10 good mood foods

Puds that pack a punch

Baked figs
Figs are filled with potassium which should sort you out if you're feeling irritable after a bad day or you're looking for a second wind for a big night out.

10g butter
12 figs
75g caster sugar
Juice of ½ lemon

1. Preheat oven to 200C/Gas 6, smear butter on base of a baking dish.
2. Snip off stalks and cut figs in half, place in dish (cut side up) and sprinkle with lemon juice and half sugar.
3. Bake for 15 minutes then baste and sprinkle over remaining sugar before baking for further 5 minutes.

Chocolate rice pudding
The ultimate comfort food, endorsed by queen of cream Nigella Lawson, this has chocolate to release mood-boosting endorphins and rice for that relaxed feeling.

3 tbsp cocoa
1 litre milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
125g Arborio rice
100g caster sugar

1. Preheat oven to 150C/Gas 2.
2. Dissolve cocoa with 4 tbsp boiling water then pour in the milk, stirring all the time.
3. Add vanilla and pour in to a buttered dish.
4. Add the rice and sugar, stir then cook in the oven for two hours.