Good Mood Food event at The Green House Hotel

I was honoured to be chosen by the Green House Hotel in Bournemouth to create a Taster Event evening with their head chef on “Good Mood Food”

The evening started with a talk about my principles of a positive mental health diet followed by a 5 course taster menu, which you can read about below.

My Healthy Living Principles for Positive Mental Health: 

  1. Aim for 80% / 20% rule (80% great food and 20% what you like)  

  2. Eat at regular intervals to keep the blood sugar levels even   

  3. Aim for 1.5-2Litre of water daily (in between meals)   

  4. Exercise Daily   

  5. Get natural vitamin D and walk in the sunshine   

  6. Eat Good Mood Foods daily to help you stay positive and my top 5 are: Mango, Cress, Pineapple, Greens (chard, kale, spinach), Green Tea 

  7. Variety is good – Aim for 100 varieties of food every month   

  8. Spice it up – Add turmeric, pepper, ginger to your meals to boost flavour and your immune system   

  9. Twist it! Lemon is high in vitamin to help your skin produce collagen   

  10. Be consistent! Clean eating and exercise is the powerful lifestyle key to long-term health.   

The Menu 

Course 1 = Shiitake Mushroom Veloute 

The Star Ingredient is Shiitake Mushrooms – are also chock-full of amino acids, which help with energy, mental focus and immunity. They also offer an essential fatty acid called linoleic acid, which helps aid in weight control and muscle growth 

Course 2 = Cured Mackerel, Smoked Mackerel Pate with Pumpkin Seed Cracker 

The Star Ingredients are Mackerel & Pumpkin Seeds 

Mackerel is low in mercury, high in vitamin and omega for anti-inflammation and good mood boosting. 

Pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of potassium, which helps regulate electrolyte balance and manage blood pressure. Eating potassium-rich foods such, as  pumpkin seeds  may help reduce symptoms of stress and anxiety 

Course 3 = Pork Tenderloin, Asian Pork Broth, Shiitake Mushroom, Rainbow Chard 

Star Ingredients are Pork Broth and Rainbow Chard 

Pork broth is an excellent healing food. Its main  benefit  is it works on improving the  health  of your gut, which in turn can alleviate anxiety. 

Rainbow chard is packed with Potassium and Vitamin K that are both present in Swiss  Chard  is very important to keep  mental  and brain  health healthy 

Course 4 = Macadamia Nut and cranberry granola with yogurt sorbet 

Star ingredients are macadamia nut which are loaded with ALA to extend the metabolic life span of any other antioxidants in your diet and cranberry could protect against chronic age-related afflictions such as loss of memory and  mental  acuity 

Course 5 = Dark chocolate delice, mango puree and passion fruit ice cream 

Star ingredients are mango which are packed with vitamin B, A C which are known to fight off depression and passion fruit is rich in magnesium, an important mineral that scientists have linked with decreased  stress  and  anxiety 

 I’m so looking forward to the next event - please check out The Green House Hotel for more events.

Happy Eating!

Bx

Barbara Cox-Lovesy