Ingredients

  • 3 lbs ground beef
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic
  • 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
  • 1 lb frozen green beans (Use more or less as you prefer.)
  • 5 lbs mashed potatoes
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Method

  • In a dutch oven,lightly brown hamburger until grease is released. Drain.
  • Return it to pot.
  • Add onion and garlic and saute with hamburger until onions soften.
  • Add spices, tomato sauce, paste, wine and Worcestershire sauce.
  • Simmer for 15- 20 minutes.
  • Pour into large lasagna pan.
  • Sprinkle with frozen green beans.
  • cover with mashed potatoes that have been thinned with milk enough to spread easily.
  • Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.
  • Bake 45 minutes at 350.
  • If you like, turn on broiler for 5 minutes until cheese gets brown and crunchy.
  • (Watch closely -- some of my kids don't like this.).