Sign the Meatless Monday pledge
The Environmental Working Group is encouraging people to go meatless on Mondays. You can sign their pledge here.
One of the people supporting this effort is chef Mario Batali.
My restaurants were already very vegetable heavy, but I came to realize that vegetables did not have to be only a condiment or a side dish, and we’ve added more veg-centric entrée-type options. I wanted to make it easier for other people to cut back on meat, so we began promoting Meatless Monday and offering alternating veggie specials every week!
This issue is particularly important to me because it so profoundly affects children. Studies have found that young kids are eating triple the currently recommended amount of protein, mostly from meat, yet few eat enough fruits and vegetables. If we don’t take action now and teach our kids how to eat less meat, more and more of them could face serious health conditions such as heart disease, stroke and even some types of cancer as they get older.
You can help your family eat healthier by serving them a tasty meatless meal once a week. And if we all do it together — cutting down on the chemical fertilizers, fuel, pesticides and toxic chemicals that harm the environment — we’ll make a huge difference!
~ Mario Batali, on Facebook
Check our blog each Monday for a meatless recipe – Marilu.com fully supports Meatless Monday (and other meatless days, too, as you find more meatless meals you love).
