It’s Meatless Monday! Meatless Monday is a non-profit campaign aimed at reducing meat consumption in order to improve personal health and the health of our planet.
But what about protein?
No worries. You can get plenty of protein without eating meat. Check out Heather Levin’s excellent post: Frugal Ways to Get More Protein.
What should I make?
If you’re used to eating meaty meals, it can be difficult to make the shift to meatless. You may need some inspiration! Angela Barton has posted some great meatless ideas:
If cutting back on your meat consumption seems impossible, try cutting back on your red meat consumption. Red meat has the biggest impact on your personal health and our environment.
Go Meatless on Monday (or any day) and post your results here. What did you make? Was it good? Please share.
The Meatrix (factoryfarm.org)
An Exercise in Frugality 
if you haven’t already, you should read “the Omnivore’s Dilemna” — I certainly learned a lot from it!!
Hey- just catching up after returning from vacation. Thanks for the mention- the Meatless Monday recipes that readers are sending in are great. We could easily go meatless all the time.
Hi, I’m a full vegetarian, and as long as you replace the missing nutrients efficiently, being vegetarian is great for your health! Meatless Mondays can make such a HUGE impact on our world (in a positive way!) I encourage everyone to get involved! I write about this a bit on my blog, be sure to check it out!