How to Use turnip in a Sentence

turnip

noun
  • Look for leafy greens like spinach, bok choy and turnip greens.
    — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 9 May 2017
  • If your turnips come with green tops, don't throw them away.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Stir in the reserved sausage, beans and turnip greens.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Use spinach or tender kale, in place of turnip greens.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Turnips aren’t the only thing that sets this pan roast apart.
    — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2017
  • Pull pork into bite-size pieces; add to stew with turnip greens.
    — Liz Mervosh, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The turnip was served unadorned next to two slices of steamed and grilled duck.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Whisk in hard cider and stock and then add turnip and sweet potato to the pot.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Raw baby turnips can be sliced or diced and used in salads.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Add salt to the pot of boiling water and cook the turnip tops.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Not all grocers sell turnips with their greens intact.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The chefs serve the wings with slices of pickle and pickled turnip.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2018
  • Serve this dish alone or pair it with roasted turnips and winter squash.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The rich miso broth gets a nice peppery bite from turnip greens and ginger.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2023
  • Brassicas such as rape, kale, turnips, and canola have deep roots and large leaves.
    — Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The family only had turnips and tulip bulb flour to eat.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Raw turnips can also be grated and used as a garnish.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • South was a visitor to our club who may have arrived on a turnip truck.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Come for the photos, stay for the yellow pickled turnip recipe.
    — Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Too often, turnips get short shrift in the fall produce parade.
    — Matt Brooks, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Many turn their noses up at turnips, Brussel sprouts, beets and eggplants.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Fitting then that her Irish stew, with turnips and lamb, is rich and balanced.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
  • There's still time to plant other greens, such as mustard, collard and turnip.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Plant root crops such as beets, carrots, radishes, rutabagas and turnips by seed.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Cooking turnips can also give them more flavor.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The inside is white and has been compared to a cross between an apple and a turnip.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2022
  • Parsnips, turnips, and rutabagas are all very earthy, sometimes bitter, and tend to be quite strong.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Your best bets here are the radish turnip cakes, soup dumplings and pork and shrimp shu mai, all $8 to $13.
    — Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Branch out this year and try turnip greens, a true Southern specialty.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Rutabagas are like a cross between a turnip and a cabbage that came about hundreds of years ago.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020

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