Cheese & Cabbage Roll- Ups!

                                                                             

These are so tasty & different from the usual Stuffed Cabbage recipes! Not hard to make, they look pretty & the eat GOOD as we say in Pa Dutch Country!

1 Head of Cabbage

2 TBS Chopped Mixed Dried Vegetables ( found in the spice section of your store)

2 LBS Ground Meat ( I used Hatfields Ground Pork) it is cheap, delicious & not greasy at all. You may use Lean Ground Beef, Skinless Turkey Burger, Lean Sausage or Ground Chicken!

3/4 Raw Rice

Preggo Cheddar Cheese Sauce ( It is new & GOOD!)

Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Wooden Toothpicks

First Cook the Rice & the dried vegetables in 1 & 1/2 Cups water add 1/2 TSP Salt. Bring rice & veggies in the salt water to a boil, cover & simmer about 20 minutes or until rice has absorbed the water & is tender. SET ASIDE

Wash cabbage & remove center core with a sharp knife from the bottom of the cabbage, do not cut into the leaves just cut out the core in a circle!

Pull off 6 large outer leaves be careful not to rip the leaves. 

Now in a deep bowl break up the meat & add the cooked rice mixture blending well to mix the rice throughout the meat. In a large glass pan take one cabbage leaf & scoop about 1/2 cup full of the meat mixture into the cabbage leaf so it cups the meat. Gently fold in the ends to make a bundle. Secure the seam by inserting the wooden toothpicks. It will take between 4 & 6 toothpicks to do the job. Place the bundle seam side down in the baking dish. Continue with the remaining 5 leaves & meat mixture. Now pour over the bundles the jar of cheese sauce. Cover the casserole with aluminum foil. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 1&1/2 hours. Uncover & sprinkle about 1/4 of shredded cheddar cheese over each bundle. Return dish to the oven, turn the heat down to 300 & bake another 10 minutes! CABBAGE ROLL HEAVEN is the result! I made baked potatoes in the oven with the cabbage rolls & everything was done at the same time. Scrub your potatoes, poke a few holes in the potato & spray the potato with cooking spray. Wrap in foil & bake! The cheese sauce from the Cabbage Rolls was delicious on the potatoes too! ENJOY!