You've been invited to a pot luck supper and were asked to bring a dish. Don't panic! This recipe is actually fairly easy and will walk you through the steps of how to make cabbage rolls.

Recipes for cabbage rolls-- often referred to also as stuffed cabbage-- are very versatile, from the ingredients you choose for the filling to the methods used for cooking them. They make a great dinner entree on a cold winter's evening. This recipe calls for basic ingredients to create easy cabbage rolls. Serve it up in the dutch oven used for cooking along with your bread of choice.

• 1 large cabbage
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 pound of ground beef
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 11/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 6 medium tomatoes (cut into small pieces)
  • May substitute 1 large (about 20 oz.) can of chopped tomatoes.
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1 cup sour cream

• Knife

• Spoon

• Measuring cups

• Measuring spoons

• Large skillet

• Dutch oven

• Toothpicks (optional)

1. Fill a large pan with water and bring to a boil.Martha Stewart: Pork-Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

2. Use a knife to remove the core from the cabbage.Food Network: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Galumpkis)

3. Remove each cabbage leaf by carefully tearing off.Food Network: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Galumpkis)

4. Place cabbage leaves in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes or until flexible.Food Network: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Galumpkis)

5. Drain and run cold water over leaves to cool.All Recipes: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

6. Cut out the thick center vein on each leaf.Taste of Home: Old Fashioned Cabbage Rolls

7. Dry the leaves with a paper towel and set aside.Food Network: Cabbage Rolls

1. Melt the butter a large skillet.Food Network: Cabbage Rolls

2. Add the onions and cook until brown, then remove from heat.Food Network: Cabbage Rolls

3. Using a large spoon, stir in the ground meats, seasonings, egg and the uncooked rice. Mix thoroughly.All Recipes: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

1. Place about 1 tablespoon of the meat mixture and rice on each cabbage leaf.About.com: Cabbage Rolls

2. Fold in the sides. Then, beginning from the cut end, roll up the leaf over the filling and form a cylinder.Taste of Home: Old Fashioned Cabbage Rolls

3. Each roll can be secured with a toothpick. (optional)All Recipes: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

4. Place cabbage rolls in a dutch oven in layers.About.com: Cabbage Rolls

5. Cover rolls with water until about two-thirds full.RecipeZaar: Hungarian Cabbage Rolls

6. Add in tomatoes and tomato sauce.RecipeZaar: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

7. Place cover on dutch oven and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours or until rice is tender.About.com: Cabbage Rolls

8. Add sour cream and cook for an additional 5 minutes.RecipeZaar: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

9. The recipe in this proportion will serve up to 6 people.Food Network: Stuffed Cabbage with Tomato Sauce

• There are many variations for cabbage rolls that will add different flavors. Don't be afraid of experimenting in your own kitchen to find a recipe that suits your personal taste.

1. These sweet and tender cabbage rolls can be prepared in the evening and cooked the following day in a slow cooker.Taste of Home: Sweet 'n' Tender Cabbage Rolls
2. For a different alternative try using turkey, zucchini and cheeses for the filling.Canada.com: Turkey Cabbage Rolls with Zucchini
3. For a Hungarian dish, try these Hungarian style cabbage rolls.RecipeZaar: Cabbage Rolls - Real Hungarian Style
4. Try cooking the cabbage rolls in the oven instead of the stove topBBC Food: Stuffed cabbage leaves in fresh tomato sauce
5. A delicious sauce made from mushrooms and sour cream tops of these cabbage rolls made with veal.Food Network: Veal in Savoy Cabbage with Mushroom Sauce
6. Take it up a notch with this recipe that uses crab meat, white wine and garnished with mint.Food Network: Stuffed Cabbage with Crab and Mint
7. For the vegetarian try this meatless cabbage roll recipe. All Recipes: Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls
8. For a healthier alternative, make Low-Fat Stuffed Cabbage Recipe.About.com: Low-Fat Stuffed Cabbage Recipe