Classic Meat Loaf With Roasted Vegetables

4 sl White bread

Crusts trimmed Torn in bite-size pieces 2 Eggs

4 tb Worcestershire sauce

1 c Onion(s), chopped

1/3 c Plus 1 tbs ketchup

1 tb Garlic powder

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Pepper

1 1/2 lb Ground beef

1 cn (14 1/2 oz) beef broth

1 lg Sweet potato, peeled

Quartered lengthwise 2 Baking potatoes, peeled

Quartered lengthwise 4 Carrots, peeled,

Halved lengthwise

Preheat oven to 375 F. Mash bread, eggs, and 3 tbs Worcestershire sauce in large bowl until smooth paste forms. Mix in onion, 1/3 cup ketchup, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Add beef and mix thoroughly.=7F Mound meat mixture in 13x9x2-inch baking pan, shaping into 8x4-inch loaf. Spread remaining 1 tbs ketchup over meat loaf.

Pour broth and remaining 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce into pan around meat loaf. Arrange vegetables around meat loaf. Cover pan with foil. Bake 45 min. Uncover; bake until vegetables are tender and meat loaf is cooked through, about 35 min. Using spatula, transfer meat loaf to platter. Surround with vegetables; spoon some pan juices over.

Bon Appetit Best of the Year January 1996

From: Diane Lazarus Date: Dec-27-95 3:53pm