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
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.
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.
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?
For the summer season, load up your grill with unconventional ingredients and plant-based proteins. Check out our Meatless Monday roundup of foods that you never knew you could grill.
Some of these ingredients can serve as the centerpiece of a meal, like potatoes, beans, and pasta, while others act as supporting actors, providing quick bursts of flavor to ordinary dishes. Best of all, many of these foods are completely plant-based and rich in many of t...
But no matter how you slice ‘em (or mash ‘em or blend ‘em), the black bean remains a great foundation for all your Meatless Monday cooking. This Monday, have fun whipping up some innovative black bean dishes.
In honor of American Heart Month, we’ve put together a list of tips to help you eat your way to a reduced risk of heart disease.
or Meatless Monday's twentieth birthday celebration, we’re highlighting the twenty plant-based ingredients that will completely change the way you cook. From bananas and oats to miso paste and cornmeal, these foods will help add flavor, texture, richness, and pop to all y...
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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