Men’s Health Australia — September 2017

METHOD

(^1) Start by mixing the flour with 110ml of boiling
water, adding salt to form a dough. Divide
this into five portions and flatten with a
heavy saucepan, making disks 2mm thick.
Cook on a high heat for a minute each side,
without oil, then set aside and keep warm.
(^2) Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl. Next,
pretend you do this sort of thing all the time
as you grill the zucchini on a high heat until
blackened (two minutes each side
should do it), then chop it into small
strips and mix in with the sauce.
(^3) Mash a little avocado into the
middle of each tortilla with a
fork, add some eggplant,
then top with a small
amount of the radish,
spring onion, chilli,
tomato and a squeeze of
lime.
(^4) Finish with nori flakes
and a sprinkle of chilli
flakes to help you cut
through mental fog
without having to leave
the country.
SEND SIESTAS SOUTH
A dirty lunch needn’t mean a toss-up between the local fish and chip
shop and your nearest sauce-saturated meat shack. This cognition-
firing taco ladles on ingredients engineered to boost mental
performance when a loco workload has you longing for escape.
Miso & Chipotle Eggplant Taco

• By Neil Rankin, head chef at Temper

INGREDIENTS

THE SHELL

• Masa harina flour, 50g

THE SAUCE

• White miso, 50g


• Chipotle en adobo, 50g


• Ginger paste, 5g


• Garlic paste, 5g


• Brown sugar, 1tsp


• A lime, juiced

THE FILLING

• An eggplant, sliced


• An avocado


• Radishes, 3, sliced


• A spring onion, sliced


• A red chilli, sliced


• A vine tomato, cubed


• A lime, juiced


• Nori sheet, crushed


• Chilli flakes, 1tbsp

FOOD, LIKE FASHION, IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO TRENDS.

Taste is subjective; it’s at the mercy of vagary and whim.

But what about nourishment? You might think that nutrition

• being a science, and therefore by definition objective – would

be impervious to impulse. Yet in 2017, ‘eating clean’ remains as

on trend as Yeezy Boosts.

Consequently, these are confusing times to be a foodie with a

vested interest in his health. Never before has there been so

much choice between food that hardens arteries on sight and

so-called ‘clean’ fare that even the most yielding Instagram filter

can’t make toothsome. Which raises the question: whatever

happened to the middle ground?

Now, if the strain of this argument feels like it’s headed toward

a sensible conclusion that moderation is key, fear not. We have

tasked nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert and a crack team of chefs

to come up with recipes that deliver on both gluttonous desire

and nutritional benefit. In fact, we think these meals are worthy

of their own hashtag: #dirtybutclean. You saw it here first.

MISO

POWDER

is fermented with koji

mould, known to

reduce

your risk

of depression