California Casserole

• 2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp. chili powder
• 3 cups tomato sauce
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 lb. jack cheese, grated
• 2 cups small curd cottage cheese
• 2 cup cheddar, grated
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup black olives, sliced
• 4 oz. green chiles, diced
• 12 corn tortillas, fried in oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion
• 1/2 cup sour cream

1. Brown meat.
2. Add onions & garlic.
3. Sprinkle on chili powder and mix well.  
4. Add tomato sauce, sugar, salt, chilis, 1/2 cup olives. Simmer 15 minutes.
5. Beat cottage cheese & egg.
6. Layer 1/3 meat mixture in the bottom of a greased 13"x9" pan, then 1/2 the jack cheese, half the egg mixture, 6 tortillas.
7. Repeat: meat, jack, cottage, tortillas, meat.
8. Top meat layer with grated cheddar.
9. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes.
10. Serve with green onion, sour cream & remaining olives.