Cabbage Boats

Today Mom and I are making Cabbage Boats with a brown rice meatball. Floating in a red sauce. So here we go and enjoy.

1 very small cabbage

1 small orange pepper, option red, yellow.

2 scallions green ends

1 small pack chop meat

1/2 cup white or brown rice

1 V8 Juice 46 oz can

table spoon olive oil

1 egg (optional)

Bread Crumbs amount to make the meatball soft but not too wet.

Pasta Sauce

Optional spices , onion salt, garlic powder, Mrs. Dash, ect

Take off the outer leaves of the cabbage to be used as the boat for the meatball

Place the inner cabbage the heart place inside the bottom of the pot

Dice a part of the pepper to place inside the bottom of the pot (use the other portion to dice and put inside the meat and rice mixture)

Dice the green ends of the scallion and place inside the  bottom of the pot.

Add 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil

Add Past sauce enough to coat the bottom (Colonna Marinara or any sauce your choice)

Stir the above together.

Mix uncooked chop meat with the cooked rice.

Add 1 egg

Add the remaining diced pepper

Mix the above

Add Bread Crumbs enought to make the meatball soft but not too wet.

Roll meat mixture into balls place each ball into each cabbage leaf

Place them into the pot add V8 juice to the bottom and then lightly on top of each boat

Stove top cover with the lid opened until the meat is brown and the cabbage is tender.

Be Creative

Enjoy