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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
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