PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES

1 lb Pork sausage

2 lb ground chuck

4 eggs

½ cup finely chopped celery

½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper

½ cup chopped onion

1 pkg. Lipton “Beefy Onion” soup mix

25-30 Saltine crackers (run through a food processor to make into crumbs)

¾ cup ketchup sauce (See below for mixture)

Combine all the above in a large bowl. Shape into a loaf and push down the middle of the top to make an indentation that will hold the remainder of the sauce that you’ll put on near the end of the cooking time.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Spoon the remainder of the sauce into the indentation, allowing some to spill over the sides, covering the outside of the meatloaf.
Bake for another 20 minutes.
Let it rest and cool for about 15 or 20 minutes before slicing.

KETCHUP SAUCE

1½ Cups ketchup (For a nice smokey grilled flavor, use Hunt’s Hickory & Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce instead of ketchup)

¼ CUP CIDER VINEGAR

1/3 CUP BROWN SUGAR

Mix together until brown sugar is dissolved.