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Meatloaf

Meatloaf

Meatloaf

Ingredients

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!!