Mexican Mountain

This was one of my childhood favorites.  My family often made this when having company with children, because it's easy to make a lot, and kids and adults alike love it!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 3-4 14 oz. cans tomatoe sauce
• 1 pkg. taco seasoning 
• 1 8 oz. pkg. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 2 T. butter
• 2 T. flour
• 2 c. milk
• small Fritos
• Cooked Rice
• Lettuce, torn
• Tomatoes, diced

Preparation:

1. Make Meat Sauce: brown ground beef.  Drain.  In saucepan, combine and heat cooked ground beef, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning.  Set aside.
2. Make cheese sauce: Melt butter in saucepan.  Stir in flour and cook on low heat until smooth and bubbly.  Add milk gradually and cook, stirring, until thickened.  Keep stirring so that it doesn't burn.  When thickened, turn off heat and stir in the cheese.  If too thick, add a little milk.
3. Pile onto plates (forming a mountain on each plate): Fritos, cooked rice, lettuce, tomatoes, meat sauce, cheese sauce.