Meatless Mondays is related to efforts to add daily vegetarian and vegan school meals. The recipe has a meatless adaptation using seitan (seitan piccata). The addition of vegan school lunch and Meatless Mondays are examples of these changes. Haimovich is vegan and in 2012 she launched the Meatless Monday Israel initiative. The meal is meatless, honouring Catholic tradition. As of April 2020, Boca also offers meatless skillet meals. "Linda's Kitchen", and "Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals". Meatless Monday focuses its initiative on Mondays for several reasons. A third, lesser-known variety, the meatless gumbo z'herbes, is essentially a gumbo of slow-cooked greens. Meatless versions were common, as they could be eaten during the Lenten period of abstinence. He began a meatless diet, taking only milk and vegetables, and soon regained his health. It is a "meatless affair", because it occurs during the Lenten season. Meatless Monday is part of the Healthy Monday initiative. This explains the custom of Saint Joseph tables being covered with meatless dishes. The latter were being sent since the meatless Lenten days were approaching.