Dad's Meatloaf

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 lbs ground beef
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1/8 cup onion powder
• salt and pepper
• ketchup

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine all of the ingredients except for the ketchup. it is easiest to just mix it up with your hands.
• 3 form into two loaves.
• 4 spread ketchup over the top of each loaf, and wrap each in foil sealing the foil tightly without squishing the meatloaf. note: sealing the foil slows the cooking time, which is why it takes so long to cook, but it also keeps the meat from drying out.
• 5 line a baking pan with foil, and place the foil wrapped loaves in it.
• 6 bake for 1 hour 45 minutes.
• 7 poke holes in the foil that is wrapped around the meatloaf and let any grease drain out into the pan while baking another 15 minutes.