Tell Tenderstem® what you think of their recipes and add your own - £250 voucher prize draw NOW CLOSED

[MichelleMumsnet]

The team at Tenderstem® have asked us to find out what Mumsnetters think of their latest collection of family-friendly, time-saving recipes.

In case you don't know it (yet) Tenderstem® is a long-stemmed broccoli – and tender from floret to stem so the whole vegetable can be eaten.

Here's what the team at Tenderstem® have to say, "Tenderstem® is a wonder vegetable for family cooking as, not only is it ready to eat after just 3 minutes of steaming, it is packed full of nutrients and leaves no costly waste behind making it one of the most versatile vegetables around."

They go on to say, "we know from first-hand experience how challenging it can be to keep the whole family happy and healthy when we're all so busy, which is what has inspired us to create our latest collection of recipes. With prepare-ahead dishes, to those mild in flavour, and adaptable to please a range of tastes and all quick and simple to prepare, Tenderstem® has it covered!"

They also have teamed up with family food expert and author Fiona Faulkner to give you these top ten tips to save time and money in the kitchen.

Please have a look through Tenderstem®'s specially designed Facebook album for Mumsnetters here, you could even 'like' your favourite recipe . Then come back to this thread and let us know what you think.

They'd also love to know whether you already cook with Tenderstem®, or whether it has yet to make it into your fridge. If you have cooked with it before, tell us what you loved about it! Feel free to share any other recipes from your repertoire which use Tenderstem®. Or any tips you have on how to prepare it/ use it in established recipes.

Everyone who joins in with the discussion on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 voucher for House of Fraser.

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

I do usually have some in the fridge, and it's only on reading this thread that I've realised the stuff is trademarked. The DC prefer Tenderstem to purple sprouting, but will eat any broccoli.
Recipes are fine, I guess, but no surprises. Most cooking done chez Buggered is vegetarian, so I was a bit disappointed not to see any vegetarian ideas there.

Regarding the questions about the breeding of Tenderstem seeds, Tenderstem has said the following, "Tenderstem® seed was bred by the Japanese seed breeding company Sakata. Chinese Kale and calabrese were crossed, using traditional seed breeding methods and this resulted in the long stemmed broccoli that we now know as Tenderstem®. Tenderstem® seed is not genetically modified. Sakata is unrelated to Monsanto. This page of the Tenderstem® website goes into a little more detail www.tenderstem.co.uk/so-tender.php "

We've also received a message from Tenderstem taking on board some of the comments which have been made regarding the lack of vegetarian recipes. They are rectifying this now, but in the mean time have asked us to direct you to this page: www.tenderstem.co.uk/recipe-list.php?tag=vegetarian which has plenty of vegetarian recipes using Tenderstem.

Truthfully, before this thread I had never heard of Tenderstem before but I am going to try it soon. Me and my family all love a bit of broccoli and it does look pretty lush :P

The recipes do look simple and appetising...just not sure they'll look the same when I cook them haha

My daughter will eat anything if it has broccoli in it :D

Saw this in the supermarket today. Wont be buying. £1 for about 5 pieces. No thanks

We love tenderstem, again it's not something I cook with - but eat as a side dish.

I had lunch at a friend's last week and she served it in a pasta bake and it was delicious. The bubble and squeak on FB looks fab!

Not had any tea yet and I want to eat all those recipes now! Have never tried tenderstem but think I will do after seeing all those lovely recipes!

if anyone lives near a Lidl, they have a large packet for £1 which is a bargain compared to Sainsbury's and Tesco where they are £1.75!

Tenderstem is the only broccoli DD will eat, it does have a nicer texture and taste than 'traditional' broccoli.
It's often on offer this time of year too.

Ah didn't realise what tender stem was, have bought it before (when reduced) and thought it was slightly odd broccoli - but now I can see the point! The salmon pasta looks nice, good idea the topping that we would like by but kids may not, saves making two meals.

Good idea about putting broccoli on a pizza, loving that! I am not a huge fan myself but others are. The price for tenderstem is indeed rather expensive I feel though as others have mentioned.

I'm dubious about cooking times but the recipes look good. I will be trying some soon. Broccoli on pizza is great especially with pineapple!

Thanks MichelleMumsnet for the clarification, but I think the company is (hopefully not deliberately) missing the point. I don't think anyone believes this is a genetically modified product. It is clear that it is a cross bred product, as are nectarines, for example.

The commentary focused on the company's registering of a trademark against a natural product. This seems like a slippery slope towards limiting the availabilty of seeds and is certainly off-putting to me as a supporter of free-trade.

Have never heard of Tenderstem before or seen it in the shops. We do buy broccoli though! Recipes look good and would be things that myself and dh would happily eat. However whilst ds likes broccoli, dd does not and unfortunately both a fairly picky eaters and so would probably not eat any of the meals for one reason or another. We would normally just have broccoli as a side with a roast dinner or with a piece of chicken or fish.

The recipes look nice but none of them are specifically vegetarian so I'd still have to change them and improvise.

I do quite fancy broccoli on pizza now.

So tenderstem is purple sprouting without the purple and with a brand name?
I don't buy branded vegetables purely because they're expensive enough as it is. And broccoli especially ends up mainly on the floor as DS doesn't reckon much on it.

So, yes, I'm sure it's lovely, broccoli is one of my favourites, but if it's pricey unfortunately I'm too poor for it

I can't stand broccoli so in our house it's the busy dad who cooks with it!

The recipes look very tempting and have inspired me to buy some Tenderstem. I have never used it before but will definitely be going to in the future.

EAT BROCCOLI EVERYDAY
as a veg it,s great
or in a quiche
i,ve just rustled up some stilton & broccoli soup as well for supper tonight
which we,ll have with homemade cheese & walnut bread...yum

love broccoli so versatile & packed for of goodness.

We love broccoli here and eat it frequently. I hadn't realised that I was sometimes buying Tenderstem, but I do. TBH, except for dh who is odd, we all eat the stalks of broccoli anyway, as they have loads of flavour and are scrummy. Tenderstem is fine too and if I get that then I don't have to separate out florets with very little stalk for dh at serving time, so there's a small amount of fuss-saving.

A Facebook fan page for a vegetable? Whatever next!?

Been using Tenderstem for ages, it was great as a finger (fist!) food for BLW.

We are vegan, none of the recipes on the Fb page are suitable for us. As such, a major fail. Vegetables should be promoted as enough in their own, they don't need a side portion of death next to them.

could you use it in an omelette/frittata?

I like the one pot and pizza recipe best. I would like some tips in the pizza recipie on how to stop the tenderstem from burning as I've given up putting normal broccoli for this reason. I love how good broccoli is for calcium so do try and use alot. My children also love tenderstem best as they only like the broccoli stalk and not flower - I guess because of texture.

I've never tried tenderstem broccoli but I'm tempted to now. I love broccoli and always eat the stalks. I generally steam it and eat it as a side dish but it'd be great to cut down on the steaming time to start with.

We have a very simple recipe, steam the brocolli and then tell the kids they are trees and watch them gobble it down.

I don't see any vegetarian recipes on there though I would adapt the frittata & possibly use red peppers instead of ham