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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Yes, You Can Make Bacon Using Only Plants

Plant-based bacon will not exactly replace the meaty, fatty, porky flavor of bacon; but it doesn’t have to. Using eggplant, mushrooms, rice paper, and soy products lets you recreate and enjoy the essence and texture of bacon without the unhealthy baggage associated with p...

Protect the Planet by Going Meatless this Monday

To help quantify the power of plant-based eating, we’ve collaborated with our academic partners at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future to gather the facts and figures behind plant-based foods and the environment.

Plant-Based Swaps for Beef

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

How to Fight Climate Change with Your Fork

Discover delicious ways you can fight climate change on Meatless Monday and beyond. Get our climate-friendly kitchen and restaurant tips.

Protect the Planet with these 10 Water-Friendly Meatless Meals

Reduce your water footprint and protect the environment is by eating these water-friendly, plant-based foods.

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?

10 Essential Sauces That Add a Pop of Flavor to Any Plant-Based Meals

This Monday, try cooking up some different condiments, sauces, and spreads, and explore how you can apply them to different meals. A side of peanut sauce, squirt of garlic aioli, or tablespoon of carrot ginger dressing goes a long way in boosting the flavor and texture of...

Save Time and Energy with These 10 Semi-Homemade Meatless Meals

This Monday, expand your pantry and save yourself some time with our list of quick-and-easy meatless semi-homemade meals.

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, The Best Vegan Breakfast Sandwich

Potato Salad with Coconut

Dinner, Potato Salad with Coconut "Bacon"

Dinner, Lentil and Mushroom Bolognese

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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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