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

Plant-Based Swaps for Pork

Recreate classic pork dishes using healthy plant-based ingredients like jackfruit, mushrooms, seitan, and more.

10 Plant-Based Finger Foods for Any Occasion

Let these dishes serve as a starting point or inspiration for future dishes. Who knows? A bunch of new appetizer ideas may be the only excuse you need to throw another party.

12 Kid-Friendly Recipes That Will Have the Whole Family Eating Their Vegetables

Explore kid-friendly meatless meals the whole family will enjoy. Plus tips and tricks to help kids love veggie meals.

10 Clever Ways to Use Your Leftover Leafy Greens

You can make bagged greens key components of your pasta dishes, quesadillas, and curries, using spinach as the foundation of a shepherd’s pie or incorporating kale into risotto or tacos.

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 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.

12 Plant-based Recipes for Egg Lovers

Egg-cellent meals, made plant-based. Check out our favorite plant-based recipes for French toast, quiche, meatballs, scramble, and more.

The Black Chefs, Entrepreneurs, and Inventors Shaping American Cuisine

In honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating the culinary influence and agricultural innovations made by Black Americans. What is even more remarkable about these achievements is that many of them were made during periods of intense racial discrimination. But despi...

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, Smoky Grits and Greens

Dinner, Smoky Chipotle Black Bean & Roasted Sweet Potato Tacos

Dinner, Pulled Jackfruit Sandwiches

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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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