Recipe: Happy Cow Meatloaf (using soft bread crumbs, ketchup and molasses, topped with b

HAPPY COW MEATLOAF

1/2 cup organic milk
1 free-range egg, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
Several grinds black pepper
1 1/2 to 2 pounds grass-fed ground beef
1 1/2 cups soft breadcrumbs
1 cup sliced button mushrooms (plus 2 whole mushrooms, for top)
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons molasses
2 strips local bacon, chopped into small pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine milk, egg, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings. Gently mix in ground beef and all other ingredients except whole mushrooms and bacon.

Shape meat mixture into a loaf in a glass pan, top with the whole mushrooms and the bacon.

Bake 1 hour or more depending on preferred doneness.

Makes 6 servings
Source: North Bay Farmers Market Cookbook by Brigitte Moran with Amelia Spilger