Not you Nana's Meatloaf

It was a wet, wet Sunday here in our small Midwestern town. I decided to warm up our tummies with some comfort food. Good old meatloaf. Of course I needed to spice things up a little-the plain old recipe wasn't quite enough tonight. So, I made my own:

Italian Meatloaf

1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground turkey-Italian flavor (in freezer section)
2 eggs
1 C Italian style bread crumbs
1 can tomato sauce-divided
1/4 C chopped onion
1/4 C chopped green pepper
1/4 C chopped celery

3-4 Potatoes, 1 onion & 1/2 bag baby carrots
Salt & pepper

Combine beef, turkey, eggs, crumbs, 1/2 of the tomato sauce, onion, green pepper & celery thoroughly. Shape into a loaf size and put in the middle of a roasting pan. Slice potatoes and quarter the onion. Place potato, onion & carrots around the meatloaf in roaster. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top loaf with remaining tomato sauce. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

This makes a nice slightly spicy meatloaf. Two out of four of my family members thought it was fantastic. The two people that didn't like it are both of my children. My daughter had one taste and amazingly came down with a tummy ache immediately. My two year old nibbled at the meatloaf once and mumbled something (perhaps line from one of my favorite movies? "Meatloaf beetloaf, I hate Meatloaf.") So, it may have been a little too spicy for my kids. I didn't think it was, but you never know. If you like old classics with a new twist, this is the loaf for you!