Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup

All the flavours of cabbage rolls in soup form. Let it cook away in the slow cooker or crockpot or you can make it on the stovetop as well.

I don’t use my slow cooker all that often, but in the depths of Winter there is something so nice about a warm and hearty soup cooking away on the counter. This cabbage roll soup is just that! Don’t worry if you don’t have a slow cooker. I’ve included the instructions for a stovetop version, as well.

• 2 teaspoons olive oil, or other cooking oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup onion , finely diced
• 4 cups green cabbage, coarsely chopped
• 2 cups carrots, peeled and diced or quartered and sliced
• 4 cups beef broth
• 23 oz (680 ml) canned tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 bay leaf

• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 – 2 cups cooked long grain or basmati rice, from 1/2-3/4 cup uncooked rice
• 2-3 Tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 Tbsp dried parsley)