Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground lean sirloin
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 can, 15 oz petite tomatoes, diced
• 29 oz tomato sauce
• 1 head large cabbage
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Directions

1. Brown ground sirloin with garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Add most of diced tomatoes and 1/4 can of tomato sauce after it's browned.
2. Cook brown rice. Mix rice into cooked mixture above.
3. Peel cabbage into 6 large leaves, or double the leaves up. Chop the leftover cabbage and cook in another dish alongside the cabbage rolls.
4. Spoon mixture into leaves and secure with a toothpick in a 9x13" pan.
5. Cook at 350 °F (175 °C) for approximately 30 minutes.
6. Add the rest of the diced tomatoes on top and a little more sauce, and bake about 15 minutes more. Save about half can of sauce for serving and heat on stove.
7. Serve cabbage rolls on top of bed of chopped cooked cabbage if desired, or eat alone. Pour remaining heated tomato sauce over everything.
8. Note: also good over mashed potatoes.