Deacon Dining Plant Forward Recipe Innovation

A two-day development session was held April 19th-20th, 2022 where WFU culinary professionals joined other institutions in the Harvest Table Culinary Group at High Point University for a recipe innovation session. The recipes and discussions focused on sustainable/plant forward dining to align with Earth Month. One of the presenters and partners for the event was Lentils.org. The group presented many ways to include lentils in our plant forward dining initiative, which inspired our teams. Almost all of the recipes that were added to our Deacon Dining recipe database were built with lentils which are a great, inexpensive source of plant protein and fiber.

Be on the lookout for the following recipes we added to our index:

• Lentil Nachos
• Yellow Lentil Hummus
• Coconut Chocolate Chip Lentil Brownie
• Lentil, Mushroom & Cauliflower Crumble
• Lentil & Mushroom Bolognese
• Mediterranean Lentil Bowl
• Umami Lentil Bowl
• Mshosh (Armenian Lentil Salad)
• Split Red Lentils
• Cinnamon-Nutmeg Lentil Crumble