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Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups
For Giving Tuesday 2022, we teamed up with our friend, Desarae Legros aka Cooking Comedy Chaos to cook up some delicious Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Roll-ups on Facebook Live. Not only was it mouth watering to watch, but it tastes even better in real...
The science of paying it forward
By Alyssa Coltrain and Rhiannon Menn At this point, the idea of pay-it-forward is a fairly common idea. Whether from the 1999 novel Pay It Forward orthe 2000 film by the same name, or viral stories of drive-through lines, : pay-it-forward...
World Hunger Day
This weekend is World Hunger Day, a day founded by The Hunger Project to raise awareness around the growing global food crisis. Across the globe, nearly 2.4 billion people don’t have access to adequate amounts of food. The hunger crisis has only...
Meet the woman who is helping a small town in Italy come together to help refugees
If you remember a few weeks ago we wrote about Maksim, who has been delivering food to families in Ukraine. We are so happy that we have been able to help as much as we can with providing funds to deliver food, and now we have another opportunity...
Meet Maksim, a hero in Ukraine
A few weeks ago I wrote about the power of food, and the role Lasagna Love plays in delivering comfort during times of chaos. I highlighted some true heroes working on the ground in and around Ukraine, delivering food to refugees, soldiers, and...
Eliminating the stigma of asking for help
Who do you turn to when you need help? We are hardwired to want to be independent, and if you ask any parent they will tell you that you can see that from a very young age, cue toddlers. They want to tie their own shoes, buckle their own seat...
Comfort during times of chaos: delivering the power of food to Ukrainian families
There’s power in food. Any Lasagna Love volunteer can tell you that, but I think most humans know this intrinsically. A simple, home-cooked meal can provide someone kindness, comfort, and a feeling of connectedness during a difficult time. Most...
Lasagna Love Proves how Kindness and Shared Purpose can Combat Polarization
A couple of weeks ago I learned about a report from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation released by its founder, Richard Harwood. It’s called “Civic Virus: Why Polarization is a Misdiagnosis.” Within the report Harwood diagnoses America...
Maslow’s hierarchy of lasagna
By: Alicia Harris, contributing writer What is a home cooked lasagna? When I think about it, I envision the “cooking part” of the home cooked meal. For young me, that meant my grandmother patiently stirring a pot of marinara sauce, while I...
Celebrating last year’s achievements and setting big goals for 2022
Am I the only one who feels like 2021 flew by?! It seems like just yesterday I was driving around delivering my first batch of lasagnas, trying to stay helpful by feeding a few families. Now here we are, our first full year as a nonprofit in...