Saturday, August 29, 2015

Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage


Ingredients
1 medium cabbage
1/2 cup whole wheat crumbs
1/2 cup cooked whole wheat rice
1 egg
1 cup of red, yellow and orange peppers, chopped
1/2 cup zucchini, chopped
1/2 tsp. fresh sweet basil, chopped
1/2 tsp oregano
1 clove of fresh garlic, minced
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 - 26 ounces jar tomato sauce with mushrooms
1/2 cup water
1 small fresh onion, chopped

Directions 
1. Cook cabbage to soften leaves then separate outer leaves and cool them.
2. Cook rice and cool it.
3. In a bowl mix sauce sauce, juice, water, garlic, brown sugar, basil and oregano.
4. In another bowl mix onion, peppers, zucchini bread crumbs and rice.
5. Put handful of the vegetable and rice mixture into a cabbage leave and fold in the mixture.
6. In a large pot, add sauce mixture and put in the stuffed cabbages
7. Simmer the stuffed cabbages covered for about 15 minutes or until cabbage is tender.

This recipe was modified from mother's stuffed cabbage recipe.