4.9 from 21 votes
Fresh Turnip Green Soup Recipe
Healthy soup with turnip greens, prepared with sausage and turned into a clear broth low carb budget-friendly soup.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 258 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon oil
- 1 Large onion chopped
- 2 Pieces garlic cloves chopped fine
- 2 Medium carrot sliced
- 3 Piece Frankfurter sausages
- 3 Cups turnip greens cut smaller
- 8 Cups Water mixed with concentrated Stock or clear Vegetable broth
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- Pinch nutmeg
- 2 small bay leaves
Instructions
- Heat up a soup pot with oil and the cut onion.
- Sautee your onion until translucent and add your chopped garlic.
- Add the carrot pieces and continue to stir occasionally over a medium heat setting.
- Throw in the sliced sausage pieces as well and briefly sautee over high heat while stirring everything so that nothing sticks on.
- Reduce the heat setting and throw in the cut turnip green pieces. Mix and stir occasionally until the leaves have reduced a bit in size.
- Pour the vegetable stock/broth into the pot and mix quickly.
- Season with salt, black pepper, nutmeg and bay leaves.
- Mix everything well and bring to a rolling boil.
- Cook on medium to high heat for about 25 minutes or until you think your soup tastes ready and the vegetables are cooked.
- Pick out the bay leaves from the soup before serving and discard.
- Serve soup hot asap.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
258kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
37mg
(12%)
Sodium
2092mg
(87%)
Potassium
346mg
(10%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
8739IU
(175%)
Vitamin C
24mg
(27%)
Calcium
84mg
(8%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 258
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 258kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 37mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 2092mg | 87% |
| Potassium | 346mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 8739IU | 175% |
| Vitamin C | 24mg | 27% |
| Calcium | 84mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.