Description

Prepare the meatloaf and potatoes in the morning, and by the time you return home from work, dinner is ready. Serve it with a side salad or a vegetable to complete the meal.

Ingredients

• 2 lb. ground beef (7% fat)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 small white onion, small diced (or grated with its juices)
• 1 green bell pepper, small diced
• ⅓ c. ketchup
• ¼ c. milk
• ¼ t. garlic powder
• ½ t. salt
• ¼ t. black pepper
• 25 saltine crackers, crushed
• 5 small to medium size Russet potatoes

Steps

1. In a large bowl, add ground beef, eggs, onion, bell pepper, ketchup, milk, garlic powder, salt and pepper; mix with a spoon or hands. If meatloaf seems too wet to form into a loaf, add more saltine crumbs or if too dry, add a bit more milk or ketchup. Form meat mixture into a loaf; place in a 6 qt. or larger slow cooker.
2. Wash and dry potatoes; wrap each potato in aluminum foil. Place potatoes on top of and around the meatloaf along the sides of the slow cooker. Cover; cook on Low for 8 hours WITHOUT opening the lid during the cooking time.
3. Serve.