The November Natividad Medical Center Farmers Market Is About Celebrating National Diabetes Month

Oct. 1, 2012 - PRLog -- Press Contact: Marci Bracco/Chatterbox Public Relations (831) 747-7455

Natividad Medical Center Certified Farmers' Market every Wednesday: The November Farmers Market Is All About Celebrating National Diabetes Month – Learn, Taste and Enjoy!

SALINAS, CA–Natividad Medical Center offers a Certified Farmers' Market every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Farmers’ Market is located at 1441 Constitution Blvd., outside of building 200-Out Patient Services and is part of Natividad Medical Center’s ongoing commitment to promote wellness and healthy eating among Natividad Medical Center’s staff, patients and their families.

November Farmers Market:
American Diabetes Month takes place each November and is a time to come together as a community to Stop Diabetes®! Natividad Medical Center will be raising awareness of this ever-growing disease during its Wednesday, November 28th Farmers Market.
Here are just a few of the recent statistics on diabetes:
•          Nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes.
•          Another 79 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Join us on Wednesday, November 28th at the Natividad Medical Center Farmers Market. We will educate attendees about Diabetes. The Natividad Medical Center Diabetes Education Center team will be on site from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. to:
•          Offer free information on diabetes
•          Conduct diabetes risk tests
•          Hand out recipe cards
•          Attendees can enter a drawing to win a diabetes cook book (to be drawn at 12:30 p.m.)

At 12:00 p.m. at the Farmers Market join Chef/Owner Terry Teplitzky of Wild Thyme Deli and Café for a cooking demo with a special recipe for diabetics. For 10 years, Wild Thyme Deli and Café in Marina has united East Coast “comfort foods” with West Coast organic and fresh cuisines. Offering a delicious menu of sandwiches, salads and desserts; roasted meats and chickens, all items are made fresh on-site every day using only the finest ingredients.
Wild Thyme’s Butternut Squash and Apple Bisque
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 rib of celery, chopped
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeds removed and cubed
• 2 tart green apple, peeled, cored, chopped
• 4 cups water or 3 cups of homemade or store bought, low sodium vegetable or chicken stock and
• 1 cup water
• ½ tsp fresh thyme
• 4 leaves fresh sage
• Pinches of nutmeg, cinnamon, cayenne
• salt and pepper to taste
Method
1 Set a large saucepan over medium-high heat and melt the butter in the oil. Add the onion, celery and sauté for 5 minutes, till the onion is opaque, taking care to turn the heat down if the vegetables begin to brown.
2 Add squash, apple, broth and/or water and herbs. Bring to boil. Cover, turn the heat down to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes or until squash softens. Puree. If the bisque is too thick you can always add a little stock or water or even heavy cream to thin, but bring the soup back to the boil after adding.
3 Add salt and spices to taste.
Notes: I sometimes feel there is a need for a little added sweetness, so I will sometimes add honey, agave or for a different taste, pure maple syrup.
4 Garnish with a dollop of unsweetened whipped cream or sour cream, chives or parsley.
Other additions to make this soup different:
• Fried Sage Leaves
• Cheese Straws
• Cheddar and Chive Biscuits
• Lemon Peel
• Apple Cinnamon Chutney and Sour Cream
• Apple Sauce and Bleu Cheese Crumbles

At Natividad Medical Center’s Certified Farmers’ Market run by Everyone’s Harvest, shoppers will find fresh quality fruits and vegetables (many certified organic), beautiful flowers, live plants, and unique gifts from small-scale family farmers and local independent businesses. By shopping at Natividad Medical Center’s California Certified Farmers’ Market you are supporting local California growers.

For more information on Natividad Medical Center Certified Farmer’s’Market contact :
Everyone's Harvest
Contact: Chris Loecher, Event Manager
Cell Tel: 831-917-8902
Contact: Iris Peppard, Executive Director
Tel: (831) 384-6961
Fax: (831) 582-9546
www.everyonesharvest.org

For information on Natividad Medical Center contact Marci Bracco (831) 747-7455.

About Natividad Medical Center
Natividad Medical Center is a Monterey County owned and operated 172 bed acute care hospital providing health care services to the people of the county for more than 125 years. Natividad Medical Center offers inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic and specialty medical care. NMC provides more than 33,000 patient days each year and more than 42,000 emergency department visits per year. NMC is ranked #1 in newborn deliveries in Monterey County. Natividad is the only teaching hospital on the Central Coast, through its affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). With a medical staff of more than 250 physicians, Natividad’s mission is to continually improve the health status of the people of Monterey County through access to affordable, high-quality health care services. Natividad is based in Salinas, California. For more information, please call 831-755-4111 or visit www.natividad.com.