Meat Loaf with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

- 1 lb ground beef

- 1/2 green or red bell pepper, chopped (optional)

- 1/2 cup onion, chopped

- 1 clove garlic

- 1/2 cup gluten-free tomato sauce (e.g. Hunt's)

- 1 egg

- 1 tbsp corn starch

- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

- 1 tsp salt

- 1 tbsp olive oil

Preparation:

- Preheat oven at 375F.

- Add green (or red) pepper, onion, and garlic in a blender. Chop until minced. 

- In a large bowl, add ground beef and mix in minced green pepper, onion, garlic, tomato sauce, egg, corn starch, ground black pepper, and salt.

- Grease a 5x7 baking pan with olive oil. Transfer the mixture to the baking pan and pat it down to a 2inch height.

- Bake for 45 minutes.