The ones that are already into vegetarian cooking really do not need to read this article at all. So maybe you'd like to read one of my other articles. Vegetarian cooking for you is probably pretty much old hat, and this article is to highlight the meatless Mondays for the meat-eaters out there.
So, returning to meatless Mondays are you carnivores still with me?
It is actually not a new thing at all, in fact, Presidents Wilson, Truman and Roosevelt stirred up the nation by voluntary meatless days during both world wars, and it worked. Now being revitalized by The Monday Campaigns, along with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health oh, non-profit I need to add.
The amount of meat that Americans and other Western cultures consume is so large the health of the nation is in danger. Lets face it, most meat eaters consume meat up to three times a day and not the most healthiest of meats either.
Take an average day.
Depending on where you live and your lifestyle a lot of people start the day with eggs and bacon or ham. Some will stop and get a breakfast burger usually with bacon or ham in it and others will choose not to eat at all. It's nice to see that many people eat cereal which is a good thing.
Now, later in the day
There's not a lot of information about what the afternoon has in the way of food. People who take food with them will usually opt for some sort of meat sandwich, roll or bun easy to make. Others want food that is prepared for them, in other words, restaurants, cafes, fast food which are oriented towards meat.
So we come to the last meal of the day.
You guessed it meat. Meat is usually the most important part of the meal, it's what everything else is focused around such as pork for dinner, steak for dinner or was that chicken tonight. Nobody seems to mention vegetables, hopefully, there will be some.
So let's add this up. Meat for breakfast, probably meat for lunch and it's a safe bet that there is meat for dinner.
Duh, don't need a mathematician to figure out that it equals meat overload.
Welcome to meatless Mondays. This is to improve your health and, as a bonus, the health of the planet.
So lets look again at breakfast, lunch and dinner and see if you can do it by doing some vegetarian cooking.
Breakfast Products: Whole-meal toast with peanut butter for protein with your coffee. Or maybe a muesli with yogurt.
Lunch Order: Salad or go to the vegetarian options at your favorite restaurant or cafe. And if you're ordering fast food ask them to make it with a veggie pattie, or just take out the meat you may have to shop around at fast food outlets to find ones that offer veggie burgers.
Dinner: Now it is really exciting. You can go online and get lots of recipes for vegetarian food if you want to do it yourself or go to the online vegetarian store below. But really it is just a case of replacing the piece of red or white meat with something else. You can easily get frozen prepared dishes from the vegetarian section of your supermarket, if you don't feel like cooking.
Did you know that if we all started to cut out meat once a week, we can improve our health, reduce our carbon footprint and lead the world in the race to reduce climate change. Now you do not have to do any major vegetarian cooking to start, in fact you do not have to call yourself a vegetarian it's just for one day a week - meatless Monday. Just try it and put a little adventure in your life.
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