I've had a request to make some super cheap meals with meat and this is what I've come up with this week. Hope you like it. Scroll down for recipe.

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Ingredients List for 2 meals
1 cabbage $1.98
2 cans Great Value tomato sauce $1.06
Rice .57. = amount used from 1 pound bag at .98 (for 2 meals)
1 pound ground beef = $3.38
2 carrots = .24 ( I only used 1 though in the soup)
Total =$7.23

⭐CABBAGE ROLL SOUP Makes 4 5 servings
➡ can also use this as a filling for stuffed green peppers ( reduce water by 1/2 cup)

4 cups cabbage
4 cups beef broth 0r 4 cups water and bouillon to taste
1/2 pound ground beef
1 tsp garlic powder or 2 large cloves chopped garlic
1 tsp onion powder
1 bay leave
1/2 cup rinsed long grain rice
2 cans tomato sauce
pepper to taste
2 carrots I only ended up using 1

1 tbs brown sugar I would probably skip this next time
optional italian parsley for garnish

Cook ground beef until brown. Drain fat. Add seasonings and beef broth or water and then bouillon to taste. Add in rinsed rice along with tomato sauce. After sauce thickens and rice is almost done, add in cabbage and carrots. I like to add in my carrots towards the end so they have some body to them.

Tips: This thickens upon standing. Only make as much as you will eat unless you are okay with it thickening up overnight. You may want to use more broth to thin it out a bit depending on your tastes.

⭐ GARLICKY STIR FRIED BEEF WITH CABBAGE

1/2 pound ground beef
4 cups (or remainder of cabbage)
garlic salt to taste
1 cup rice (or more depending on how many servings you need)

Stir fry ground beef, drain, set aside. Stir fry cabbage with garlic salt. When soft add ground beef back to pan. Stir and season well with garlic salt and pepper. Serve over cooked rice.


⭐OTHER IDEAS:

➡Ground beef with brown gravy served over rice with side of stir fried cabbage. Can also make cabbage "steaks" for the side.

➡Make Halusky but with ground beef instead.

➡Make Bubble and Squeak and add ground beef in for a delicious one pot dish.


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