Nourishing Cabbage Roll Soup

If you don’t like cabbage, I encourage you to try this recipe before you write it off.  This is my current favorite go to recipe right now and it’s a hit with the whole family. It’s warm, filling and nourishing. It’s much like cabbage rolls but without the work of stuffing and rolling those cabbage leaves but just as good, if not better. This soup reheats well and we enjoy it as leftovers. I also like to add collard greens to this soup but you can leave that out. 

Ingredients

1. 1 onion, diced
2. 3 cloves, minced
3. 1 lb grass fed beef
4. 1/2 lb pastured spicy pork sausage
5. 3/4 cup of basamati rice
6. 1 medium cabbage, chopped (core removed)
7. 1 bunch of collard greens (leaves cut from stems and chopped)
8. 1 quart of canned diced tomatoes
9. 2 tbsp tomato paste
10. 4 cups of bone broth (I used pork, but really any will do).
11. 1 tsp paprika
12. 1 tsp thyme
13. 1 tsp Celtic sea salt
14. 1/2 tsp black pepper
15. 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce

Instructions

1. In a large pot, saute onion, garlic with beef and pork. (I do not drain the fat as this is where all the flavor is!)
2. Stir in all other ingredients.
3. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low. Cover and cook until rice is fully cooked about 30 mins.
4. This will be a pretty thick soup. If you like a thinner soup, feel free to add more broth.