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.

Your Guide to the Best Plant-Based Barbecue

Our Meatless Monday BBQ recipe roundup covers everything from plant-based pulled pork to seitan chicken to carrot hot dogs to help ensure that you have a safe and tasty Fourth of July feast.

Here’s How to Make the Best Grilled Fruit

Something amazing happens when fruit hits the grill. As the natural sugars caramelize against the searing heat of the flame, the flavor of the fruit transforms into something sweet, smoky, and juicy—depending on the fruit you choose.

Eat Your Way to a Reduced Risk of Heart Disease

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.

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.

Here’s How Plant-Based Eating Helps Men Stay Healthy

A diet rich in plant-based foods can help everyone stay healthy, but eating more fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains is especially important for men.

Add These Ingredients to Your Smoothie for a Big Nutritional Boost

When it comes to smoothies and shakes, the combinations are truly endless. But besides being a convenient breakfast, lunch, or post-workout snack, smoothies can actually offer a big nutritional boost—given you fill them with the right ingredients

Healthy Sandwich Alternatives to Deli Meat

This Type of Sandwich Could Be Making You Sick. Is your favorite sandwich really a health risk? Find out which ingredients to avoid and 9 tasty 🌱 alternatives.

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

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Breakfast, Breakfast Sweet Potato

Potato Salad with Coconut

Dinner, Potato Salad with Coconut "Bacon"

Dinner, Curried Jackfruit

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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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