Servings: 4 Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Main Ingredients 1 cup black beluga lentils (brown or green lentils work too) 2.5 cups vegetable broth or water for cooking the lentils 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed 1/3 cup water for soaking the flaxseed Chopped Veggies (chop into small pieces to help bind the loaf) · large onion · 4 cloves garlic · celery stalks, leaves included · 1 large carrot with peel · 1 large jalapeno pepper 1/3 cup water or vegetable broth for sau

Macaroni and Butternut Squash Cheez Sauce Servings: 6 Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes INGREDIENTS 2 cups butternut squash cooked/steamed or roasted (roast at 375° for 30 minutes) 2 Tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup unsweetened plain non-dairy milk 1 Tablespoon vegan butter 3 Teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 Teaspoons onion powder 1 Teaspoon garlic powder 1 Tablespoon lemon juice freshly squeezed 1 cup nutritional yeast 1 Teaspoon Sea salt (optional) 1 package elbow noodles 3

This week the Perfectly Pl@nted team had the pleasure of interviewing one of their own. Dr. Daphne Bascom is the Vice President for Population Health at Saint Luke’s Health System. Daphne has a long history of health coaching and working in the community. On this month's episode of Perfectly Pl@nted Vesime interviews Daphne about a new community program that has launched in Kansas City called REACHN. REACHN stands for Resilience, Education, Activity, Community, Health and