Comfort Food for Dinner Tonight

This time of year the cold weather gets me in the mood for warm yummy food.  I prepped this on Sunday and will enjoy it for dinner tonight.  I usually pair it with some steamed frozen green beans with a little soy sauce on top and a small red potato.  My family loves this for dinner and it's so easy to stick in the oven at the end of a busy day.  

Meat Loaf 

• Cooking spray
• 2 pounds lean ground beef*
• 1/2 cup oatmeal 
• 1 yellow onion, 1/2 chopped, 1/2 thinly sliced, divided
• 1 cup grated carrots
• 1 egg, lightly beaten**
• 1 can (15 ounces) low sodium tomato sauce, divided
• 2 teaspoons yellow or Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 teaspoons brown sugar

Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside. 

In a large bowl, combine beef, oats, chopped onion, carrots, egg, 1/4 cup tomato sauce, mustard, Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to prepared pan. In a small bowl, combine remaining tomato sauce with sugar. Pour sauce over the meatloaf and scatter sliced onions over the top. 
Arrange pan on a small baking sheet and bake until cooked through and deep golden brown, about 1 hour. Set aside to let cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving

* I sometimes use lean ground turkey in place of ground beef.  
**The egg can be substituted with flaxseed - Soak 1 Tbl ground flaxseed in 3 Tbl water for 5 minutes.  This replaces 1 egg in a recipe.