Ingredients
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1 tablespoon cooking oil
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1 medium onion, diced
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1 stalk celery, diced
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3 slices white bread or 3 slices whole wheat bread
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2 lbs lean ground beef
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
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1 tablespoon light brown sugar
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1 tablespoon cider vinegar
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1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
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1 egg (can use an egg substitute such as Eggbeaters)
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1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
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1 medium carrot, shredded
Instructions
- In medium frying pan over medium heat, saute onion and celery until tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Into large bowl, tear bread into small pieces.
- Add onion mixture, ground beef, carrot,salt,pepper,egg, and 1/2 of tomato sauce and mix well with a spoon.
- Turn mixture into a meatloaf pan( I use one with an insert that lets any grease drip to the bottom of the pan) and shape into a loaf.
- If not using a meatloaf pan, in a 12" by 8" baking dish, shape mixture into a 8" by 4" loaf.
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, and remaining tomato sauce.
- Spoon mixture evenly over meatloaf in pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
- Serve meatloaf warm or cover and refrigerate to serve cold later.