Go Meatless Monday — It’s Good for You, and Good for the Planet
We have delicious plant-based recipes and guides to help you implement Meatless Monday in your school, hospital, workplace, and community.
Weekly Features
All good things come to those who wait — for their crock pot to finish cooking dinner. Because is there anything more satisfying then walking into the kitchen an hour before meal time and seeing that vegan tikka masala or vegetarian chili mac bubbling away?
When it comes to meal time, flexibility is freedom. Because, despite how it appears, there are no formal rules dictating what you should eat or when should you eat it. Miso soup for breakfast? Pancakes for dinner? Tofu-scramble burrito with a side of hash browns for lunch?
Umami is one of the five tastes (the others being sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) and is responsible for giving foods a decadent, savory flavor. Check out these umami-rich plant-based ingredients.
Many of our most beloved fruits, vegetables, and pantry staples possess immense untapped potential beyond their conventional applications. And we’re here to provide you with a little inspiration.
Food is a universal language that we all speak and understand, with many of our favorite dishes, meals, ingredients, and recipes resulting from years of cultural collaboration and shared experiences.
Sometimes it’s just impossible to fall asleep; and, sure, it could be due to excitement or stress, but many restless nights might be a result of the food we had for dinner (or dessert).
Disney and Pret revealed their coveted vegan cookie recipes, The Cheesecake Factory pulled back the curtains on their Korean Fried Cauliflower and celebs Emily Blunt and Lizzo shared their favorite stay-at-home plant-based creations.
We sought the assistance from some of our favorite chefs, bloggers, and Instagram influencers to help us compile a list of superb plant-based recipes featuring popular, yet underutilized, pantry staples.
Success Stories
Meatless Monday has officially arrived at the prestigious network of NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals, giving the hard-working staff and visitors at the Allen, Columbia, Westchester and Cornell sites new vegetarian choices every Monday.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced that Meatless Monday will be expanded to all New York City public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, reaching 1.1 million students every week.
Meatless Monday's collaboration with Slow Food International, a global grassroots organization dedicated to preventing the disappearance of local food traditions, promotes the abundance of plant-based foods and bring awareness to lesser-known and endangered ingredients.
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