preheat oven to 400 lay a paper towel out to wipe use to turn on the water after you finish hand mixing and shaping your loaf in a large bowl, hand mix meat, onion, bell pepper, toast pieces, tomato sauce, eggs, garlic powder, salt & pepper and shape into a loaf on a cookie sheet lay strips of bacon over the top of the loaf use the paper towel to turn on the water to wash your hands cover the bacon topped loaf with 1/2 thick layer of ketchup bake for 1 hour or until done serve with mashed potatoes and a green vegetable the first day; the 2nd day makes delicious cold or hot sandwiches.