Get fresh ideas for healthy living at Farmers' 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 29. Nearly 40 vendors will have booths on the Old State Capitol Plaza (between Fifth and Sixth streets and Washington and Adams streets).

2008 Recipes
Asparagus Thyme Tomato Halibut
Baked Oatmeal
Blueberry Gingerbread
Breakfast Wraps
Broccoli Beef Strips
Broiled Portobello Mushrooms
Brussel Sprouts and Mushrooms
Chicken and Black Bean Chili
Chilled Watercress Soup
Macaroni Bean Salad
Gypsy Stew
Island Cheesecake Bars
Mixed Vegetable Pasta Salad
Poached Spinach Sole
Quinoa Stuffed Yellow Peppers
Summer Vegetable Pie
Super Stir Fry Fish Fillets
Sweet & Sour Chicken and Rice
Tangy Three Bean Salad
Teriyaki Salmon
Turkey Burgers
Turkey Cutlets with onions and peas
Vidalia Chicken Salad
Warm Mole Bean Dip

 

For more information about St. John’s participation in the Farmers’ Market, call the Community Relations Department at (217) 544-6464, ext. 44301.