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
Baking traditional holiday favorites that are also plant-based is a breeze with these 12 easy recipes.
Foods like peas, lentils, beans, mushrooms, and winter root vegetables are particularly delicious when transformed into a soup, stew, or casserole. They also tend to do well when cooked low-and-slow, which means it might be time to dust off the slow cooker or your favorit...
When it comes to making plant-based desserts, you don’t have to shy away from traditional dishes. It’s surprisingly simple to make pie fillings, crusts, mousses, and cobblers without using any sort of dairy or eggs.
When it comes to improving the taste, texture, and flavor profile of your meatless dishes or recreating plant-based versions of animal-based ingredients, it’s all about knowing the right techniques.
The global food system faces many ongoing pressures and challenges. Climate change, irresponsible agricultural practices, and evolving dietary preferences have increased the rate of species extinction, deforestation, global warming, and diet-related diseases.
The global food system faces many ongoing pressures and challenges. Climate change, irresponsible agricultural practices, and evolving dietary preferences have increased the rate of species extinction, deforestation, global warming, and diet-related diseases.
We’ve compiled a collection of simple plant-based and vegan recipes perfect for any celebratory meal.
We’ve got our list of protein-packed soups and stews for fall. The selected recipes cover various culinary genres, from North African to Mediterranean to Central American to classic comfort.
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.
In the News
What can you do to help? Consider donating to these organizations working to supply food and other necessities to Ukrainians in need.
Musical superstar, Billie Eilish, spoke out to Capitol Hill in support of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act.
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
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 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.
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