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Reserve 13 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate.
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In a mixing bowl combine remaining pizza sauce and egg.
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Stir in onion, green pepper, bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper.
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Add ground beef and mix well.
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Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles.
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Transfer loaf to any size crockpot.
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Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 4 to 6 hours on HIGH.
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To ensure doneness insear meat thermometer into center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170 degrees F.
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Spread loaf with reserve 13 cup pizza sauce.
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Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
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Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese is melted.
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Using foil strips, lift loaf from crockpot and transfer to a serving plate.
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Discard foil strips.
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Foil handles: Tear off three 20x3 inch strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded to double thickness.
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Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.
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Place the foil handles on a large sheet of waxed paper.
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Place the meat loaf on the spoke design.
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Lift the ends of the handles to transfer the loaf to the crockpot.
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When ready to serve, simple lift the foil handles from the crockpot and remove the meal to a serving dish.
