I ♥ Sweet and Sour Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients:
1 medium head of cabbage
1 1/2 medium onions
1 egg
1 cup instant rice
1 cup shredded carrots
1 t salt
1 t pepper
1 lb 95% lean ground beef
2 8oz cans tomato sauce (1 15oz would work as well)
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c lemon juice.

Directions:

1. Fill a 6qt pot 3/4 full of water and bring to a boil. Add cabbage head and boil rapidly for 3 minutes. Leaves should be falling away from cabbage head. Set aside 10 large leaves and chop the remaining cabbage. Add chopped cabbage to a greased 9X13 pan. Chop the 1/2 onion very coarsely and sprinkle over cabbage.

2. Chop remaining onion fairly small. Combine chopped onion, egg, rice, carrots, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Break apart ground beefo over mixture and mix well. Cut thick part of veins out of the 10 cabbage leaves that were set aside. Add 1/4 cup of meat mixture to each leaf; fold in sides and roll up. Place each roll-seam side down- on top of cabbage in baking dish.


3. Combine tomato sauce, lemon juice and brown sugar and pour over the cabbage rolls and chopped cabbage. Cover and bake at 350* for 1 hour, or until meat thermometer reads 260* in the center of a roll. Uncover; bake for 5-10 minutes longer, or until juice is desired consistancy.

Add cheese for last 5 minutes if desired! Parmesan or mozerella would be excellent!

Makes 10 cabbage rolls
Serves 5
Each serving = 8 points (without cheese)