Cheese Scalloped Potatoes & Carrots

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups water
• 6 potatoes, thinly sliced
• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 4 medium carrots, diagonally sliced
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash cayenne
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups aged cheddar cheese, graded (i like cracker barrel)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375.
• 2 bring water to a boil in a large frying pan, add potatoes, onions,& carrots.
• 3 cover and cook 10 minutes.
• 4 or until tender, drain.
• 5 in a medium saucepan, melt margarine, remove from heat and stir in flour, salt, pepper& cayenne.
• 6 add milk, blending well.
• 7 bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until thickened and smooth.
• 8 stir in cheese, cook over low heat, stirring constantly until cheese melts.
• 9 in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish, layer half the potato, onion& carrot mixture;top with half of the cheese sauce.
• 10 repeat.
• 11 (i like to sprinkle the top with some parsley.) bake, covered for 30 minutes.
• 12 or until potatoes are tender.
• 13 remove cover during last 10 minutes of baking.
• 14 **ialways make them this way, but here are a few variations:*chili: add 1 tsp chili powder& cumin to sauce**french-tarragon: add 2 tbsp fresh tarragon leaves or 2 tsp dried to sauce**.