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McCartney launches Meat Free Monday

Sir Paul, with a little help from his friends, launches a Meat Free Monday campaign for the U.K.
Thu, Jun 18 2009 at 11:15 PM EST
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Paul McCartney, former Beatle, current British knight, is going meat-free one day a week and encouraging others to do the same. Earlier this week he launched a Meat Free Monday campaign with a little help from his friends.

 
Yoko Ono, Cheryl Crow, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Moby, Kate Bosworth, Kelly Osbourne, and McCartney’s children James, Stella and Mary were all on hand when Sir Paul unveiled “a food campaign to encourage the nation to help slow climate change by reducing their meat consumption by having at least one meat-free day a week.”
 
The Meat Free Monday website has ideas on how to help the planet and vegetarian recipes for use on Monday nights. The concept of a meat-free or meatless Monday is certainly nothing new. The Meatless Monday website has been around for a while, many food bloggers post recipes for meatless Mondays, and the city of Ghent, Belgium, encouraged its residents to go meatless once a week earlier this year.
 
You can hear McCartney’s viewpoint on going meat-free one day a week in the following video.
 

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Posted By Rochana - Fri, Nov 20 2009 at 4:41 PM EST

Meat Free Mondays Petition

I just spoke with the organizer of the Meat Free Mondays petition over the phone. What motivates carnivores to go meatless? Check out my blog for what he said: .... More

Posted By Anonymous - Wed, Jun 24 2009 at 8:20 PM EST

Recipe Supports Meat Industry

The recipe above contains cottage cheese, cheddar cheese and CREAM of mushroom soup, all dairy-containing products. It is ironic that recipe was posted in connection with Meatless Monday. Am I missing something? Don't those products come from cows confined within the dairy industry?

Posted By Anonymous - Wed, Jun 24 2009 at 8:24 PM EST

Eggs too!

The recipe also contains eggs which come from chickens, most of whom live in confined animal feeding operations which pollute our environment.

Posted By Patrick Crane - Sun, Jun 21 2009 at 4:12 PM EST

Paul McCartney's Meatless Mondays

Re: Meatless Days - here's a keeper of a recipe:

Vegetarian Cheese Patties
INGREDIENTS:
3 eggs
1 ½ (one and one-half) cups of cottage cheese
1 ½ (one and one-half) cups quick rolled oats
3 tablespoons wheat germ
1 (1 ounce) envelope of dry onion soup mix
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (for frying)
1 ten ounce can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
Hand full of shredded cheddar cheese
Bread crumbs for.... More

Posted By Robin Shreeves - Mon, Jun 22 2009 at 8:39 AM EST

cream of mush soup

Patrick - this recipe looks like something I could definitely get my kids to eat. I've grown a little wary and/or weary of canned soups and I found a substitution for cream of mushroom soup

http://www.grouprecipes.com/36004/condensed-cream-of-mushroom-soup-subst...

I have yet to try it, but I thought I'd share it with

Posted By Meredith Darlington - Fri, Jun 19 2009 at 11:36 AM EST

Linda McCartney cookbook

Sir Paul's late wife, Linda McCartney wrote a great vegetarian cookbook called "The World of Vegetarian Cooking." I highly recommend using its inspiring recipes for Meatless Monday (and any day)! It's out of print, but I bought it years ago for $5 online.

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Posted By Robin - Tue, Jun 23 2009 at 2:33 PM EST

Linda's book

I have Linda's book and have had for years. The recipes are FANTASTIC, so if you can get your hands on one - what a bonus. Her Vegetarian Chili is the BEST!!!!

Posted By Robin Shreeves - Mon, Jun 22 2009 at 8:40 AM EST

the meat free site

mentions Linda and some of her recipes. Thanks for the cookbook recommendation.

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