and basil green goddess The Quick Lowdown: Tumeric Roasted Broccoli The Quick Lowdown: Eggplant, “char siu” style The Quick Lowdown:

  • Tenderheart Cook #18 and #19

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Soy-butter Bok Choy Pasta The Quick Lowdown: Longtime Broccoli Ignore the look of this—it tastes good. It’s a little like a confit, with the broccoli cooked slowly in an oil bath. The Quick Lowdown: How to: In a large saucepan over medium heat, put 1 head of broccoli cut…

  • Tenderheart Cook #16 and #17

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Creamy Whole roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Lentil Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne The Quick Lowdown:

  • Tenderheart Cook #14 and #15

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Both these cooks happened before we went overseas. Celery Leaf Soup We got a half piece of celery in our veggie box and it had a heap of leaves attached so Celery Leaf soup seemed like a good way to make use of something that could have easily gone…

  • Tenderheart Cook #11, #12 and #13

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Charred Zucchini and Sweetcorn with Basil Caesar-ish Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Carrot Peanut Satay Ramen The Quick Lowdown: Brussels-sprouts-instead-of-egg Salad I often get a box of veggies delivered and a few weeks ago we got brussels sprouts in the box. Hubby is not a fan but I saw this…

  • Tenderheart Cook #9 and #10

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Kale Dumplings with Brothy Butter Beans I’m not a fan of butter beans; I usually find them too dry and chewy, so I made this with cannellini beans. The Quick Lowdown: Sweet Patatas Bravas Salad A familiar story … I had a bunch of sweet potatoes, the family were…

  • Tenderheart Cook #7 and #8

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Kale, ginger and green onion noodles I picked this because these were the veggies I had floating around in my fridge at the end of the week. The Quick Lowdown: Tomato and Coconut-braised Cabbage and Lentils I had some cabbage and needed to use it. The Quick Lowdown: