Healthier Brown Sugar Meatloaf

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 0.5 cups ketchup
• 1.5 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 small onion , chopped
• 0.75 cups low-fat , 1%
• 0.75 cups whole wheat bread crumbs
• 2 large eggs
• 0.25 cups chopped parsley
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 0.25 teaspoons ground ginger

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Press brown sugar into the bottom of the prepared loaf pan; spread ketchup over sugar.

3. 3

   Mix together ground beef, onion, milk, bread crumbs, eggs, parsley, salt, black pepper, and ginger in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Shape beef mixture into a loaf and place into the pan on top of ketchup.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).