Food and Friends: Healthy Meals Delivered to You

This study is a randomized control trial (RCT) to measure the impact of a combined social interaction and culturally tailored home delivered healthy meals (HDHM) intervention on participants' mental health and food insecurity compared to those in the control group receiving HDHM alone. In addition, the study aims to test the feasibility of including structured, consistent social interactions as part of HDHM. This study will include a sample size of 60 participants. Participants in the study will be randomized to a HDHM only group (control), or HDHM with social interactions group (intervention). All participants will receive HDHM (a frozen meal product based on the Mediterranean Diet adapted for United States Southeastern taste preferences) for 12 weeks. The study team will collect data from participants at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks via a telephone-administered survey. A subgroup of 10 participants (5 from the intervention, 5 from the control group) will participate in informant interviews to assess feasibility.