Recipe(tried): Connie's Meat Loaf

CONNIE'S MEAT LOAF

1 1/2 pounds ground beef- lean
4 slices of bread
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 egg
1 tea. salt
1 tea. soy sauce
1 lemon, sliced very thin
1 green pepper sliced crosswise
1 large onion, sliced thinly and broken into rings
3/4 cup catsup
1/4 cup water

Combine meat with bread that has been soaked in the milk. Mix parsley, beaten egg, salt and pepper, soy sauce. Pat meat into a cake about 1 inch thick in a deep 10 inch pie plate or similar dish. Cover top evenly with lemon slices, green pepper and onion. Mix catsup with water, pour over onion rings, etc. Bake in hot oven 450 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes. (Bakes faster shaped this way compared to the regular loaf shape.)