My Best Ever Meatloaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs lean ground beef
2/3 cup Italian breadcrumbs
3/4 cup ketchup
2 eggs
1/3 cup finely minced green bell pepper
1 envelope onion soup mix
3 slices bacon, halved

Preparation

Thouroughly combine all ingredients EXCEPT bacon.
Place meatloaf mixture into a bread/meatloaf pan.
Cover top of meatloaf with bacon slices from side to side covering the entire meatloaf.
Bake meatloaf in oven at 350* for 1 1/2 hours.