Healthier Brown Sugar Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons brown sugar packed
• 2  eggs 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 0.5 cup catsup 
• 1.5 pounds ground beef lean
• 0.8 cup milk 1% low-fat ()
• 1 small onion chopped
• 0.3 cup parsley chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 0.8 cup bread crumbs whole wheat

Equipment

• oven
• mixing bowl
• loaf pan
• kitchen thermometer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
2. Press brown sugar in the bottom of prepared loaf pan and spread ketchup over sugar.
3. Mix ground beef, milk, eggs, salt, ground pepper, onion, ginger, bread crumbs, and parsley thoroughly in a mixing bowl. Shape into a loaf and place on top of ketchup.
4. Bake in 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).