Italian Meatloaf

A great friend brought us this recipe a few weeks after Levi was born and we LOVED it!!! I took her recipe and changed it a little to fit my frugal lifestyle:)

Italian Meatloaf: 1 loaf, serves 4

• 1lb. ground turkey or beef=$1.59 (Honeysuckle ground turkey has been 1.59/lb. at Dillons for a while now)
  
• 1 tbsp. minced onion=pennies (Aldi price per bottle is 1.09)
  
• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder=pennies (Aldi price per bottle is 1.09)
• 1 tbsp. dried basil =pennies (Aldi price per bottle is 1.09)
• 1 tbsp. dried parsley =pennies (Aldi price per bottle is 1.09)
• 1/2 - 1 sleeve saltine crackers crushed (4 sleeve box at Aldi=.99)= .25
  
• 1/2 cub spaghetti sauce (1 jar at Aldi= .99) = .15 cents maybe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and shape into loaf. Put this either on a baking sheet or into a loaf pan. Brush a little bit of spaghetti sauce on top. Bake 45 minutes, drain off fat and let it cool for 20 minutes before cutting.

I served this with Alfredo noodles (.25 package I picked up during a sale a while back) and salad.

Total to make this 1 loaf is only $2.00 or .50/serving!!!