International Happiness Day: The five mood boosting foods you need to start eating

Including specific food groups into your 5-a-day could be the key to unlocking a more positive mental attitude.

Recipe Box service, HelloFresh, shares five top mood-boosting fruits and vegetables that are predictive of improving optimism and happiness for International Happiness Day.

Top 5 Mood-Boosting Fruit and Veg

Berries

Berries can help to improve your mood. You can start the day positively by including them in your first meal of the day. This can be done in the simplest of ways like the HelloFresh Berry Yoghurt Bowl. 

Citrus Fruits

Citrus fruits are filled with vitamin c which helps to strengthen your health and wellbeing.  Recipes like the HelloFresh Zesty Citrus Chicken and Ginger Stir Fry, or Cod in a Lemon and Chive Butter help get the best of the acidic flavours.

Tomatoes

Whether it’s via a sauce like the HelloFresh King Prawn and Tomato Sauce Fresh Tagliatelle or in the form of cherry tomatoes such as the Cheesy Tomato, Chorizo and Mozzarella Orzo Risotto, these delicious tomato dishes are bound to increase the size of the smile on your face.

Salad

Salads are the ideal way to get more fruit and vegetables into your diet. This ensures you can achieve a healthy, balanced diet. This may help improve your optimism and increase your happiness levels.

A good way to incorporate this into meals is with recipes like the HelloFresh Goat’s Cheese and Fig Salad.

This is the perfect accompaniment to any meal. Or, even make the salad the main with the