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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. A sesame-infused kale salad
  70. Kale and risoni
  71. Torn lasagne with kale and kimchi
  72. Matcha Kale Noodles
  73. Kale, ginger and green onion noodles
  74. Kale Dumplings with Brothy Butter Beans
  75. Cheesy kale and rice cake bake
  76. Salt and vinegar kale chips with fried chickpeas and avocado
  77. Miso-maple sugar snap, turnip and strawberry salad
  78. Smushy spiced peas with any roasted vegetables
  79. Sweet Patatas Bravas Salad
  80. Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne
  81. Spinach and Black Bean Enchilada Bake – Tenderheart
  82. Everything Bread Soup
  83. Turnips with harissa cashew cream, kale and lemony breadcrumbs
  84. The whole turnip pasta
  85. Japanese turnip curry
  86. Miso butter-glazed turnips with black rice
  87. Turnip tortilla
  88. Roasted turnips with red onion, lentils and wasabi aioli
  89. Daikon with cold spicy noodles
  90. Lo bak gao
  91. Zucchini and yuzu bread
  92. Smooky zucchini dop with za’atar flatbread
  93. Fried zucchini pasta
  94. Zucchini and kimchi stew
  95. Zucchini, dill and tahini soup
  96. Za’atar zucchini ramen noodles
  97. Charred Zucchini and Sweetcorn with Basil Caesar-ish Sauce
  98. Zucchini flower pajeon