Meat Loaf, Italian Style

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 15ounce can pizza sauce
1 cup cracker crumbs
i cup finely diced onion
1/2 cup finely diced green pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Dash pepper
1 1/2 pounds ground round or chopped sirloin
1 4 ounce can sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 cups small curd cream style cottage cheese
1 Tbsp chopped parsley
1/2 tsp dried parsley crushed 


Instructions:
In a large bowl, combine 1 of the eggs and 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce. Stir in 1/2 cup of the cracker crumbs. the diced onion, diced green pepper, garlic powder, and pepper. Add meat; mix well. Pat 1/3 of the meat mixture into bottom of 8x8x2 inch baking pan.
Drain mushrooms; combine with remaining egg, remaining 1/2 cup crumbs, cottage cheese, parsley, and oregano. Spread evenly over meat in pan. Top with remaining meat mixture. 
Bake at 350F for 50 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. In small saucepan, heat the remaining pizza sauce;pass with meat loaf. Males 8 servings.