Cabbage Roll Soup

 We love cabbage rolls. We hate spending the time making them. So Laurel came up with a genius idea.. make it a soup! Quick, easy, and the kids had seconds. I had thirds.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1 onion, diced

2 carrots

2 celery ribs

1 cup uncooked rice

4-5 cups chopped cabbage

2 cloves garlic

1 24 oz can Garlic n Herb tomato sauce (or, any cheap spaghetti sauce)

1 14 oz can Fire Roasted tomatoes

8 cups beef broth

1 tsp oregano

1 bay leaf

 1/4 cup dried parsley

Directions:

Brown the beef in  the soup pot and drain, leaving about 4 tbsp fat. Add the chopped onions, chopped carrots, chopped celery, minced garlic, dried parsley, and rice. Sauté for about ten minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Add in all the remaining ingredients and cook over medium high, until the rice is tender. Serve with saltine crackers, or go nuts, and garnish with oyster crackers.