Cabbage Roll Soup

I know I have started posting a few recipes but I figured I would share a few new recipes that I enjoy and would make a great addition any hunting or fishing camp menus.

I love cabbage rolls however my wife does not care for them. Needless to say I never get homemade cabbage rolls. Well I decided to make a batch for myself and freeze the leftovers for the future. After making a trip to the farmers market to pick up some fresh cabbage and the rest items needed I was ready to make up a big batch. That was until a friend of mine posted a recipe for Cabbage Roll Soup on his Face Book feed. The recipe sounded fantastic and much easier to freeze than the normal rolls so I decided to make soup instead. Boy am I glad I did. The soup was fantastic and would be real easy to make ahead and take to camp.
Cabbage Roll Soup

 4 cups cabbage, roughly chopped
1 lb. ground beef
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup water
1 tsp oregano
½ tsp basil
680 mL can tomato sauce (or about 3 cups)
796 mL can diced tomatoes (or about 4 cups)
1 cup rice, uncooked

Instructions
1. Add onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, ground beef and salt to a skillet on medium heat. Cook until the ground beef is browned (about 7 to 10 minutes).

2. In a slow cooker, add cabbage, oregano, basil, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water and ground beef mixture and stir to combine.

3. Cover and cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours.
In last half hour of cooking, cook the rice according to package directions. Add the cooked rice to the slow cooker and stir to combine.

While I did follow the recipe for the most part I did make a couple changes. First I added a teaspoon of pepper. Second I cooked the soup on the stove for an  hour instead of a crock pot so I added the rice with the tomatoes. The biggest change I made was instead of the tomato sauce I substituted Bloody Mary mix. I figured it would add a little more flavor.

This made close to eight pints of soup for the freezer. Well only seven made it to the freezer. I had one of the pints for dinner.

Enjoy!!