- Eating your 5-a-day can be predictive of increased happiness levels.
Increasing the amount of fruit and vegetables you eat may contribute to a rise in life satisfaction.
Adding subgroups of berries, leafy greens, green salad or tomatoes may have a positive influence on your mental health.
Your recommended 5-a-day may help you to gain happiness as well as enhanced physical health.
Meal kit delivery service, HelloFresh, compiles five great recipes to increase key fruits and vegetables in the diet that may help improve your mental wellbeing this International Happiness Day (20th March).
Learn easy ways to incorporate more fruit and vegetables into your diet to see if it has an impact on your mental health with these recipes.
Five HelloFresh AU Recipes with Mood-Boosting Foods
Fruit Crush - Berries
Berries are a fun, tasty fruit you can easily add to your everyday diet, especially your breakfast. Our Fruit Crush will help to quench your thirst first thing in the morning. As a good source of fibre and antioxidants, research also suggests berries may also help reduce negative emotions, possibly providing a boost of joy to help start your day.
Casablanca Chicken & Roast Veggie Medley- Leafy Greens
A healthy balanced diet is a bit more achievable when recipes are as good as our Casablanca Chicken & Roast Veggie Medley. Overflowing with spinach, a nutritious leafy green and cauliflower, this recipe is guaranteed to put a big smile on your face this International Happiness Day.
Leafy greens may also be linked with having a positive influence on mental wellbeing, offering another key reason to cook up this recipe today.
Apple & Parmesan Green Salad
Salads don't have to be boring! This Apple & Parmesan recipe infuses green salad with sweet apple, delicious parmesan, parsley, cucumber and crunchy almonds for a decadent lunch option that appeals to all of the senses.
Complete with both fruit and vegetables, this recipe is complete with vitamins that will not only help contribute to the normal functioning of the immune system but, it might also help increase your happiness levels, too.
Fennel & Orange Chicken - Citrus
Adding citrus fruits to your meals doesn't always have to be sour. HelloFresh Fennel & Orange Chicken recipe provides an exciting way to incorporate fruit into your dinner with a chicken glazed in a rich orange and fennel sauce finished with leafy greens.
Enjoy the zest of citrus fruits and see if they have a positive effect on your mental health; research suggests this may just be the case.
Quick Zesty Chicken & Wholemeal Fusilli - Tomatoes
Finally, you can include more fruit and vegetables in your diet in even the simplest of dishes. This Quick Zesty Chicken & Wholemeal Fusilli offers a rich cherry tomato-based sauce with delicious pasta that will fill up your stomach and put a smile on the whole family's faces.
Associate Professor Tamlin Conner, from the Department of Psychology at University of Otago, said, "In my research, I have found that the relationship between fruits and vegetables, and the practice of eating '5-a-day' and happiness is fairly strong. This relationship is even more pronounced when eating raw fruits and vegetables.
"In a study led by my students, there is a lot of evidence to suggest raw fruit and vegetables contribute to happiness the most, however, an increase of all fruits and vegetables (either cooked or raw) into the diet alongside a healthy diet will help hit the right balance."
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Evolution of Well-Being and Happiness After Increases in Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mental Health in Adults: A Systematic Review
About HelloFresh
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