"I can make one of these in 45 minutes," said Teresa Ellis as she put together a pan of lasagna. "I've done this a lot." A volunteer for the nonprofit, Lasagna Love, Ellis mixed up a homemade bechamel sauce to spread over recently softened lasagna noodles. She has done this dozens of times over the last three years to help neighbors, friends and strangers. "I coordinate 130 volunteers in the Metro area and we have provided 2,868 pans," Ellis said. Lasagna Love has chapters in all 50 states and England, Canada and Australia. The group has been relying on its volunteers nationwide to mix up pans of lasagna and deliver them to people in need. All meals are free. "I never tire of making one for anyone who needs it," Ellis said. "This one's going to a single mom and her son. It's a nice meal, hot and ready to eat." Ellis said there is a waiting list of 300 people who have signed up to receive meals in the Metro, and she said she is always recruiting volunteers who might have a favorite lasagna recipe and a trusty 9 by 13 pan ready to go. "There is no judgment ... sometimes it's hard to ask for help and we are trying to remove that stigma," Ellis said. Lasagna Love began during the COVID pandemic in 2020 in one mom's California kitchen. To date, the organization has provided over 500,000 free meals. Ellis invites any amateur cooks with big hearts to sign up to volunteer at lasagnalove.org.