Old Fashioned Meatloaf

• 2pounds 90/10 ground beef, or your favorite (85/15, 80/20, etc.)
• ½cup onion, chopped
• ¼cup red or green pepper, chopped
• 2eggs
• 2teaspoons Rick’s House Seasoning (Click here to get recipe)
• 1teaspoons cracked black pepper
• 1teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1cups Italian bread crumbs
• 14.5ounces Italian style diced tomatoes, or Ro*Tel
• ⅓cup Ketchup

Glaze

• ¼cup Ketchup
• 3tablespoons brown sugar
• 1tablespoon balsamic vinegar, or cider vinegar
• 1tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. In a skillet with butter and or olive oil, coon onion and peppers until soft.  At this time, you could add sliced mushrooms, chopped celery or grated carrots.  Optional.
4. Add the remaining ingredients to a large bowl and mix gently until completely mixed.
5. Place meat on a cookie sheet pan with a cooling rack covered with foil, sprayed and holes poked in foil to let the fat drain off during cooking.  Shape in one or two meatloafs.  If you make two, you can freeze it for later cooked or uncooked.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
7. About 15 minutes before the meat loaves are done brush the glaze OR about ¼ cup catsup on the top of each if desired. Return to the oven.
8. When loaves are done (160°F in center) remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Glaze

1. Mix all ingredients until smooth.