Favorite `Beef' Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1-1/2 lb. ground beef (add pork sausage)
1 c. medium cracker crumbs
2 beaten eggs
1 8-oz. can (1 c.) seasoned tomato sauce
1/2 c. finely chopped onion
2 Tbsp. chopped green pepper
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1 medium bay leaf, crushed (seldom do this)
Dash thyme
Dash marjoram
(I added 1/2 c. milk)
Bit of oatmeal thrown in

Preparation

Combine all ingredients, mix well.
Shape mixture (juicy) in loaf in shallow baking dish.
(I use bread pans.)
Press 2 green pepper rings and onion rings atop meat loaf, if desired.
Bake at 350 degrees about 1 hour.