Notes about Recipes in this book

• Nuoc cham dipping sauce

  • cnorton on August 03, 2025

    This delicious, all-purpose VN sauce makes everything taste yummier! Great with her bahn mi, as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, and makes a tasty stir-fry sauce.

• Caramel sauce

  • lholtzman on August 16, 2024

    Not to challenging and fast.

• Umami tofu crumbles

  • eclairea on May 25, 2026

    I love this recipe! Quick, simple, tasty prep for tofu to use as protein for the struggle meal that I will inevitably have this weekend.

• Do chua pickle

  • christineakiyoshi on May 14, 2023

    I made this the classic way with carrot and daikon. Delicious!

• Loaded vegetable fried rice

  • lholtzman on December 01, 2023

    Love how adaptable this recipe is to what you have on hand. Scrambled eggs make an excellent vegetarian protein addition.

• Shortcut vegetable clay-pot rice

  • lholtzman on February 02, 2025

    Very good, but similar to fried rice. This takes a bit longer and perhaps better if you’re starting without cooked rice. I like the rice cooking technique here. The dish is very kid friendly. Good way to get them to eat vegetables.

• Hainan-style crispy tofu and rice

  • takemori on August 27, 2024

    Delicious! The sauces really make the dish, don't skip on 'em. Crispy chickpeas also work great.

  • lholtzman on February 06, 2026

    This recipe is delicious, but definitely not for the weeknight. I planned to make everything in advance, but life got in the way. Anyway, everything is so flavorful and combines very well. Do not skip the sauces as the tofu needs both for flavor. I found the broth at the end a bit superfluous, but it’s good she found a way not to waste it. If one didn’t love the flavor, they could freeze it for later and not make a soup with the zucchini and shiitake. I will say that there are waaaaay more ingredients in this recipe than listed in Eat You Books. There are 5 separate recipes included in this one recipe. Each recipe has its own ingredients for a total of 25.

• Five-spice mushroom walnut pâté

  • christineakiyoshi on May 14, 2023

    Delicious! I love the cilantro added to this, brightens it a bit. We used this on the banh mi.

  • lholtzman on December 02, 2024

    Great little snack and sandwich filling.

• Baked char siu pulled-jackfruit bao

  • takemori on July 03, 2024

    Amazing dough, tasted just like a real Chinese bakery! Substituted half hoisin since I ran out of ketchup and the buns were still fantastic. Needed the full 16 minutes to get the proper coloring.

• Bahn mi blueprint

  • christineakiyoshi on May 14, 2023

    We used mayo, the pate, pickled veggies, tofu, cilantro and cucumbers. Used Maggi seasoning as suggested and loved it. Delicious!

• Deconstructed vegan meatball banh mi

  • lholtzman on May 23, 2026

    I think I was expecting a different flavor than what I made. Perhaps it’s because I used button mushrooms instead of shiitake, but I wanted more mushroom oomph. I used msg, but I would use Asian mushroom seasoning instead. I found the sauce too similar to marinara sauce. Not bad, but I wanted a different flavor. I do like the crunch of the water chestnuts in the meatballs.

• Spicy mushroom and cabbage slaw

  • clairetaco on July 29, 2024

    I only liked this the first day I ate it, after that I didn't like the flavor.

• Cucumber, kale and spiced cashew salad

  • kitchen_chick on March 12, 2024

    Made this pecans instead of cashews. Used fresh mint for the herbs. Super delicious!

  • lholtzman on June 12, 2024

    Great lunchtime salad, but would also be a nice side for a stew. I used a mix of cashews and pecans and a mix of basil and mint.

  • djnielsen64 on October 08, 2025

    Excellent—I could have eaten this whole bowl in one sitting!

  • cnorton on March 22, 2026

    Delicious! Well-balanced, herby, sharp and sweet. Perfect side for rich dishes. Make extra candied cashews: family loves to snack on them!

• Kohlrabi and soy sauce-seared tofu salad

  • Pandan on June 29, 2024

    I grated the vegetables finer because that’s the only option I had with my machine. Turned out really nice, good summer dish. Next time I would just check how spicy my chili is, as it turned out super spicy. Also, I didn’t have time to grind the sesame and just sprinkled it on whole.

• Young jackfruit salad scoops

  • takemori on July 29, 2024

    Delicious! Used some chilie-garlic sauce in place of the jalapeno, tasty and hearty.

• Weeknight vegetable stir-fry

  • lholtzman on April 08, 2025

    Super easy and quick side. Nothing special or that needs a recipe, but a good reminder. I used asparagus and radish this time, both of which were languishing in my fridge. I didn’t really taste the garlic or ginger all that strongly, but they provide a nice aromatic.

• Nuoc cham cabbage stir-fry

  • Avocet on September 23, 2023

    Used green cabbage, because that's what I had. It was excellent. Simple but very tasty.

