Herbed Meat Loaf



Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground veal
1/2 pound ground pork
2 eggs
1/2 cup fine bread crumbs
3/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup finely chopped chives
2 Tablespoons Fresh basil or 1 T dried
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
bacon slices to cover top

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine all ingredients except the bacon slices. Shape the mixture into an oval loaf. Place the loaf on a rack (instead of a rack, I put my meat loaf on sliced carrot sticks) in a baking pan or pie plate. Top the loaf with the bacon slices. Bake one and one-half hours. Can be served with a mushroom sauce, brown gravy or tomato sauce.