Tomato-french Bread Lasagna

Ingredients

1 lb beef
3/8 c onion
3/8 c celery
2 garlic
14 slices french bread
4 slices tomatoes
1 ts basil
1 ts parsley flakes
1 ts oregano
1 ts rosemary
1 ts garlic powder
3/4 ts salt
1/2 ts pepper
2 ts olive oil
3 tb butter
3 tb all purpose flour
1 1/2 c milk
3/8 c parmesan cheese
8 oz mozzarella cheese

Instructions

-(2 cups) In a skillet, brown beef, onion, celery and garlic; drain and set aside. Toast bread; line the bottom of an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking dish with 10 slices. Top with half of the meat mixture and half of the tomatoes. Combine seasonings; sprinkle half over tomatoes. Drizzle with 1 tsp oil. Crumble remaining bread over top. Repeat layers of meat, tomatoes and seasonings and oil. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in milk; bring to boil. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in Parmesan. Pour over casserole. Top with mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is golden brown. Woman magazine Formatted for MM by Pegg Seevers 7/26/96 ----