  • Stephenn31 on April 14, 2025

    I also used green cabbage. Excellent flavours and a quick stir fry. Purple cabbage would be interesting mostly to have a different colour on the table.

• Stir-fried water spinach and fermented tofu

  • jenburkholder on October 22, 2023

    A redemptive moment for fermented tofu, which I absolutely didn’t like the first time I tried it. Tasty, savory greens in a lightly creamy sauce. Would make a great side for lots of dishes.

• Greens with magical sesame salt

  • jenburkholder on May 17, 2023

    Very tasty treatment for greens. I used tatsoi, anything would work.

  • Pandan on February 19, 2024

    Easy recipe, I think mine came out too wet though. Maybe I should have drained my steamed greens (pak choy and Swiss chard) more and should have used my mortar and pestle instead of the Vitamix. The powder came out like wet sand that way and was a bit difficult to sprinkle. Taste overall was nice though, I did like eating my greens this way.

• Creamy turmeric eggplant with shiso

  • takemori on July 03, 2024

    Next time cut eggplant a little smaller, great flavors especially with shiso + cilantro but needed MSG

• Eggplant with creamy fermented-tofu vinaigrette and mint

  • lholtzman on September 07, 2025

    The dressing is so good. I like the method for cooking the eggplant. It’s really easy and comes out with very creamy insides. I made the miso variation because I had miso paste on hand.

• Black pepper caramel tofu and eggs

  • jenburkholder on October 22, 2023

    Quite tasty. I would add a bit less liquid, as it ended up swimming even after reducing for quite a while. Needs the homemade caramel sauce (surprisingly easy!) Otherwise, would make again.

  • cbrowne on May 05, 2024

    Really tasty! I used the included substitution for the caramel sauce with molasses. Steamed eggs for about 7.5 min. Used Chaokoh coconut water which has 16 g sugar per cup, quite sweet for my tastes, if your tastes run more savoury get a less sweet coconut water or remove the honey/syrup from the caramel substitute. Took a little over an hour to cook.

  • lholtzman on August 16, 2024

    This is a good and protein packed vegetarian recipe. I served over rice.

  • Astrid5555 on February 07, 2025

    So good, but if you do not cook the caramel sauce or the tofu and eggs ahead, you are dirtying a lot of dishes and it takes quite a while to finish it. Nevertheless, this was a real family hit and we would gladly eat it again.

• Tofu-mushroom curry

  • jenburkholder on May 13, 2023

    Quite liked this. Roasted the tofu, because frying it is annoying, and served with greens and brown rice. Mild but delicious, hearty and creamy. Subbed Kashmiri for cayenne and went heavy on the chile to pep it up.

  • BLTMWHEA on January 02, 2024

    Good tasty curry, we air fried the tofu to make it crispy and served with a white rice pouch and some nann bread

  • lholtzman on April 08, 2024

    This was incredibly good. The depth of the flavor was amazing.

  • rebeccairo on May 06, 2024

    Really good. Made it with trumpet and oyster mushrooms so as to be a little fancy

• Bo kho-style mushroom and white bean stew

  • jenburkholder on August 25, 2023

    This was ok, but I didn’t feel like the flavors quite came together like I would have liked. Best bites were the rehydrated shiitakes, which nicely absorbed all the aromatics.

  • lholtzman on February 15, 2024

    Flavors improve as the dish sits.

• Shaking salmon

  • kari500 on August 20, 2024

    The salmon here is absolutely delicious, and so easy. I found the salad a bit on the sweet side, and would make a different vegetable next time, but can't wait to make and eat the salmon part again over rice.

• Caramel chicken, mushrooms and ginger

  • Happykikkers on October 23, 2024

    3.5* We liked it, but didn’t love it. Was quick to come together for a weeknight meal as I already had the caramel sauce made for a different recipe. Will make again if I have the sauce and ingredients on hand.

• Peppery caramel pork and daikon

  • Avocet on September 23, 2023

    Real home cooking, very flavorful. Reminds me of my German American grandmother's cooking, but she would have used onions, white wine and stock instead of fish sauce and caramel sauce. Quick to cook, too. A real winner.

• Vietnamese mocha cake

  • takemori on June 27, 2024

    Made this - great flavor, it took 40 minutes (she recommended 28-40), used baking stone, it still sunk in the middle. :(

• Coconut-coffee pops

  • lholtzman on June 30, 2025

    These are quite nice as an after dinner treat. I found that blending the ingredients worked best to mix the flavors. The sweetened condensed milk doesn’t mix evenly otherwise. These are not too sweet when frozen. I did enjoy the unfrozen leftovers that I had.

• Egg coffee

  • lholtzman on December 04, 2025

    This is really yummy. I had an extra egg yolk so this was a perfect use. Much sweeter than I anticipated, but in a good way.