Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2009

Great recipe! I had turnips, carrots, garlic scapes, cabbage and kohlrabi from my CSA share and didn't know what to make. Pulled out some smoked sausage and started there. I didn't have ham hocks, but not to worry. Sliced the sausage and sauteed with a sweet onion. Deglazed the pan with white wine as well. In a crockpot I put 5 chopped turnips, 1 chopped kohlrabi, carrots, and a few garlic scapes sliced thin. I added a can of black beans and corn and a bouillon cube. Lastly I added a can of mild chiles and didn't add the cabbage until about an hour before serving. My husband said the turnips tasted like potatoes and it was a great soup. Super easy and used my produce the best way I could find.

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Marian

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Home Town: Warwick, New York, USA

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2009

Wow! I wasn't expecting much from this recipe, I thought it be bland and boring with no spices or garlic, but it was terrific. I didn't have ham hocks so I used only wild rice brats. I sliced them and sauteed them, then sauteed the root vegetables in a little olive oil, and used chicken broth instead of water. Next time I'd like to add some garlic.

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2008

this is like Grandma's but she used pork instead and it is even more wonderful!

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2008

The ONE time I go to buy ham hocks, the store didn't have them. Typical! Instead I used a boneless piece of ham that I diced into chunks. I made it as written, and thought it was pretty bland, so I ended up adding a lot of garlic powder, onion powder, and also some chicken bouillon paste. Much better. Happy New Year everyone!

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2007

This recipe is really good! I cooked it in the slow cooker with about 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk instead of water to make it creamy, and it might have actually worked if I'd added more milk as it cooked out. Spicy sausage gave it a nice kick, too. I'll definitely make this recipe again.

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Home Town: San Jose, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2006

I loved this- except I forgot that I actually hate rutabaga- oops! Will make again, minus rutabaga. This recipe actually got my picky fiance' to eat cabbage, of all things!

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JeffNie

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Home Town: West Bend, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2004

Getting the kids to try something new espesially vegetables is always hard around here. They just ate it up. They loved everything even the new vegetables. Very good thanks.

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Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2004

This was a great "after the barn chores on a cold night" meal. Put it on before we went out and it was ready when we came in! Talk about easy!!

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Beth

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Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2003

This recipe is so simple. I made some changes to it because I had other ingredients: I used fully cooked kiebasa and boneless/skinless chicken breasts instead of the hambone and sausage. I also only had onion, potato, carrot and cabbage. My daughter loved this, even though she "doesn't like cooked cabbage!" Thanks, Karen!

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