Not Your Ordinary Meat Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. ground beef
1 1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
3/4 c. ketchup
2 eggs, beaten
Zesta crackers
brown sugar and ketchup for topping

Preparation

Combine ground beef, onion, pepper, ketchup and eggs.
Add enough crackers to make mixture dry, yet moist enough to hold together.
Form into a loaf; place into a baking dish.
Pour 1 1/2 cups of water around base.
Mix ketchup and brown sugar together to form a paste; spread over top of meat loaf.
Cover with foil and bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Remove foil; bake 30 minutes more. Drain off excess water.
Slice and serve.