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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
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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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anonymous
mhikl Aug 03 2012 at 5:19 PM
I would like to to see an All Meat Friday. I actually choose to eat raw paleo which does include some raw vegetables but otherwise consists of raw animal fats and small amounts (roughly 20%) raw animal, bovine and fish protein. The five or so percent raw vegetables make up what is not made of suet, rendered lard, the fat found in raw fish. Have never felt better, had more energy and better skin. My sense of smell has increased exponentially and I find it hard to be in the company of vegans and vegetarians
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like Mr McCarney. No offence meant. I'm sure they mean well.
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anonymous
Meat Free Monda... Oct 03 2010 at 1:37 AM

I love this concept, we try have more than one day meat free per week, but especially Monday. Our last Monday recipe we had guests and they loved the food so much I thought I would post the recipe: http://www.wgafa.com/2010/09/meat-free-monday-recipe.html

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anonymous
Rochana Nov 20 2009 at 4:41 PM

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: http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/interactive2010/2009/11/20/meat-free-mo...

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anonymous
Guest Jun 24 2009 at 8:20 PM

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?

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anonymous
Guest Jun 24 2009 at 8:24 PM

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

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anonymous
Patrick Crane Jun 21 2009 at 4:12 PM
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 dredging the patties in prior to frying. Milk DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350
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degrees. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in cottage cheese, rolled oats, wheat germ, dry onion soup mix, and dried thyme. Lastly, mix in the shredded cheddar cheese. Form into 8 patties. Dredge the patties in the bread crumbs (this keeps them from falling apart while frying.) Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place patties in the skillet and brown on both sides. Remove the patties to a 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour condensed soup into a small bowl and mix with ½ can of milk and pour over the patties. Sprinkle lightly with paprika. Bake in the preheated oven until the soup mixture is bubbly – about 20 to 25 minutes. Serve with tossed salad and seasonal fresh fruit.
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Robin Shreeves Jun 22 2009 at 8:39 AM

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 you.

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Meredith Darlington Jun 19 2009 at 11:36 AM

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.

http://www.amazon.com/Linda-McCartneys-World-Vegetarian-Cooking/dp/08212...

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anonymous
Robin Jun 23 2009 at 2:33 PM

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!!!!

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Robin Shreeves Jun 22 2009 at 8:40 AM

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

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