First salisbury steak ever: first meatloaf in years

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I got busy this week, within my limitations, to make something I've been craving since my friend made it during our trip to the Poconos. He made Salisbury steak and I just so enjoyed that meal. I really did. I've thought about it ever since. I even bought ground beef just so I could try my hand at it. I basically did what he did using diced bell peppers, torn up slices of bread, a little milk, an egg, Badia seasoning (in lieu of Adobo seasoning) and then I added some salsa (which came from a recipe we made years ago that we enjoyed here at home). I made one salisbury steak and cooked in on my griddle. A little before I'd have put it on my plate, I poured a little packaged brown gravy over the top to get that hot. I also had two slices of buttered bread and some applesauce (which I enjoy with meatloaf and this was like a meatloaf patty). I put the remaining meat mix in the fridge in a casserole dish covered with foil. Today, I got that out after lining the insert pot of the Ninja Foodi with foil so that I could avoid having to clean the pot. I put it on bake, but apparently the Foodi only bakes in 15 minute intervals, so I did that twice, adding a can of green beans that was mostly drained. When that 15 minutes was up, I went out and took a look. It smelled great and was fully cooked. I took a large, wide spatula and managed to get it under the meatloaf, lifted it and put it on a plate. I then gathered up the foil around all the sides and poured the green beans on both sides of the meatloaf, as you can see in the bottom photos. I put a pat of butter on each group of green beans and let it melt. I then sliced the meatloaf, put it on my plate, scooped up the beans and added them. I didn't put the gravy this time, but plan to the next time. I did add some applesauce. And, I THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. I want to make mashed potatoes next time. This was just a basic two ingredient meal and was very good.