Savory Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs hamburger
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• 3/4 cup oatmeal
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup onion
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (6 ounce) box stove top stuffing mix, savory flavor
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/4 cup margarine

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water and 1/4 cup margarine to a boil. stir in the contents of the stuffing mix. remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 chop the onion into very small pieces and put in a large bowl. combine the remaining ingredients, beating the egg before adding it to the meat mixture.
• 4 stir the meat mixture about 5 minutes. this will give the meat a lighter texture and help it to stay together when rolling it.
• 5 line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
• 6 spread the meat mixture in a thin layer (about 1/2 inch thick) on top of the foil at least a 1 inch border on all of the edges of the foil.
• 7 stir the stuffing with a fork.
• 8 spread the cooked stuffing on top of the meat leaving approximately 1/4 inch border on each of the long sides of the meat and about 2 inches on one of the short edges of the meat.
• 9 place the cookie sheet in front of you so that the short edge without the 2 inch border is directly in front of you.
• 10 to begin rolling the meatloaf, carefully lift and roll the meat as you would a cake roll, using the aluminum foil to support it, carefully peeling away the aluminum foil and patching any cracks that appear in the meat mixture as you roll the loaf.
• 11 bake oven 1 hour.