Description

Feel your family a comfort food that they will actually like. It's an economical, quick meal to make with ground beef, a little wine and a box of scalloped, cheesy potatoes. Serve it with a salad and your favorite vegetable.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 1 medium brown onion, chopped
• 1 T. olive oil
• pinch of kosher salt
• pinch of freshly ground black pepper
• 1 t. garlic powder
• 2 T. flour
• 1/2 c. sweet marsala wine
• 1/2 c. beef stock/broth
• 1/2 c. cheddar cheese, shredded
• 4.7 oz. box scalloped potatoes
• 1/3 c. milk
• 2 c. boiling water
• 1 T. butter
• chopped parsley, for garnish

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. In a large skillet over medium high heat, add oil; sauté onion for 3 minutes; add ground beef, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Break up ground beef; brown for several minutes. Discard any excess grease. Deglaze skillet with marsala wine; reduce by half. Sprinkle flour on top of meat; stir; cook 2 minutes; add beef stock/broth; stir; cook for 2 minutes.
3. Pour meat mixture into a 9 x 9 inch casserole dish or 2 smaller dishes that have been coated with cooking spray; sprinkle cheddar cheese on top.