Peppers And Green Chili Meatloaf

1 pound lean ground beef

1/2 pound ground pork

2 Italian sausage links

1 cup cornbread stuffing -- * see note

1 onion -- chopped

1 garlic clove -- minced

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

4 ounces green chiles -- minced

1 egg

1 tablespoon chili powder

8 ounces tomato sauce

1 pinch ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 green pepper

* Use prepared stuffing mix in box.

Combine the ground meat, pork, and sausage in large bowl. Mix in the= stuffing mix (which has been crushed slightly), onions, chiles, beaten egg,= chili powder, garlic and garlic powder. Pour in half the tomato sauce and= mix very well with your hands. (Wear plastic baggies on hands.) Slice the green bell peppers into very thin slivers. Grease a cookie= sheet with at least 2-inch sides. Place the green peppers onto the sheet. Press the meat mixture into a loaf dish and then turn out on top of the= slivered green peppers, tucking under any peppers slices that are not under= the meat. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Drain= off any fat from dish. An easy way is to absorb the fat with paper towels.= Pour the remaining tomato sauce, which has been blended with the nutmeg and= Worcestershire sauce, over the top of the meatloaf. Continue baking for 5-10 minutes longer. Let stand 15 minutes before= slicing.