Birthday Dinner Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 -2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (to your liking)
• 1/4 cup chopped onion (i have never made it with onion)
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup barbecue sauce (any will do, you can omit this, but i find it adds a special flavor)
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2/3 cup ketchup (sauce ingredients)
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar (sauce ingredients)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard (sauce ingredients)
• cooked rice, to spoon meat loaf over

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, beat the eggs and milk.
• 2 stir in the cheese, onion, oats and salt.
• 3 add the meat and bbq sauce and mix well with your hands.
• 4 shape into 6 equal size loaves (they will be round) and place in a greased (with pam) 8 x 8 inch pan or glass dish.
• 5 sauce: combine all sauce ingredients and stir well.
• 6 spoon sauce over each loaf so it is well covered. leave a little sauce for putting over the rice.
• 7 bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 8 serve over rice -- enjoy!
• 9 **i always double the sauce ingredients so i can have extra to pour over the rice after it is cooked.