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Meatloaf Pizza...Italians world-wide wince simultaneously

A tasty take on a classic. I didn't think this would turn out that good, but luckily, I was pleasantly surprised. Here's a picture to:

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This particular dish doesn't require that much set-up, just make sure you have extra-time to bake it. Now that the weather is getting cooler at night time, I enjoy making warm dishes like this for the family. It has everything a growing boy like myself needs: Meat and cheese. And a couple of veggies for good measure. Check it out! 

Meatloaf  Pizza

Ingredients: (All are organic unless otherwise stated.)

(2) lb. of ground meat

(2) cups shredded mozzarella cheese

(1/2) cup seasoned bread crumbs

(1 1/2) cups of marinara sauce

A big man handful of French's French Fried Onions (definitely not organic, but frickin tasty)

(3) large tomatoes, thinly sliced 

(1) large green pepper, cut into medium sized pieces

Step 1:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Get yourself a nice-sized pie pan, 10 inch is good. Mix the ground meat, 1/2 a cup of marinara sauce, bread crumbs,
 and whatever spices you deem necessary. I used oregano, black pepper, sea salt, and paprika. Spray down your pie pan with some sort of cooking spray to prevent the meat from sticking. Pop all of that in the oven for around  35 minutes, or until the  meatloaf part is cooked all the way through.

Step 2: While the meat is cooking, cut your green peppers and tomatoes into nice thin slices. When the meat is done, place them evenly across the top, put the rest of the marinara sauce on, and follow that up with the cheese and fried onions. Put the entire pan back in the oven for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese melts. Before putting all of the secondary ingredients on top, be sure to drain the fat from the pan so the end result isn't too greasy. In the above picture you can see the grease around the edge of the pan. Be careful not to do this, especially if you're watching your diet. Then again, if you're making this recipe, you probably aren't watching your diet too much.

That's it! This recipe is actually quite easy and the results are very tasty. If you have any different takes on this recipe, send me a picture and I will post it here. Have fun with this one. My daughter ate this up and got a nice dose of calcium in the process. 

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 at 08:49AM by Registered Commenterterancedubya in | Comments2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

Where's the pepperoni? Also, egyptians invented pizza (kinda like pitas with olive oil and spices on it but nonetheless). Just messing. It looks tasty, cept the green peppers, I would pick them off cause Joeprah is picky like that.

October 14, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterJoeprah

Thanks Joe...now I just feel silly I poked fun at Italians, when it really should have been the Egyptians. BTW, I picked the green peppers off on my huge slice, but my lady liked them a lot and ate the hell outta of `em.

October 15, 2007 | Registered Commenterterancedubya

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