Meatloaf

1 1/4 pounds ground beef

2 cloves garlic

1 egg

1 slice stale bread of roll

1/2 yellow onion

salt

pepper

Soak the bread in a bowl of ice water until fully soaked through.
Squeeze all water out of bread and add to a large mixing bowl
Chop onion into very small pieces
Crush garlic cloves (or use the equivalent in jarred minced garlic)
Add ground beef, onion, garlic, egg, salt and pepper to mixing bowl and mix well with your hands. Really get in there and mix it the old fashioned way.
Spray a baking dish with cooking spray (do not use butter or, god forbid, lard!)
Add well mixed meat concoction to baking dish.
Set oven to 350.
Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes
Remove meatloaf and top with ketchup. Replace in oven and cook for another 15 minutes.
Remove and serve with mashed potatoes and a vegetable ( I added that one. Growing up, potatoes WERE the vegetable!)
ENJOY!!