Vegan Gołąbki ("Golumpki" - Polish Stuffed Cabbage)

Vegan Gołąbki

Ingredients:

1 medium cabbage
1 pkg vegetarian "beef" (e.g. Lightlife), or reconstituted TVP
3 cups cooked white rice
1 whole garlic bulb, peeled and minced
2 lbs fresh tomatoes, chopped, or 1 32oz can diced tomatoes
1 tbsp oil
Seasoning salt, to taste

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 F. Core the cabbage. Boil the whole cored cabbage for 5 minutes, to soften. Remove the cabbage from boiling water, and allow to cool on a plate. In a separate saucepan, saute half of the minced garlic in oil for 3 minutes. Add the vegetarian "beef" and cook according to package directions. Season the "meat" with seasoning salt, to taste. Remove from heat and mix in the cooked white rice. In a third pan, cook the chopped tomatoes with the remaining garlic for 10 minutes. Peel the leaves from the cabbage, and remove the spine of the leaves with a knife. Spoon 2-3 tbsp of the rice/meat mixture onto each cabbage leaf, and fold the edges in to form rolls. Place in a baking pan. Once all the mixture is used, pour 1/2 cup water and the tomato sauce over the cabbage rolls. Bake at 350 F for one hour.