Trim Healthy Mama – Cross Over
I love cabbage rolls and being Ukrainian I should know how to make them but I do not. The reason I never learned to make them is because they are very time consuming. I decided to create this recipe with all the original ingredients and delicious flavors but with a fraction of the work.
Ingredients
- 6 cups cabbage, finely shredded
- 5 cups brown rice, cooked (1.5 cups uncooked)
- 1.5lbs extra lean ground beef
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 3 egg whites, slightly beaten
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 large carrot, finely grated
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup water (plus more for steaming cabbage)
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp parsley
1. Place the cabbage in a large bowl and cover with boiling water for 10-15 minutes while preparing everything else, this will soften the cabbage. Drain and squeeze excess water with your hands.
2. In a medium size pan saute onions and carrots in butter, once the butter cooks off add 1/4 of water until tender. Stir occasionally to prevent the veggies from burning.
3. In a large mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients, mixing really well. I used a plastic glove and it worked great. You want to make sure all of the spices are incorporated evenly into the mixture.
4. Form patties: I used an ice cream scoop to make sure they were all about the same size. Then formed patties using your hands. With a back of a spoon flatten each patty.
Ingredients for Sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup marinara sauce (White Linen)
Instructions
1. In a medium size bowl add the marina sauce and heavy cream and mix well. Top each patty, about 1 tbsp per patty.
6. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until the ground beef is fully cooked.
Enjoy!
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Lazy Cabbage Rolls
Ingredients
- 6 cups cabbage, finely shredded
- 5 cups brown rice, cooked (1.5 cups uncooked)
- 1.5 lbs extra lean ground beef
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 3 egg whites, slightly beaten
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 large carrot, finely grated
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup water (plus more for steaming cabbage)
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp nutritional yest
- 2 tbsp parsley
Sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup marinara sauce (White Linen)
Instructions
- Place the cabbage in a large bowl and cover with boiling water for 10-15 minutes while preparing everything else, this will soften the cabbage. Drain and squeeze excess water with your hands.
- In a medium size pan saute onions and carrots in butter, once the butter cooks off add 1/4 of water until tender. Stir occasionally to prevent the veggies from burning.
- In a large mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients, mixing really well. I used a plastic glove and it worked great. You want to make sure all of the spices are incorporated evenly into the mixture.
- Form patties: I used an ice cream scoop to make sure they were all about the same size. Then formed patties using your hands. With a back of a spoon flatten each patty.
Sauce
- In a medium size bowl add the marina sauce and heavy cream and mix well. Top each patty, about 1 tbsp per patty.
- Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until the ground beef is fully cooked.
This sounds and looks delicious. The end result picture looks like you put them in a green pepper but I don’t see green pepper in the recipe.
Hi. Thank you for your question. Every time I make them I do something different. But normally they are done without the peppers. If you do have peppers slice them in two clean them out and stuff them with filling. I hope you like this recipe.