Anyway, I found a really great recipe last night. I changed it considerably, since the recipe included no seasonings at all. How do people cook without spices? I like my food fairly spicy, so adjust the seasonings to your own liking. I'm used to stuffing cabbage rolls (glumpkes, as my mom calls them) with ground beef and rice and cooking them in tomato juice. This recipe is nothing like what I'm used to. Here goes:
Ground Turkey Cabbage Rolls
1 to 1 1/2 pounds ground white meat turkey
1 head of cabbage
12 baby carrots diced
2 green bell peppers diced
2 T butter
1 cup chicken broth or stock (vegetable broth might also taste good)
1 T curry (yellow, not red)
1 t garam masala
1 T garlic powder
1 t ground ginger
1 t sweet basil
2 t kosher salt
1 T fresh ground black pepper
Boil cabbage. You want it to be cooked well enough for the leaves to pull off easily, but not enough for the leaves to fall apart. Aim for about 30 minutes. Remove 12 leaves to stuff, and chop the rest of the cabbage into small pieces.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; spray bottom of casserole dish with nonstick spray.
Brown ground turkey and set aside.
Melt butter in a frying pan, and saute carrots, peppers, cabbage, and all spices until all vegetables are tender. Stir in turkey.
The filling looks good enough to eat by itself, but don't. You'll need it all. Fill the cabbage leaves and roll them up. Place cabbage rolls in casserole dish and pour chicken broth over top.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for one hour (or until cabbage leaves are completely tender).
So good!
