Bacon wrapped bell pepper meat loaf

Bacon wrapped bell pepper meat loaf

This one takes the cake for tastiest and easiest. This is part comfort food and part fancy presentation food. I love that this uses food that I already have in the refrigerator so I don't have to go shopping for anything special to pull this one off. 

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 package bacon
• 1/2 cup chopped bell peppers (all 3 colors)
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp chopped chives
• 1 tbl parley, minced
• 1/4 cup gluten free bread crumbs (optional)
• 1 egg
• Cracked black pepper. I forgo the salt since the bacon adds enough. 

Prep:

Turn oven onto 400 F. Wrap muffin tins with a piece of bacon each. I used large muffin tins but you can also use smaller ones. Keep in mind that the loafs will shrink a little in size once cooked. Chop up the 4 extra strips of bacon into bite sized pieces and add into the bowl. In a separate bowl, mash all of the ingredients together into one happy jumbo patty. Grab a handful of each and make into a small baseball. Press one into the center of each bacon well. 

Cook:

Pop into the oven for 40 minutes, turning once. If using standard sized muffin tins, cook about 30 minutes. After done, remove from the muffin tin and set on a rack so they don'e soak up all of the grease.