Recipe - Italian Rice Casserole

1 cup Chopped onion
One half cup Chopped green pepper
One half cup Chopped celery
1 tablespoon Oil
1 pound Ground beef
1 cn (15oz) tomatoes
1 cn (6oz) tomato paste
1 cn (2oz) mushroom pieces
2 tablespoon Chopped parsley
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Thyme
One half teaspoon Black pepper
One fourth teaspoon Marjoram
1 cup Uncooked rice
1 cup Shredded cheddar cheese

Saute onion, pepper and celery in oil until almost transparent. Add ground
beef and cook until brown. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, mushrooms, parsley
and seasonings. Simmer 1 hour. Cook rice according to directions. Mix rice
with sauce and place in shallow baking dish. Top with cheese. Bake at 350
for 1520 minutes.

MRS GENE SHACKELFORD (HELEN)

MARVELL, AR

From the book High Cotton Cookin', Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell,
AR 72366, ISBN 0918544149, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.