margo the foodie (Food is Fuel and Food is Fun!)

  Jean of the Islands -All about the Sauce Part 2 (Detroit in my childhood  was short on Caribbean influences and long on Deep South cooking, and as a kid I would rather Eat than Cook (2)... Having grown up in Detroit's Northwest section at a time when it was more Jewish than Black , I remember the bakeries that sold huge loaves of slightly sugary white bread. This bread was great for Dagwood sized sandwiches. When I started high school I discovered the food joints surrounding the school even though I had no lunch privileges off campus (1) during the school day...After school I would walk until I saw a bus, so a walk down Wyoming near Curtis on my way to 7 mile  road  was a chance to sample some of the best BBQ this side of the South. Thanks to the Great Migration, families had brought up their grilling, sauce and pork fixing traditions and each spot had its own style.  This was before  the era of Anita Baker singing near Fenkell. The west side had their...

 Soulful Leftover turkey Lasagna    cooks @ 350 degrees for 45 to  55 min total Photo Credit                    Pixabay.com Need dietetic exchanges ? Calories? Sodium levels?   scroll down. .. * 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 le...