Several years ago, a group of public health schools backed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center created the Monday Campaigns, designed to kick-start the week with healthy behaviors. Among those behaviors: Making Monday a day to go meatless. By eliminating meat from your meals for just one day, you can cut down on excess fats and calories while benefitting the planet.
Want to know the secret to eating eco-friendlier meals? Hold the meat. And the dairy, too.
According to a recent study, vegan and vegetarian diets have less impact on the environment than those that include meat or dairy. But if you’re not ready to go vegan, what else can you do?
Nuggets are a meal-time favorite for many children. But what’s IN a nugget, anyway? If they came from a drive-thru or are shaped like a dinosaur, chances are they’re made with ingredients that leave you tongue-tied — such as monocalcium phosphate, dimethylpolysiloxane and ammonium bicarbonate. In fact, one popular fast food restaurant’s nugget recipe contains more than 20 different ingredients!
In honor of Meatless Monday and upcoming Food Day (October 24), here’s a vegan nugget recipe with just FIVE simple ingredients:
Today is World Vegetarian Day, which marks the start of Vegetarian Awareness Month. It’s also Meatless Monday – so it’s the perfect time to try out this super easy recipe for meatless tacos made from (drumroll please)…. walnuts!
It’s Meatless Monday – and it’s also World Vegetarian Week!
So what better way to celebrate than with a heaping helping of delicious vegetarian lasagna – and some helpful tips to make healthy substitutions in this classic dish.
