Grist has a good article offering suggestions for meat-free twists on summer classics.
Parenthetically, it’s interesting how people who curtail their meat consumption for environmental reasons differ in their approach from those who are primarily concerned about animal welfare. Not that the two positions are mutually exclusive, mind you. But enviros, I’ve noticed, tend to focus on red meat, presumably because cattle ranching has a greater environmental impact than raising say pigs or chickens (although the environmental impact of commercial fishing is also severe). Animal welfare concerns, however, would incline one to say that chickens, followed closely by pigs, are treated the worst of commercially raised animals and should therefore be the first to go from one’s diet. Cattle, by contrast, are at least relatively better off.

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