I find that meatloaf is definitely a winter comfort food {and a food that is well liked by toddlers and husbands alike *WINNING*}. This delicious pork meatloaf is packed with delicious winter veggies. I sweat down some fennel, red onion, savoy cabbage and cauliflower and add it into my pork mixture for some ‘Bomb-diggity’ pork meatloaf.

When served with a simple mashed potato, you have managed to get your husband toddler to eat their five a day without even knowing it!

I add a simple tomato relish on top of my meatloaf at the end of the baking process, {because you know that your husband toddler was going to add crappy tomato sauce all over it anyway}and I think it really makes it. 

If you were short on time, or you had a little chaos going on during your dinner cooking time, you can simply pour a store bought relish over the top and bake for the remaining 15 minutes {kitchen hacks are the best}.  

PORK, CAULIFLOWER AND CABBAGE MEATLOAF

500 grams of pork mince

1/4 cup of breadcrumbs

2 eggs

1 teaspoon of fennel seeds

1 teaspoon of dried chilli

1/2 a fennel

1/2 a red onion

1/2 head of mini savoy cabbage

1/4 head of cauliflower

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/2 a red onion

1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

1/4 teaspoon dried chili

1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds

1/4 teaspoon salt

Finely chop the fennel, red onion, cabbage and cauliflower. Sweat off the veggies in a little olive oil first for 5 minutes, before adding your veggie stock and allowing to simmer until soft. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.

Mix the veggie mix into your pork mince with the breadcrumbs, eggs, fennel seeds and dried chili. Press into a lined loaf pan and then bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

Whilst the meatloaf is baking, start to make your tomato relish topping. Place all of the ingredients into a saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes before allowing to cool slightly.

Remove the meatloaf from the oven and transfer onto a baking tray. Pour the tomato relish over the top of the meatloaf and place back into the oven for 15 minutes.