Dinner: Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce

Healthy and delicious beef cabbage rolls with brown rice and tomato sauce.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Brown Rice

Health benefits of Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce

Brown rice is a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity.

Ingredients

1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 head large cabbage
1 tbsp chopped onion
29 oz tomato sauce
1 can, 15 oz petite tomatoes, diced
1 cup brown rice
1 lb ground lean sirloin

Instructions

1. Brown ground sirloin with garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Add most of diced tomatoes and 1/4 can of tomato sauce after it's browned.

2. Cook brown rice. Mix rice into cooked mixture above.

3. Peel cabbage into 6 large leaves, or double the leaves up. Chop the leftover cabbage and cook in another dish alongside the cabbage rolls.

4. Spoon mixture into leaves and secure with a toothpick in a 9x13" pan.

5. Cook at 350 °F (175 °C) for approximately 30 minutes.

6. Add the rest of the diced tomatoes on top and a little more sauce, and bake about 15 minutes more. Save about half can of sauce for serving and heat on stove.

7. Serve cabbage rolls on top of bed of chopped cooked cabbage if desired, or eat alone. Pour remaining heated tomato sauce over everything.

8. Note: also good over mashed potatoes.

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