Meatless Mondays?

On my daily morning commute, I like to stand in the accordion section of my bus (as to avoid awkwardly standing in front of someone on the sometimes long, often short ride down Lake Shore Drive) pop in my earphones and open up my handy dandy NPR app to stream live radio.

Today's discussion was focused around the topic of Meatless Mondays. Started by a hype man (or commonly known as ad people), it's become a widely accepted phenomenon from schools to industrial/commercial food places, it's principles adopted by public health advocates, chefs and suburban moms!

One particular point of interest is that the organization has been able to recruit the likes of Dovetail in New York City, offering primarily vegetarian meals every Monday.

Definitely food for thought. Americans are reaching disturbingly record highs in obesity and heart attack rates (heart disease and strokes are the #1 killer in men and #3 in women) bringing to question:

Why are we eating so much processed meat?

In an attempt to be more contientious, tonight's menu will be a healthy grilled eggplant, marinated in balsamic and olive oil with a Israeli couscous and spinach salad on the side. OH, and a hearty healthy lovely glass of my new favorite.. malbec. :)

Can't wait for dinner!

Note: link to the NPR feature