Name: Pizza Rice Casserole
Ingredients: 2 c Rice, cooked; 3/4 lb Ground beef; 1 Onion, chopped; 2 c Tomato sauce; 1/4 ts Garlic salt; 1 ts Sugar; 1 ts Salt; 1 ds Pepper; 1/4 ts Oregano; 1 ts Parsley flakes; 1 1/2 c Cottage cheese; 1/2 c Shredded cheese

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Beef, Casserole, Pasta, Rice & grai	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Rice, cooked
3/4	lb	Ground beef
1		Onion, chopped
2	c	Tomato sauce
1/4	ts	Garlic salt
1	ts	Sugar
1	ts	Salt
1	ds	Pepper
1/4	ts	Oregano
1	ts	Parsley flakes
1 1/2	c	Cottage cheese
1/2	c	Shredded cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook rice and set aside. Brown ground beef and onion in large skillet. Add
tomato sauce, garlic salt, sugar, salt, pepper, oregano and parsley. Cover
and simmer 15 minutes. Combine cottage cheese and cooked rice. Put 1/3 of
the rice mixture in a buttered 2 qt. casserole. Top with 1/3 of the
meat-tomato sauce. Continue to alternate layers, ending with tomato sauce.
Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake at 325F for 30 minutes or until hot and
bubbly.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #463 by sewin <hammer@imag.net> on Feb 01,
1997.

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