Italian Beef & Cabbage

Total time: 80 minutes 60 minutes baking
    A little bit of prep and an hour to bake, gives you a hearty casserole full of good food: cabbage, brown rice, onion, garlic, tomato; while you do something else.

 Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) quick-cooking brown rice, cooked in
• 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) beef stock, to yield 1 1/2 cups  cook earlier or do now
• 8oz ground beef (240gr mince)
• 2 cups shredded cabbage 
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 ribs celery, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 2 cups (16oz (480ml) tomato sauce 

 Instructions:

• Cook rice. 
• While rice cooks: Heat oil in nonstick skillet. 
• Add onion, celery, garlic and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. 
• Add beef and brown, breaking it up as it cooks. 
• Add Worcestershire sauce, herbs, chili powder. 
• Cover and keep warm over low heat. 
• Add brown rice when done. 
• To assemble:
• Put half (1 cup) of the cabbage into a baking dish, put the beef/rice mixture on top, then the rest of the cabbage.
• Press it down a bit, then pour the tomato sauce over the top. 
• Cover and bake at 375F (190C) for an hour.