MEATLESS MONDAY GOES TO SCHOOL - 30 Delicious Recipes to Kick Off Meatless Monday at Your School!

Oct 10, 2026

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Meatless Monday Goes to School is an e-cookbook designed to support schools in adopting a weekly meat-free day for student health and environmental benefits. It introduces the Meatless Monday movement and explains how school meals can meet nutrition standards while remaining appealing to children. The book features 30 kid-friendly, produce-packed recipes grouped by cuisine type, with nutritional and service guidance for each dish, encouraging recurring participation at least once a week.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages76

Reading Time1 h 57 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Recipes

American Classics

World Cuisine

Mediterranean Favorites

Latin Flavors

Spectacular Salads

MEATLESS MONDAY GOES TO SCHOOL 30 Delicious Recipes to Kick Off Meatless Monday at Your School! INTRODUCTION movement founded by former advertising executive Sid Lerner in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University three years prior. Today, over 50 school districts and dozens of individual schools “go Meatless Monday.” They’re joined by thousands of restaurants, hospitals and home cooks who also serve up delicious meatless meals week after week. Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Al Gore, and Marcus Samuelsson are some of the movement’s many supporters. Meatless Monday has even grown into an international movement, with over 40 countries participating. What’s behind the success of Meatless Monday? It’s a simple task – one day a week, cut out meat for your health and the health of our planet. Lerner founded Meatless Monday as an easy, memorable way to encourage the public to eat better. Providing today’s youth with healthy, delicious meals is more important than ever in light of rising childhood obesity rates. Around the United States, school foodservice providers are doing their part by working diligently to ensure that the meals they serve not only comply with the nutrition standards set by the USDA’s National School Lunch Program, but are also appealing to the populations they serve. After all, “it's not nutrition if the students don't eat it,” as many school food advocates have said. Participating in Meatless Monday can help students learn to appreciate and enjoy healthy food. Diets low in meat and high in plant foods such as vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains are associated not only with reduced obesity rates, but also with reduced rates of diet-and lifestylerelated diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. So when children learn to enjoy occasional vegetarian meals, they’re practicing ahabit that will contribute to a lifetime of good health! What’s more, since meatless foods require fewer environmental resources to produce, participating in Meatless Monday is a way forchildren to know they’re doing their part to protect the environment. The pages in this e-cookbook feature 30 meatless recipes that are produce-packed, delicious, child-friendly and contain at least one ounce of the NSLP’s meat alternate requirement per serving. We encourage every school to use this book to start Meatless Monday and help their students learn to love meat-free meals at least once a week! We also invite foodservice operations to visit [MeatlessMonday.com](MeatlessMonday.com) for additional free resources, including posters and a K-12 School Toolkit. In putting this book together, we had the pleasure of receiving recipes from both our existing school partners as well as many food brands that supply foodservice operations with meatless ingredients. Many thanks to each of our contributors and a special thanks to the Humane Society of the United States. Happy eating! Good for you. Good for the planet. RECIPES | AMERICAN CLASSICS | 5 | | --- | --- | | Black Bean Veggie Burger | 7 | | Beyond Beef Veggie Pasta Bake | 9 | | Portabella Philly Cheesesteaks | 11 | | Beyond Chicken Buffalo Wraps | 13 | | Bistro Egg Sandwich | 15 | | Baked Ziti | 17 | | Baked Chili Mac | 19 | | | | | WORLD CUISINE | 21 | | Shanghai Sweet and Spicy Spaghetti | 23 | | Spanish Chickpea Stew | 25 | | Vegetable and Egg Fried Rice | 27 | | Lentils of the Southwest | 29 | | North African Gumbo | 31 | | Asian SunButter® Broccoli Noodle Salad | 33 | | | | | MEDITERRANEAN FAVORITES | 35 | | Portabella Spinach Tomato Panini | 37 | | Tuscan Herbed Flatbread | 39 | | Cheesy Polenta with Vegetables | 41 | | Mediterranean Flatbread | 43 | | Harvest Lasagna | 45 | | Club Med with Rotini | 47 | | LATIN FLAVORS | 49 | | --- | --- | | Fiesta Lasagna Bake | 51 | | Taco-The-Town | 53 | | Golden State Burrito | 55 | | Bean Tostada Bowl | 57 | | Zesty Bean and Cheese Quesadilla | 59 | | The Whole Enchilada | 61 | | V

FAQs

What is the purpose of Meatless Monday for schools?

It encourages schools to cut out meat one day per week to support students’ health and the health of the planet.

What do the recipes in this e-cookbook focus on?

They provide 30 meatless, produce-packed, child-friendly recipes, each containing at least one ounce of the NSLP meat alternate requirement per serving.

How does the book relate to school nutrition standards?

It emphasizes compliance with USDA National School Lunch Program nutrition standards while also making meals appealing so students will actually eat them.

Oct 10, 2026

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