Make-ahead Pizza Meat Loaves

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (26 ounce) jar pasta sauce, divided
• 1 1/2 cups herb seasoned stuffing mix
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 4 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 6 pieces

Recipe

• 1 combine 3/4 cup pasta sauce, stuffing, eggs, onion, green pepper, oregano and garlic powder; add beef and mix well.
• 2 shape firmly into six loaves, placing one piece of cheese in center of each loaf. place loaves in baking pan.
• 3 bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until no pink remains and meat thermometer reads 160 degrees.
• 4 cool slightly. wrap and refrigerate up to 3 days. cover and refrigerate remaining pasta sauce.
• 5 to reheat: place meat loaves and remaining pasta sauce in a skillet.
• 6 cover and heat through. you can also make bake these and serve the heated sauce with the meat loafs immediately after, if you want.