A reason to smile

Set aside at room temperature to marinate for 10 minutes.

Assemble your sandwich:

1 baguette

3 T mayonnaise

Marinated fennel

4 T pitted and chopped olives (optional)

12 slices lemon confit

Split the baguette lengthwise. Spread the mayonnaise evenly across the bottom slice and layer the tuna salad, fennel, olives and lemon confit. Drizzle some of the oil from the confit on the inside of the top slice of the baguette. Slice, serve and enjoy!

Supported by a $15,000 donation from the Harris Beach PLLC law firm, the garden is tended by patients in Catholic Health’s Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) Program, with training and wages provided by Smile Farms. Produce grown in the garden is being shared with food-insecure individuals at the Mercy Family Care Center, a clinic for women and children, located in Rockville Centre.

The garden is just one part of Catholic Health’s multifaceted food insecurity initiative, which also includes emergency food “to-go” bags, distributed in Catholic Health’s six emergency departments to qualifying patients. Recipients also get referrals to community-based organizations to identify other resources, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

This spring, Catholic Health celebrated the opening of the Smile Farms® Cooperative Garden at Mercy Hospital Outpatient Behavioral Health Center in Garden City. The garden supports those in treatment for behavioral health issues, while also helping to combat food insecurity on Long Island.

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