Comforting Beef And Cabbage Soup - Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons grass-fed butter (divided)
• 2 to 3 pounds grass-fed beef stew meat (or lamb, buffalo, goat or wild game)
• 8 cups stock (or water, plus additional as needed)
• bay leaf
• 1 to 2 onions (coarsely chopped)
• 4 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 6 ounces wild mushrooms (or organic crimini mushrooms, optional)
• 1/2 cabbage (cored and chopped into bite-size pieces)
• 2 teaspoons sea salt (plus additional as needed)
• 1/2 tablespoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley (or 1 tablespoon fresh chopped)
• 4 cups brown rice (cooked *)