There's lasagna, and then there is true Italian lasagna as it's made in Italy. Click this post's title to see how The Italian Dish makes an authentically Italian version of Roasted Vegetable Lasagna that is almost surreal, it looks so gorgeous and delicious. There's a recipe too, so if you can find the thin sheets of pasta where you live (try an Italian import store) you can try making it at home.

If you aren't reading this post in a feedreader, you've noticed the brand new homepage design (if you are reading in a feedreader, you should totally come visit BlogHer.com right now.) There are great new promo boxes that will help you find hot content and expanded comments in several areas that will help you join the discussion quickly. Those are great new features but what I'm really excited about is that new box on the right called "Featured BlogHer".

Remember the old Campbell's Soup advertising slogan, "Soup is Good Food"? It was a brilliant stroke of marketing genius. ... [Soup] can be, and is, very good food, especially when it's homemade from your very own kitchen. ... The key to a great soup is to start with a rich, flavorful stock. Once you have that, you can play around with different ingredients until you have the perfect soup for you.

So a lot of us struggle with weight. We *itch and *oan. We *uss and *ume. Unlike us, Lyn from Escape from Obesity is doing something about it, she's not dieting, she's up-ending her very life. She writes with brutal honesty about the binge-ing, with great poignancy about not being able to play on the floor with her kids, with particular common sense about dealing with life issues and food issues both at once. She's had a break-through: Every Bite Counts. Every. Bite. EVERY BITE. Click this post's title to read all about it.

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Check the ingredient list on most commercial brands of vegetable broth, you'll see why making your own is a good idea. Click this post's title to follow along with 2008 Veg Bloggy Awards winner Lolo from Vegan Yum Yum as she shares fantastic step-by-step photos of how to make delicious homemade vegetable broth.

A midlife blogger shares the story of her first day back to work, after breast cancer.

From depressing to depression, that's the range of the year's news. But WiseBread thinks there might be Upside in the Downturn, no Pollyanna, no rose-colored lens, just another perspective. Click this post's title for some inspiration.

Move over Martha Stewart, Wing-It Vegan makes the cutest little Halloween ghosts, perfect little peanut butter snacks for kids, grandparents, neighbors, the mailman, heck - ourselves! They're as fun as all get-out and easy to make with pantry ingredients, too. Just click this post's title for a picture and the recipe.

The talented photographer Bea from La Tartine Gourmande takes her readers along as she visits Crete. Click this post's title to experience it with her through an amazing collection of stunning photos, plus recipes for a couple of classic Greek dishes.

Today the BlogHer Network accepted our first paid advertising from a 2008 presidential campaign. At the time of this post, BlogHer.com and about a dozen sites in our

Ruth Dynamite was humbled by her relationship with a chipmunk. Must read post for today. And as I contemplate whether or not to add sunflower seeds, jicama, and dried, sweetened cranberries to the mix, I will walk outside to my back garden and place the biggest, juiciest ripe red tomato on top of the soil under which Chippy is buried.