Great, Wonderful, Super Mealloaf !!! !! !

Total Time: 4 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 14 ounces diced tomatoes, drained and dried
• 2 cups of finely chopped collard greens or 2 cups mustard greens or 2 cups spinach, whatever, etc
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 3 cups ketchup
• 1 large onion
• 2 tablespoons minced onions
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package onion soup mix
• 2 slices bread, by hand made into tiny crumbs
• 2 cups shredded carrots
• 2 stalks celery, sliced thin 1/16 inch
• 3 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons low-sodium beef bouillon granules
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons paprika
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• pam cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 purchase groud beef as lean and cheap as you can find.
• 2 put all the dry seasonings and soup mix into a bowl including boullion and whisk around until all those seasonings are thoroughly mixed.
• 3 put all the vegetables and mushrooms in a large bowl. add tablespoon water. cover with plastic wrap. microwave for 3 minutes.
• 4 put milk, ketchup, maple syrup, eggs in a bowl and whisk to a mix thoroughly until well blended. this is the sauce.
• 5 hand tear 2 slices bread into teeny tiny pieces in a bowl.
• 6 place 3 pounds ground beef in a large mixing bowl.
• 7 hand mix in breadcrumbs into meat until well blended.
• 8 then hand mix in dry seasonings into meat- breadcrumb mixture.
• 9 hand mix in vegetables and mushrooms into meat, etc.
• 10 hand mix in half of the sauce - egg, milk, ketchup, maple syrup mixture. save half of that mixture for later.
• 11 by hand mix, mix, mix, mix.
• 12 spray pam onto large casserole dish and place that dish into a larger dish that might collect spills.
• 13 place loaf mixture into large casserole dish and form into loaf shape.
• 14 make a deep depression in the middle of the loaf long ways. pour the reserved half of the sauce into the depression in the meat loaf.
• 15 cover with aluminun foil and place into oven preheated to 400°. once all settles reduce heat to 350°. cook for 2 hours. remove foil and cook for 30 minutes.
• 16 remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before the t-rexes are allowed to attack.