Trailer Park (Tater Tot) Casserole

Hubby loves casseroles, probably because his mom is the Casserole Queen. (great name for a blog, huh?) So being raised on them, he thinks they make the best dinners, and I won't argue since they are easy to make! A few months ago I was trying to figure out what to make for dinner and the tater tots in the freezer reminded me of this casserole that I hadn't made in years.

We started calling it Trailer Park Casserole due to an incident that happened to hubby at work. He was eating some of the leftover casserole and someone asked him what it was. He started saying some of the ingredients and thought how funny they sounded, then started laughing and said, "it's trailer park casserole!" When I asked him why, he said he could see Joy from My Name Is Earl making this, it's definitely something he'd imagine Donald Trump asking for!

Whatever, you want to call it, it's an easy, tasty dinner. One warning though, there's nothing low-fat or low-calorie about it. If you're dieting, forget it!


Ingredients
1 1/2 - 2 lbs. ground beef
1/2 large onion diced
1 pkg tater tots (32 oz)
2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup
3/4 empty soup can of milk
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
salt
pepper
season salt
garlic salt


Brown ground beef and diced onions, adding salt, pepper, seasoning salt and garlic salt to taste. Drain.
Pour ground beef & onion mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13 casserole dish.



On top of the ground beef layer spread the tater tots.
In a seperate bowl (or the pan you browned the beef in if you don't want to dirty any more dishes) mix together the soup and milk.
Pour the soup mixture over the tater tots, spreading it evenly, trying to cover them all.



Sprinkle the grated cheese over the entire casserole.


Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake 10 more minutes until the casserole is bubbly and cheese is completely melted.