Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls (the real kind)

Here is my version of unstuffed cabbage rolls.  Cabbage rolls are supposed to be in a kind of sweet and sour tomato sauce and that other recipe didn't have that.  I worked this version out two nights ago for supper and it was so good.  

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 large onion, chopped

1 small cabbage, chopped

28oz can crushed tomatoes

1/2 tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp ground cloves

4 tbsp light brown sugar

3 tbsp lemon juice 

Preparation:

In a small stock pot, sauté ground beef and onions until ground beef is browned through, drain if needed.  Add chopped cabbage and sauté until cabbage starts to soften, about 3-5 minutes.  

Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cloves, brown sugar.  Bring to simmer over medium high heat then reduce heat to low, stirring occasionally.  Add lemon juice.  Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes until cabbage is tender.  Serve over rice (and by rice, I mean good buttered rice).

[Notes: I say use a stock pot because my cabbage was probably more medium than small but we really like cabbage and cabbage is cheap and an excellent way to stretch a meal and make it huge.  But if your cabbage is actually small, a good big deep sided skillet would work.  And if cloves aren't your thing, nutmeg or even cinnamon would be good in this, too.  I use any of the three for regular cabbage rolls.]

Enjoy!!!