Six-layer Dinner

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 2 medium sweet potatoes
• 8 ounces baby carrots
• 2 cups frozen peas
• 1 large onion
• 4 celery ribs
• 2 (25 1/2 ounce) jars tomato sauce (use a good sauce as it will be the primary flavoring of the casserole)
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese or 8 slices farmer cheese
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease a 9 by 13 baking dish.
• 3 brown the ground beef.
• 4 meanwhile peel and dice the sweet potatoes, layer them on the bottom of the baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 5 slice the carrots, layer over the potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 6 layer the peas over the carrots and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 7 dice the onion and layer over the peas, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 8 dice the celery and layer over the onions, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 9 layer the browned ground beef over the celery.
• 10 pour the tomato sauce over the entire casserole.
• 11 bake for 1 hour.
• 12 top the casserole with the cheese slices and bake until golden brown, about an additional 15-20 minutes.