Julie's Lean Mean Meatloaf

Ingredients:

1 lb. very lean ground beef (90-97% lean)
1 small zucchini sliced
1 small yellow squash sliced
1 bag frozen mirepoix veggies (diced carrots, onions and celery)
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce (low sodium if possible)
1 egg lightly beaten
2 dashes Tabasco
1/2 t. brown mustard
1/2 t. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t. pepper
2/3 cup Pepperidge Farms Italian Stuffing mix
1/3 cup old fashioned oats

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix together all ingredients except stuffing and oats
3. Fold in stuffing mix and oats, stirring gently (if you stir too thoroughly meatloaf will be stiff)
4. Spray 3 quart baking dish with cooking spray
5. Pour meat mixture into dish, flattening and forming into loaf (leaving room around edges of pan for grease to drain off - what little grease there is!)
6. Bake for 1 hour (meatloaf is ready when middle shows no pink after cutting into it)

Makes 5 or 6 servings