Get fresh ideas for healthy living at Farmer's Market

This year there’s another reason to shop for your fresh fruits and vegetables at the Farmers’ Market in downtown Springfield. St. John’s Hospital will have a booth where you can pick up free nutritional information and healthy recipes each Wednesday. Health screenings such as blood pressure checks and osteoporosis testing also will be offered certain weeks.

“A healthy diet is so important to healthy living,” says St. John’s dietitian Sara Lopinski, RD. “The Farmers’ Market is a great way for us to reach people with ideas for healthy eating styles.”

St. John’s will be at the Farmers’ Market every Wednesday morning from May 18 through October 26. Nearly 40 vendors will have booths on the Old State Capitol Plaza (between Fifth and Sixth streets and Washington and Adams streets).

Recipes
Hearty Vegetable Soup
Miso Onion Soup
Mushroom Saute Walnuts
Pasta Primavera
Risotto
Scampi with Spinach
Skillet Apple-Cranberry Salad
Spring Green Pea Medley
Steamed Greens Ginger Water Chestnuts
Tuna Kebobs
Tuscan Chickpea Soup
Walnut Chutney
Asparagus Salad Lemon Soy Sauce
Barley Turkey Squash Casserole
Easy Spinach Pie
Egg Salad White Beans
Fennel Orange Salad
Halibut Citrus Garlic

 

For more information about St. John’s participation in the Farmers’ Market, call the Community Relations Department at (217) 544-6464, ext. 44301 or email us at recipes@st-johns.org.