cabbage roll soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground chuck
• 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning (i use tony chacere's)
• 1 - onion, diced
• 2 pinches parsley
• 2 - carrots, cut in half lengthwise then sliced into half moons
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can diced tomatoes (i use petite diced)
• 1 quart beef broth
• 1/2 - head cabbage. remove the core and slice the rest into thin strips
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice or barley
• - salt to taste
• - black pepper to taste