Hearty Beef & Potato Cassrole

from: Elizabeth Bantly

Ingredients
4 cups frozen potato rounds
1 lb. ground beef
10 oz. package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
2.8 oz can French fried onions
10.75 oz can condensed cream of celery soup
1/3 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
¼ tsp garlic
1/8 tsp pepper

Directions
Preheat oven to 400°
Place potatoes on bottom and up the sides of rectangular casserole dish. Bake, uncovered at 400 for 10 minutes.

Brown beef in large chunks; drain. Place beef, broccoli, and ½ can French fried onions in potato shell. Combine soup, milk, ½ cup cheese and seasonings; pour over beef mixture.

Bake, covered, at 400 for 20 minutes. Top with remaining cheese and onions; bake uncovered 2 or 3 minutes longer.