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Slow-Cooker Ham With Turnips
by Agnes Ferguson
serves: 4
  Crock Pot meal
Ingredients:
  2 whole   Granny Smith apples, diced (with skin)
  3 cloves   garlic, smashed
  4 sprigs   thyme
  8 large   sprigs parsley
  0.25 cups   packed brown sugar
  1 4-5lb   smoked picnic ham (pork shoulder
  1 lb   medium turnips, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
  2 cups   dry white wine
Directions:
  Directions


1 pound frozen chopped winter greens (such as turnip greens, kale or spinach), thawed



Put the apples, garlic, thyme, parsley, pickling spice and brown sugar in a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker. Add the ham and surround it with the turnips. Pour in the wine and 2 cups water. Cover and cook on low, 7 hours.



Remove the ham from the slow cooker. Add the greens to the cooker and stir to combine with the liquid. Return the ham to the cooker, cover and cook on high 30 minutes.



Slice the ham and serve with the turnips, apples and greens.



Per serving: Calories 657; Fat 20 g (Saturated 7 g); Cholesterol 185 mg; Sodium 315 mg; Carbohydrate 38 g; Fiber 7 g; Protein 59 g

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If you don't have pickling spice, add a bay leaf, a few peppercorns and a pinch each of coriander and celery seeds, pepper flakes and thyme.