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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. Sweet Patatas Bravas Salad
  105. Kabocha miso soup with ramen noodles
  106. Roasted delicata and radicchio with date vinaigrette
  107. Miso-roasted pumpkin and chickpeas with kale
  108. Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne
  109. Garlicky sweet and salty pumpkin seeds
  110. Pumpkin egg custard tarts
  111. Spiced pumpkin donuts
  112. Lazy spiced butternut tiramisu
  113. Fish-free furikake
  114. Vegan dashi
  115. Hijiki baked rice wrapped in nori
  116. Seaweed, tofu and sprout soup
  117. Seaweed burnt butter pasta
  118. Seaweed scramble
  119. Celebration soup
  120. Triple treat salad
  121. Spinach with sesame miso and soba noodles
  122. Spinach and mint ruffled milk pie
  123. Spinach and Black Bean Enchilada Bake – Tenderheart
  124. Green curry spinach and lentil soup
  125. Spinach boxes
  126. Inspired by chana saag
  127. Chana saag (or any leftover curry) fried rice
  128. Spinach and pandan chiffon cake
  129. Sweet potato panang curry
  130. Sweet potato penang curry pizza
  131. Hasselback sweet potatoes with garlicky caper and thyme oil
  132. Roast sweet potatoes wedges with aji verde
  133. Sweet potato bravas salad
  134. Sweet potato rendang
  135. Sweet potato and black sesame marble bundt
  136. Sweet potato spiral mantou
  137. Everything Bread Soup
  138. Turnips with harissa cashew cream, kale and lemony breadcrumbs
  139. The whole turnip pasta
  140. Japanese turnip curry
  141. Miso butter-glazed turnips with black rice
  142. Turnip tortilla
  143. Roasted turnips with red onion, lentils and wasabi aioli
  144. Daikon with cold spicy noodles
  145. Lo bak gao
  146. Zucchini and yuzu bread
  147. Smooky zucchini dop with za’atar flatbread
  148. Fried zucchini pasta
  149. Zucchini and kimchi stew
  150. Zucchini, dill and tahini soup
  151. Za’atar zucchini ramen noodles
  152. Charred Zucchini and Sweetcorn with Basil Caesar-ish Sauce
  153. Zucchini flower pajeon