Soulful Leftover turkey Lasagna

 Soulful Leftover turkey Lasagna 
  cooks @ 350 degrees for 45 to  55 min total

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You Need

to preheat oven to 350 degrees 

• 8 by 8 by 2 inches deep pan  (makes  6-8 cups of casserole  which means @ nine  6 ounce servings) 
• Cooking spray or 2 tablespoons of oil to coat pan 
•  Box of instant lasagna (cooks in oven)  or box of traditional lasagna 
• 2 cups of turkey  rinsed in water (turkey dries out as leftovers very quickly -as a result it gets saltier)
•  1-2 cups of left over cooked  greens  (uncooked frozen vegetables okay 
• bar of cheese - cheddar or Velveeta- about 8 ounces 
• 2-3  eggs uncooked

Cook lasagna if you don't have instant lasagna 

 drain and let cool on a plate in strips that are not touching each other

Beat eggs in a cup add to greens and mix thoroughly

 Hint:  You can always mix more eggs to coat this dish  

Carefully thin the egg mix  out with a tablespoon of water if the vegetables are not frozen  or the greens are thick 

rub oil into pan then carefully place lasagna strips so they overlap a little

pour just enough  beaten egg and greens (vegetable mix ) into corners and pan to cover First Layer

 This mix is   like a coating not deeper than 1/8 of an inch

put a layer of turkey over egg mix 

then  cut slices off the bar of cheese or Velveeta  so  cheese is laid out like a checkerboard

Repeat the above sequence until you run out of ingredients

Place in over carefully put a piece of tin foil over it  

Let it cook until you see bubbles on the sides of the pan about 45-55 minutes.

 For the last 5 minutes  take tin foil off top   

WATCH THE  lasagna pan under LOW BROIL for 2-3 minutes  to get the color you see here

Photo Credit                             

Ronmar Lacamiento

 Let it cool enough to eat.

 Yields 9 servings of 6 ounces each see calories above based on which cheese you used...

  It tastes even better  on Day 2...

prevent it from drying out put a cover on top before you store it in the Refrigerator 

What if you  ate the whole thing by yourself ??? Here are the numbers 

 according to https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodtracker.aspx

This is why this is comfort food - humans love salt... all  9 servings  is 1553 Calories        2589 mg of sodium (300 over RDA) @ However    --- 1 serving is 173 calories  @ 289 mg sodium * well under the max of 2300 mg /day of sodium *  Cup 1 Turkey, white and dark meat,  skin not eaten  8 ounce(s) cooked  (yep you are removing the salt by rinsing that turkey in WATER  ) 345 Calories Cup 2  Turkey, white and dark meat, skin not eaten 8 ounce(s)   removing the salt by rinsing that turkey in WATER)    345 Calories Mustard greens, fresh, cooked (no salt or fat added) 2 cups                                                                                  42 Calories Cheddar cheese, low sodium¼ pound 451 Calories Pasta, lasagna noodles, dry 3 ounce(s) 370 Calories  Velveeta Light ¼ pound                                       197 calories  Total 9 servings is  1299  calories  @ 3808 mg sodium 1 serving = 144 calories @ 423 mg sodium  Velveeta  traditional¼ pound                             267 calories         Total 9  servings  is 1399 calories @ 4069 mg sodium   WHOA!!!  1 serving = 152 calories @ 452 mg sodium  so yes--- real cheese is more calories but less sodium  *Dietetic exchange   http://www.exrx.net/Nutrition/CombinationExchanges.html 2 fat / 2 meat / 2 starch

* similar to mac and cheese in exchanges  this is an estimate