From Fast Food Nation to Food, Inc., books and movies are sending the message loud and clear: a diet that includes a lot of red meat is not good for the body or the earth. High cholesterol and stroke often result from family meal menus heavy in red meat.
Even though a vegetarian diet is healthy, many people do crave meat from time to time and don’t want to give up eating red meat. Even so, ecologically-concerned individuals and family meal planners are cutting back on red meat and finding alternative recipes and menus. The following list includes less-red-meat alternatives to a diet heavy in steak and ground beef.
Meatless Mondays
A website created by a non-profit group associated with the Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests going meatless on Mondays.