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đ Last night, I needed to do something with my eggplant. Iâm not a huge fan, which I know is vegan sacrilege, but I make an effort to use everything that comes in my local CSA box from Johnsonâs Backyard Garden here in Austin. I knew I wanted something sticky and spicy over rice, so I cubed the eggplant, dipped the cubes in aquafaba, rolled them in a mix of cornstarch, panko, MSG, and black pepper, and then fried them in peanut oil. Then I did the same thing with some pressed firm tofu, and then I fried some green beans, carrots, and jalepeños in a wok and fried those with toasted sesame seeds and sesame oil. I then made a sauce â which, in typical fashion, I did not measure â of soy sauce, tahini, sugar, chili crisp, black miso, ginger, crushed dried chili, cornstarch, and green onion. I added cilantro and a few big squeezes of lime at the end. This was a very good way to eat eggplant for people like me who are not major eggplant-heads. đ đ đ
For another take on âeggplant, but delicious,â Tenderly contributor Jessica Scott-Reid highly recommends this ginger-marinated eggplant recipe that she breaks down in an Instagram story.
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Highlighting one great story from the Tenderly archives
âYes, we all love the Willy Wonka mock meat factory that is May Wah, and yes, Impossible Burgers are meant to lure away meat-tuned palettes. But products like Field Roast sausages arenât meant to imitate pork sausage, theyâre just Field Roast (ingredients: wheat gluten, saffron oil, red wine, eggplant, onions, barley malt, etc). Meat companies donât have the patent on a cylindrical shape of food. Coconut milk ice cream is a scrumptious dessert game changer, who cares if it tastes exactly like a tub of Turkey Hill? Mushroom bacon rules, and would never be confused for pork bacon; calling it âsavory flavored mushroom breakfast stripsâ would just take too long.â
â Tim Donnelly, Stop Calling Vegan Food Fake
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WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT?
A vegan recipe recommendation from the Tenderly archives
Fare Wellâs Cauliflower Shawarma Sandwich.
This recipe from D.C. eatery Fare Well, shared with Alicia Kennedy for a story on vegetarian shawarma variations, includes a versatile spice mix for cauliflower and a perfect tzatziki recipe â as cauliflower season approaches where I live, this is certain to be one of my lunch go-tos (Iâd premake the seasoning and sauce the weekend before).
