Auntie Dasch's Famous Meatloaf

This recipe reduces easily and beautifully.
While you're going to the trouble, however, don't forget this recipe freezes beautifully,
Just wait for it to cool, and Ziplock it, baybee !

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375 DEGREES

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds ground beef
1 pound hot sausage
1 pound sweet sausage
4 eggs
2 entire large stalks of celery, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 32 ounce can of 

   Hunt’s Meatloaf (it's not easy to get up north) or Hunt’s regular tomato sauce

Use your hands and get in there and combine thoroughly

add

2 cups American quick or regular oatmeal (or pork rinds, crushed)
3 TABLEspoons of McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Italian Seasoning

Use your hands and get in there and combine thoroughly

INSTRUCTIONS

Dump the meatloaf in to a dish.

Any oblong casserole dish will do.

The longer and flatter the dish, the shorter the cooking time.

After you’re done loading the meat in the dish,

use a spatula or a pastry scraper to

pull the meat away from the edges all around

and 

to cut the meat right down to the bottom of the dish,

lengthwise and widthwise, 

just like you're making precut servings.

This helps the dish cook more efficiently.

About a half an hour in, turn the dish 180º to assure even cooking.

About 45 minutes in, take a temperature reading to see if it’s done (160 degrees). 

Cooking length can take between 45 and 90 minutes.

It's generally about an hour.

Remove and let sit FOR FULL TEN MINUTES.

There will be liquid. Don’t worry, it gets absorbed back in to the meatloaf.

Serve, topped with ketchup.

This freezes beautifully. 

When ready to eat

pull out of freezer and place servings directly into a 350 degree over for 20 minutes or so.