Natividad Medical Center Certified Farmer's Market Every Wednesday from 11:00am-3:30pm

Top Quote 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. End Quote
  • Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) July 22, 2016 - Cooking Demo Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

    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.

    Come by the Information Booth for healthy recipes featuring farmers' market produce, community information, garden advice, and much more!

    Join us for a live cooking demo at 12:00 p.m. All participants will receive $10 in produce vouchers! In addition, attendees can enjoy a sample of the featured recipe and a take home recipe card. Cooking demo will be by Chef Brandon Miller from Mundaka in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Learn how to use farm fresh eggs to top your paella.

    Mundaka Paella
    Serves 6
    Sofrito:
    •Olive oil
    •½ cup Spanish Chorizo sliced
    •2 each large yellow onions finely diced
    •1 each Bay leaf
    •Ό cup Garlic minced
    •1 TBS. Saffron chopped
    •Ό cup Tomato Paste
    •½ cup Tomato Puree
    •1 pinch Smoked chili flakes
    •1 pinch Smoked chili powder
    Paella:
    •1 cup Paella Rice
    •12 ea. Lamb Meatballs
    •2 Lbs. Assorted Seasonal Seafood
    •8 oz. Shellfish Stock
    •½ cup English peas
    •Extra Virgin olive oil
    •Salt & Pepper

    Directions:
    In a 14" paella pan heat olive oil adding Chorizo, onions, bay. Cook for a few minutes and add garlic and saffron. Cook until garlic begins to brown and add tomato paste, roasting it to remove any raw tomato flavor. Add tomato puree, chili flakes and smoked powder. Stir in rice and roast for a moment then add stock. Simmer over medium heat. Season seafood with salt and pepper and add according to how long each takes to cook. Total cooking time should be about 30 minutes .Add English peas with five minutes cooking time left. Finish with extra virgin olive oil and serve. (Shellfish stock is a combination shellfish shells, saffron, garlic, tomato, sherry, fish stock and herbs).
    Top the paella with Farm Fresh Eggs!

    For more information on Natividad Medical Center Certified Farmer's Market contact:
    Everyone's Harvest
    Contact: Reid Norris, 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.

    Background on Natividad Medical Center (NMC)
    Owned and operated by Monterey County, NMC is a 172-bed, acute-care hospital providing health care services to county residents for more than 129 years. Based in Salinas, California, NMC offers inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic and specialty medical care. NMC provides more than 34,000 patient days of care each year and has more than 52,000 emergency department visits per year. NMC is a Level II Trauma Center providing the immediate availability of specialized personnel, equipment and services to treat the most severe and critical injuries. NMC's Trauma Center is a vital community service locally that saves lives and eliminates the need to fly critically injured patients to a distant trauma center. NMC is ranked No. 1 in newborn deliveries in Monterey County and 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 300 physicians, NMC's mission is to continually monitor and improve the health of the people, including the vulnerable, in Monterey County through coordinated, affordable high-quality health care. For more information, please call 831-755-4111 or visit www.natividad.com.

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