Preparation:
Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate. In a mixing bowl combine remaining pizza sauce and egg. Stir in onion, green pepper, bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper. Add ground beef and mix well.
Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles. Transfer loaf to any size Crock-Pot. Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 4 to 6 hours on HIGH. To ensure doneness insear meat thermometer into center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170 degrees F.
Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Using foil stirps, lift loaf from Crock-Pot and transfer to a serving plate. Discard foil strips. Serve.
Foil handles: Tear off three 20 x 3-inch strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded to double thickness. Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.
Place the foil handles on a large sheet of waxed paper. Place the meat loaf on the spoke design. Lift the ends of the handles to transfer the loaf to the Crock-Pot.
When ready to serve, simple lift the foil handles from the Crock-Pot and remove the meal to a serving dish. |
