Heart Healthier Beef And Cabbage Casserole Recipes

HEARTY CABBAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 2-quart (7 X 11-inch) baking dish.
• In a large, deep skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, onion, salt and pepper. Cook until the beef is browned, about 5 minutes, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon.
• Add the garlic, paprika, thyme, and cayenne and cook for 30 seconds, stirring.
• Add the drained tomatoes and the chopped cabbage. Continue to cook, stirring often, until the cabbage is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Turn the heat off and stir in one cup of the shredded cheese.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, until the casserole is bubbly and the cheese is browned, 20-30 minutes.
• Let the casserole rest for 10 minutes before serving.

GROUND BEEF AND CABBAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place diced tomatoes in a colander over a bowl. Let drain and retain the juice.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Drain and discard most of the grease from the skillet.
• Cook onions in the remaining grease over medium-low heat until the onion is soft and beginning caramelize, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to the beef with drained tomatoes and condensed soup. Add some tomato juice if necessary to thin the mixture slightly.
• Place the cabbage in the prepared casserole dish, mounding it in the middle. Pour beef mixture over top and cover tightly with foil.
• Bake in the oven for 1 hour. Remove the foil and bake for 1 more hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 20 minutes or so before serving. Serve hot.

HEART HEALTHIER BEEF AND CABBAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef. Remove from skillet and drain in a colander. Wipe out skillet to remove any remaining fat.
• Sautee onions and green pepper in olive oil, adding garlic after onions become soft.
• Add beef back to skillet.
• Stir in tomato soup, rice, water, tomato sauce, and paprika.
• While this mixture warms, slice cabbage into fine strips and place it in the bottom of a casserole dish that has been sprayed with non-stick oil.
• Pour beef mixture on top of cabbage.
• Cook, covered, in 375 degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Let set and cool for a few minutes before serving.