Recipe Sunday errrr Monday

We had a great weekend, went camping with my sister and her husband. Not a lot of sleep and I came home smelling strongly of campfire.

Everything, including me, went right into a wash.

As a result I could not post a recipe for Sunday, so I'm posting one today.

Meatloaf

This is my mother's meat loaf. We like it, it's comfort food and it's pretty good.

1 lb of lean ground beef
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
1 egg
1 onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
3 hard boiled eggs, shelled
1-2 drops of Sesame oil
1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
Salt and Pepper to taste
Optionally - Add 1 tbsp of Cayenne or Chili Pepper
1 can of Campbells Tomato soup.

Mix the meat, bread crumbs, the raw egg, Sesame Oil, Garlic and herbs, the green pepper and Onions in a bowl. Optionally add in the Cayenne or Chili Pepper and Salt and Pepper to your liking.

Add half of the can of Tomato Soup into the mix. Reserve the remaining soup for later.

You will want the meat to be somewhat wet but dry enough to hold a shape when formed into a loaf. Add additional bread crumbs if it's too wet, but not too much or your loaf will be dry.
Form the meat mix into a loaf shape and place the shaped loaf into a bread pan (or rectangular baking dish).

Push the boiled eggs into the body of the loaf, until they are completely covered by the meat mix, in a strainght line so that the eggs form a line through the meat mix. Reshape the top as needed in the pan.

Take the remaining tomato soup and spread evenly across the top of the meat loaf. Sometimes my mother would wait and do this last step until the meat was almost cooked but mostly it was just added at the beginning of the cooking process.

Place the loaf pan on the centre rack of an oven that has preheated to 350F. Cook for 30-45 minutes until the meat is done.

Serve with mashed potatoes, and freshly steamed vegetables.

There is nothing like good old fashioned comfort food on a cold cold June 1st. This past weekend has been exceptionally cold for the end of May and Early June and so I've been thinking of these old comfort foods.

Enjoy.