10 good mood foods

Dynamite dinners

Veggie stir fry with cashews
Broccoli fights illness but, more importantly, nuts can really improve your sex life.

1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 sliced onion
1 crushed garlic clove
1 each sliced red & yellow pepper
100g broccoli
175g halved baby sweetcorn
2 sliced courgettes
50g sliced water chestnuts
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp arrowroot
2 tbsp light vegetable stock
5cm piece grated root ginger
1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
50g toasted cashew nuts

1. Heat oil and fry garlic and onion for 3 minutes, add peppers and fry for three minutes more.
2. Add broccoli, sweetcorn and courgette, fry for five minutes, add chestnuts and toss.
3. Mix together soy, arrowroot, stock, ginger and sweet chilli then move veg to one side of the wok and pour in the sauce to boil and thicken.
4. Toss together then sprinkle with nuts.

Roasted salmon with salsa picante
Research has shown that omega 3, as found in salmon, can prevent depression and other mental health problems.

25g pumpkin seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
8 sunblush tomatoes
4 tbsp cider vinegar
20g fresh mint
juice of 1 lime
2 deseeded red chillies
1 tbsp dried oregano
4 salmon fillets

1. Toast seeds in pan until golden, then put in a food processor with everything except the salmon and roughly chop.
2. Preheat oven to 200C/Gas 6 then sear salmon in hot frying pan until golden.
3. Transfer to oven and bake for 5 minutes.
4. Serve with salsa.