Ingredients

• - 8 cups low fat chicken stock or canned low-salt broth
• - 1 pound linguiça or kielbasa sausage or Spanish chorizo*, diced OPTIONAL
• - 2 cups soaked and cooked assorted beans, drained
• - 1 pound russet potatoes, peeled, diced
• - 1 14 1/2-ounce can diced ready-cut tomatoes
• - 1/2 medium head savoy cabbage, coarsely chopped (about 4 1/2 cups)
• - 1 cup turnips, peeled, diced
• - 2 leeks (white and light green parts only), chopped
• - 2 large carrots, diced
• - 1 small onion, chopped
• - 6 garlic cloves, minced
• - 1 bay leaf
• *Spanish chorizo is a smoked pork sausage flavored with garlic and spices, and milder than Mexican chorizo.