Classic Meat Loaf

Mashed Potatoes and Baby Carrots
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 (8-oz) can tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 2½ lb ground beef
  • Ketchup

Instructions

  1. Stir together panko, tomato sauce, onion, garlic, eggs, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
  2. Add beef, and mix well with hands. Shape into a loaf.
  3. Lightly grease a 5- to 7-quart slow cooker; add meat loaf, shaping loaf so that there is a ½-inch space around edges of cooker.
  4. Cover and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours or until loaf is no longer pink in center.
  5. Carefully remove meat loaf from cooker; drain fat, and slice meat loaf. Serve with ketchup.

Side Dish Ingredients

  •  1 (32-oz) pkg refrigerated mashed potatoes
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1 (16-oz) pkg baby carrots

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Cook mashed potatoes according to package directions. Stir in butter until melted.
  2. Serve baby carrots on each plate.

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