Linda's Tex-mex Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 jalapeno peppers, pureed in the blender, then drained, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice, for sauce (if you don't like it hot, use only 2 jalapenos, and reserve 1 tablespoons for sauce, or use 1 4 oz.)
• 1/2 cup oats, uncooked
• 4 tablespoons egg substitute or 1 egg, whipped
• 4 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped, reserving 2 t. for sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb ground beef
• 6 tablespoons kraft four-cheese mexican blend cheese, shredded
• 2/3 cup ketchup
• 2 dashes garlic powder
• 3/4 cup kraft four-cheese mexican blend cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300.
• 2 combine the first 8 ingredients together. mix well.
• 3 add ground beef, and mix well.
• 4 in a 9x13" baking pan, shape meat into a loaf about 1" high x 8" long x 6" wide.
• 5 top with the 6 t. mexican cheese down the middle of the loaf.
• 6 bring up both sides of the meatloaf to cover the cheese, and then press down to cover cheese. carefully reshape into a loaf again.
• 7 put in the oven, and bake for 40-45 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, combine ketchup, reserved 2 tablespoons jalepanos, reserved onions, and garlic powder in a small plastic dish.
• 9 put in microwave on high heat for 2 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.
• 10 spoon sauce over cooked loaves, and sprinkle with the 3/4 cup cheese.
• 11 put pan back into the oven, and cook about 15 more minutes, or until cheese is melted down the sides of the meatloaf.
• 12 when done, take out of oven, slice into 2" slices, and serve.