Favorite Meat Loaf Dinner Recipe

Preheat your oven.

In a large mixing bowl combine, the ground beef, eggs, cracker crumbs, chopped onion, chopped green pepper, first amount of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, salt, ground black pepper and garlic powder. Mix together well. Shape meat mixture into loaf and place in middle of the pan.

Pour second amount of ketchup over the top of meat loaf. Place quartered potatoes around one side of meat loaf. Place cut carrots around other side of meat loaf.

In a small bowl mix the remaining ketchup with the water. Mix well. Pour ketchup mixture over the top of potatoes and carrots.

Cover pan with foil. Bake covered for 60 minutes.

Remove foil and continue to bake for the remaining 15 minutes or until meat thermometer reaches 170°F when inserted in middle of meat loaf and vegetables are tender.

Remove from oven. Lay American cheese on top of hot meat loaf. Let meat loaf set 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Transfer meat loaf to serving platter and arrange cooked vegetables around meat loaf to serve.

Recipe Serves: 6 to 8

Note: We make favorite meat loaf every time our family gets together for dinner. It's good, healthy and taste wonderful. Most good and healthy foods are made from healthy ingredients that will keep you as healthy as you can be. Always try to shop local for as many of the ingredients as you can. You never know just where some stores are buying their goods. All of your recipes (and your family) will benefit from using only the finest ingredients. Good cooks know to buy the best, wash it, and cook it up with tender loving care. Left over meat loaf makes a great sandwich hot or cold.