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.

The New Meatless Monday Resource Center is Live!

We are excited to announce a new Meatless Monday Resource Center, housed with our long-time science advisor and partner, the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The resource center features all of the essential materials and research for implementing Meatless Monday programs while preserving the campaign’s history and legacy within the arena of public health.

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Weekly Features

Plant-Based Slow Cooker Recipes that are Worth the Wait

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?

How to Manage Your Cholesterol with Plant-Based Foods

This week we’re highlighting the ways your food choices impact the health of your gut. Some foods can help boost your body’s production of beneficial bacteria, while other foods may reduce the diversity of gut bacteria, weakening its overall effectiveness.

How to Improve Your Gut Health with Plant-Based Foods

This week we’re highlighting the ways your food choices impact the health of your gut. Some foods can help boost your body’s production of beneficial bacteria, while other foods may reduce the diversity of gut bacteria, weakening its overall effectiveness.

10 Tips, Hacks, and Tricks for Tasty Plant-Based Cooking

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.

How to Use Pulses: The High-protein, Low-fat, High-fiber Ingredients Hiding in Your Pantry

Pulses are one of the healthiest categories of plant-based ingredients you can find. They are naturally low in fat and sodium, contain no cholesterol, and are great sources of protein, iron, potassium, and fiber. But pulses are also good for the world, serving as an affor...

Your Guide to Cooking with Whole Grains

This Monday, start experimenting in the kitchen with whole grains for some added heft to your meatless meals.

Pulses: The Powerhouse Ingredient We All Need to Eat More Of

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10 Plant Based and Vegan Soup Recipes to Keep You Warm this Winter

We’ve collected a list of some of our favorite soups and stews to keep you warm for the winter, many of which start with a base of protein-rich ingredients, like beans, or seasonal winter produce. Some are spicy, others sweet, but what they all have in common is that they...

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

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Lunch, Spicy Jalapeño Cashew “Cheese” Dip

Dinner, Vegetarian Slow Cooker Lentil Sloppy Joes with Spaghetti Squash

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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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