Garlic Beef Cabbage Rolls

Great as an appetizer or main dish. Very diabetic (or Atkins) friendly meal.

Ingredients:
2 lbs lean ground beef
1 large head red cabbage
1 zucchini (grated)
5 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons flour
toothpicks
water (for boiling cabbage)

Directions:
Remove core from the head of cabbage then pry off the leaves, trying to keep them whole/untorn if possible. You can cut the head in half and then pry apart the leaves if it's too hard to core the cabbage head. The goal is to get boats or cups to place the meat mixture into.

Boil the cabbage cups for 2 minutes until the leaves are wilted. Drain and cool.

Grate zucchini and mix with salt, pepper, soy and flour. Heat a nonstick pan on high. Brown ground beef and crushed garlic. Add zucchini mix and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Spoon the garlic beef mixture into a cabbage cup and roll up. Secure with a toothpick.

Not all of the cabbage cups will be easy to roll. Cut the middle rib of the cabbage leaf out if it makes it easier to roll.

You can substitute raw lettuce leaves for the cooked cabbage.