'Unstuffed' Cabbage with a Kick

This is an alteration on a typical stuffed cabbage recipe. It's healthy, low-fat, low-carb, and a bit spicy. You can't go wrong with this recipe! You may omit the red pepper and cayenne if you do not like spicy foods, or increase like we do! We serve this over brown rice to make it more of a whole meal. We love it! I used roasted garlic-flavored tomato sauce for extra 'kick.'

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 315 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground turkey
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ½ tablespoon onion, diced
• 1 head cabbage, cut into 1-inch squares

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer cooked turkey to a bowl.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in the skillet over medium heat; saute onion in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic to onion; saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Step 3

Pour diced tomatoes and tomato sauce over the onion mixture; season with Italian seasoning, basil, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer tomato mixture until the tomatoes are softened, about 10 minutes.

Step 4

Stir cabbage into the tomato mixture; continue cooking until cabbage is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Step 5

Stir ground turkey into the mixture; cook to reheat the turkey, 1 to 2 minutes.