Vegetarian Star

“It started two or three years ago. I became a vegetarian when I said, “I’m gonna cut meat out and see how it feels.” It was summer then, and business on the Upper West Side in the summer is pretty rough because a lot of people leave the city. I thought, maybe I’ll just give the restaurant and staff a break and close on Mondays. We weren’t killing it, so why not give everyone the gift of rest? I decided instead to experiment with a vegetarian style of food. I was just going to do it for the summer time and then cut it down at the end of the season and go back to our regular thing. Monday became our third busiest day of the week. From a revenue side, I have to do it. But we also get to touch a completely different kind of customer on Monday. There’s a very specific style of neighborhood customer on the Upper West Side. Monday almost feels like a pop-up.”

—John Fraser, executive chef and proprietor of NYC’s Dovetail restaurant to the Village Voice. Fraser joins the likes of hundreds of chefs, corporations, hospitals, and other organizations that have chosen to regularly celebrate the meat-free holiday. Dovetail features a vegetable tasting menu as well as a Monday night vegetarian and vegetable focused four-course prix fixe.

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Children attending schools in Los Angeles Unified School District can now eat vegetarian at least one day a week.

Last month, the second largest school district in the country took meat off the menu for Monday, joining dozens of other educational institutes, corporations and health care companies that have made it easier for employees and patrons to eat healthier.

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The Chew celebrated Meatless Monday today and Daphne Oz, Mario Batali, Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall showcased their favorite vegetarian recipes.

Instead of sharing one great recipe of the day, why not attempt to make all of these?

Daphne and Clinton both have veggie burgers recipes that will leave no one missing the ground beef. Clinton even has a recipe for real, old-fashioned fried onion rings you can place on top of either meatless patty.

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“We do Meatless Monday at my house. We’ve done it for about a year and a half. Going meatless isn’t necessarily so much of a political statement, it’s about changing your diet and finding interesting ways to eat different things. On Sundays I start thinking about what I’m going to make because I want to make sure the kids are satisfied and interested and part of the game.”

—Mario Batali, during a recent episode of the ABC cooking show he co-hosts, The Chew.

It’s never too early to start planning your meatless day of the week. Start today to ensure everyone will play the game next Monday.

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Carla Hall is known for being a celebrity chef who–although not a vegetarian herself–is very fond of plant-based dishes and frequently incorporates them into her live cooking demonstrations.

The Top Chef alum has a fruit relish that will serve as the perfect side dish or dessert for your Christmas dinner tomorrow.

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Mario Batali not only supports Meatless Mondays, he’s implemented the holiday at his multiple restaurants and even offers cooking classes on plant-based dishes.

One such meatless offering at his restaurant Eataly features a vegetable soup created from a medley of carrots, peas, leeks and onions.

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Chef Roble Ali entertains and satisfies the most eclectic appetites on his Bravo television series Chef Roble & Co., where he works with his New York upscale clients to create a catered event equivalent to that of the stars.

Weddings, bachelor parties and even dog parties have been on Roble’s list of events and he’s even had to bend over backwards for a few vegetarians. Maybe that’s why he learned to make this pan seared tofu.

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Stephen Colbert poked fun of Meatless Mondays during a recent episode of The Colbert Report.

“If I have Meatless Mondays, how am I supposed to have Trichinosis Tuesdays?” with “What’s that carrot?…They took your babies and they drowned them in ranch dressing? You monsters!”

Colbert shows his support for the millions of fruits and vegetables killed every year by gingerly stroking a…watermelon.

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