Cousins Dinner recipes

Here's the recipe for January Cousins dinner! no photos, sorry. It was fun to see all of you, even Chuck who came later!

Meatloaf
2 eggs, beaten
11 oz V-8 juice
1/2 large onion, chopped fine
1 celery stalk, diced fine
1 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs or Pepperidge farms stuffing
1 envelop Lipton onion soup mix
1/4 t pepper
2 lbs ground beef, 12 % fat

meatloaf topping
1/4 c ketchup
1 1/2 T brown sugar
1 slight T mustard

combine eggs juice, onion, celery, bread crumbs soup mix and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf and place on a cookie sheet or a 9 x 13 pan. bake uncovered for 45 - 50 minutes, then spread topping over and bake 15 minutes more. serves 8 large slices.

Baked potato topping
2 cups sour cream
3/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/3 - 1/2 cup green onions chopped
2 oz bacon bits
1 lb shredded cheese
mix together and serve with baked potatoes.
stores well for a week and is the slick way to serve baked potatoes.