As good as Mama made
  
 Basic Meat Loaf 
 
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour
Serves: 6
 Ingredients
 
1-1/2 lbs. lean ground beef
1 cup ketchup
3/4 cup quick or old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked
1/2 cup onion or green bell pepper, chopped
½ cup celery, chopped
 1 egg
 
Instructions
 
Preheat oven to temperature 350°F. Combine all ingredients and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl. Mix well. Shape to form an 8x4 inch loaf. Bake in a large shallow baking pan ( I use a bread loaf pan.) about 1 hour.
  
  
 After a half hour of cooking I add about a 1/8" of Ketchup to the top and continue to cook.
 Bob