Ingredients

  • 14 ounces diced tomatoes, drained and dried
  • 2 cups of finely chopped collard greens or 2 cups mustard greens or 2 cups spinach, whatever, etc
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • 3 cups ketchup
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 tablespoons minced onions
  • 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package onion soup mix
  • 2 slices bread, by hand made into tiny crumbs
  • 2 cups shredded carrots
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced thin 1/16 inch
  • 3 lbs ground beef
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons low-sodium beef bouillon granules
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • Pam cooking spray

Method

  • Purchase groud beef as lean and cheap as you can find.
  • Put all the dry seasonings and soup mix into a bowl including boullion and whisk around until all those seasonings are thoroughly mixed.
  • Put all the vegetables and mushrooms in a large bowl.
  • Add tablespoon water.
  • Cover with plastic wrap.
  • microwave for 3 minutes.
  • Put milk, ketchup, maple syrup, eggs in a bowl and whisk to a mix thoroughly until well blended.
  • This is the sauce.
  • Hand tear 2 slices bread into teeny tiny pieces in a bowl.
  • Place 3 pounds ground beef in a large mixing bowl.
  • Hand mix in breadcrumbs into meat until well blended.
  • Then hand mix in dry seasonings into meat- breadcrumb mixture.
  • Hand mix in vegetables and mushrooms into meat, etc.
  • Hand mix in half of the sauce - egg, milk, ketchup, maple syrup mixture.
  • Save half of that mixture for later.
  • By hand mix, mix, mix, mix.
  • Spray pam onto large casserole dish and place that dish into a larger dish that might collect spills.
  • Place loaf mixture into large casserole dish and form into loaf shape.
  • Make a deep depression in the middle of the loaf long ways.
  • Pour the reserved half of the sauce into the depression in the meat loaf.
  • Cover with aluminun foil and place into oven preheated to 400.
  • Once all settles reduce heat to 350.
  • Cook for 2 hours.
  • remove foil and cook for 30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before the t-rexes are allowed to attack.