Your suggestion about adding tahini & applesauce to butternut squash sounds good to me. I've read that dairy can be constipating so I might replace the yogurt with hemp powder to get the protein I need. I've been relucatant to use acacia or psyllium fiber for fear I might not accompany it with sufficient water. I'd like to reduce my senna and Miralax usage.

Recently constipation has been less of an issue for me, maybe because several times a day, I've been putting about 1/2 teaspoon of chia seeds in the bottom of a drinking glass, adding about 1/4 C of water, stir with a fork to break up the seeds, wait about 15 minutes until they have gelled up and then stir in about 1 - 1/2 C more water and drink. If I mix them all at once, the seeds clump.

I enjoy the "sliminess" of steamed okra, but find it pricey. I haven't noticed how it affects my gut.

Thank you for the good ideas.