Sweet Meatloaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Meatloaf
2 lbs ground beef
2 1/2 cups butter flavored crackers
1 onion
1 carrot
1 stalk celery
1 bell pepper, any type
2 eggs
3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
sauce
1 cup ketchup
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar

Preparation

Cut up the onion, carrot, celery and bellpepper and put it in a frying pan with water on medium to cook until it is soft and the onion starts to look a little translucient. If you need to add a little more water that is okay but when you add them to the ground beef mixture DO NOT add any liquid that is left. I turn them off to cool a bit while I start adding the other ingredients in a bowl.
In a large bowl mix the ground beef, crackers(or saltines). Make sure you crush the crackers real good. Add the eggs, 3/4 ketchup, 1/4 brown sugar and the veggies that you cooked. Mix together until blended.
Press together into a square pan. I use a larger pan instead of a meatloaf pan because I sometimes will add a little bit more meat and I like the room for the sauce.
Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees in a preheated oven. While the meatloaf is cooking mix together the ingredients for the sauce, 1 cup ketcup, salt, mustard and 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
After 1 hour drain any excess grease from your pan and add the sauce on top and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
Enjoy !