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.

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The Complete Guide to Making Plant-based Dairy Products at Home

A combination of desire, technology, and creativity has allowed for food manufacturers and home cooks to create nearly every variety of dairy product imaginable without the use of any animal products. Plant-based butter? Yep. Plant-based ricotta? Yep. What about plant-bas...

Plant-Based Swaps for Beef

Traditional beef dishes made plant-based, get our top ingredient swaps and recipes for Meatless Monday meals.

Fight Climate Change by Eating More Plant-based Foods

There’s an overwhelming body of research showing that, when it comes to agriculture, meat production has the most significant impact on the environment and climate change.

10 Sheet Pan Recipes for Easy Plant-Based Dinners

Sheet pan cooking is one of the simplest ways to build a meal from scratch. All you need is a few different vegetables, some beans and tofu, your favorite spices and seasonings, a drizzle of oil, and a hot oven.

Plant-Based Swaps for Chicken

Check out chef favorites for plant-based swaps for chicken - you won't believe it's meatless.

Meatless Monday Meal Plans

We’ve got a month’s worth of meatless meals: four breakfasts, four lunches, four snacks, and four dinners.

10 Recipes for When You’re Craving a Snack, Munchy, or Quick Bite

Sometimes our snack cravings cannot be satisfied with prepackaged crackers or chips or granola bars. In these situations, our mouths demand something more: something fresh or familiar or homemade.

10 Healthy Meals and Snacks for Back-to-School Lunches

Kids can be tricky and picky eaters, especially with school cafeteria. To help win over their hearts and bellies, here are some Meatless Monday lunch and snack ideas.

Bring Friends and Family Together with Meatless Monday

The Meatless Monday For Friends and Family Package contains all the information and materials you need to encourage your social circle to adopt a more plant-forward diet. Adjusting how and what we eat is a big step, but when you’re making the commitment as a group, you’re more likely to see it through and reap the many health benefits—together.

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Recipes

Breakfast, Breakfast Rice Bowls with Coconut Milk, Almonds, Mango and Banana

Dinner, Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk

Dinner, Beetroot Mac and Cheese

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In the News

How to Help Provide Food Relief to the People of Ukraine

What can you do to help? Consider donating to these organizations working to supply food and other necessities to Ukrainians in need.

Billie Eilish Advocates for More Plant-Based Meals in Schools

Musical superstar, Billie Eilish, spoke out to Capitol Hill in support of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act.

Plant-Based Eating Is Now Even a Bigger Part of NYC School Lunches

Following the success of Meatless Monday and Meatless Fridays, Mayor Eric Adams — a vocal advocate of plant-based eating and a long-time supporter Meatless Monday — announced the new initiative that he promises will improve the lives of thousands of New York City students.
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Success Stories

From the Ground Up: Columbia, South Carolina Adopts Meatless Monday

In Columbia, South Carolina, every Monday is now officially Meatless Monday, thanks to a city proclamation fueled by a partnership with Let’s Meat Less, an organization advocating plant-based eating.

Meatless Monday Arrives at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

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.
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NYC Expands Meatless Monday to All Public Schools

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.

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