Meat Free Monday

It's Monday tomorrow.  Could you do a meat free one?

Meatless Monday's "Launched in 2003, Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns, working in collaboration with the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Our goal is to reduce meat consumption by 15% for our personal health and the health of the planet. We provide information, news, recipes and free promotional materials to help individuals, schools, restaurants, hospitals, food companies and entire communities to start each week with a commitment to eating healthy, environmentally-friendly, meat-free meals." (direct quote from linked website)

This is a GREAT recipe to check out for recipes and also a good place to find some further information about why reducing your intake is good not only for your health and your wallet but also for the environment!

Similarly, Meat Free Monday's "Launched by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney in 2009, Meat Free Monday is a not-for-profit campaign which aims to raise awareness of the detrimental environmental impact of eating meat, and to encourage people to help slow climate change, preserve precious natural resources and improve their health by having at least one meat free day each week." (direct quote from linked website)

So with so many websites providing information and recipe ideas..... do you think you could do a meat free day?  Why not do tomorrow....... why not do your very own Meat Free Monday.

Go on...... you might just get hooked.

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