Cheeseburger Casserole

If you want to make this recipe a little more healthy, substitute the heavy cream with milk.  You can also skip the swiss and american cheese and just use the shredded cheese on top.  This recipe is great for making and then freezing before you bake it.  I divide it, and cook half and freeze the other half for another day.   Sorry, I forgot to take a picture with the lettuce on top.

CHEESEBURGER CASSEROLE
(serves 8)

Ingredients:
*1 pound bacon, chopped
*1 tablespoon olive oil
*2 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
*1 medium yellow onion, chopped small
*2 garlic cloves, minced
*2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
*1 1/2 teaspoons salt
*1 teaspoon pepper
*2 tablespoons butter
*3 tablespoons all purpose flour
*2 cups whole milk
*2 cups heavy cream
*1 tablespoon yellow mustard
*1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)
*1 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon pepper
*2 pounds frozen cheese ravioli, thawed
*1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
*1 tomato, seeded and chopped
*8 slices American Cheese
*1 (8 ounce) bag cheddar and Monterey jack cheese blend
*1 small onion, sliced very thin
*1 head iceberg lettuce, finely shredded or buy shredded lettuce
*desired condiments (chopped pickles, ketchup, mustard, mayo) (optional)

Directions:
~Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
~In a large frying pan, cook bacon until crispy, stirring often.
~Remove from pan and place on paper towel line plate.
~Add olive oil to bacon grease.
~Add ground beef, onions, salt and pepper to pan.
~Cook until ground beef or ground turkey is almost won, breaking up beef as it cooks.
~Add in minced garlic and cook until ground beed is done.
~Remove beef/turkey with a slotted spoon into a bowl and set aside.
~Add butter to frying pan (don't drain the grease).
~Whisk in flour, stirring for 1 minute.
~Slowly whisk in milk.
~Once the sauce starts to thicken add heavy cream.
~Cook until sauce thickens up (it will just be a little thick)
~Stir in mustard and hot sauce and a dash of salt and pepper.
~Remove from heat.
~Layer the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan with a thin layer of the white sauce.
~Place 1/2 of ravioli on over the sauce.
~Sprinkle Swiss cheese over the ravioli.
~Spread half of the beef over the ravioli.
~Place half of the chopped tomatoes over the beef.
~Pour half of the white sauce over next.
~Add the remaining ravioli.
~Layer the American cheese over the ravioli.
~Spread the remaining beef over the American cheese.
~Add the remaining tomatoes.
~Spread the rest of the white sauce over casserole.
~Sprinkle chopped bacon over top.
~Sprinkle cheese blend on top.
~Bake for 35-40 minutes or until edges are bubbly and cheese begins to brown.
~In a large bowl, mix lettuce and sliced onion.
~Plate casserole and  place lettuce on top of each serving.
~Add desired condiments.