“For more flavor, after roasting the turkey you can skim the drippings from the pan and add them to the gravy just before serving. It’s best to discard the strong-tasting liver before using the giblets. This recipe makes enough to accompany a large turkey and still have plenty for leftovers.”

“The beans and garlic butter can be prepared up to 2 days in advance.”

“No-Boil Sweet Potatoes

Boiling sweet potatoes in lots of liquid—as you would regular potatoes—is not a good idea. Sweet potatoes will soak up too much water, and the resulting mash will be a soggy mess. Better to cook them in a small amount of of liquid. Just 2 tablespoons of heavy cream (plus a little butter), along with the water released from the sweet potatoes as they cook, is enough to steam them into tenderness."

This recipe can be doubled and prepared in a Dutch oven, but the cooking time will need to be doubled as well.

POINTS value per serving: 3
Pasta-Free Vegetable Lasagna
Skip the noodles and use thin strips of zucchini to make this flavorful lasagna, a healthy dinner and one that freezes beautifully, too.

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“Catherine Cocke, the restaurant’s assistant manager, picks lasagna as one of the Golden Temple’s most popular dishes because ‘it’s a wonderful-tasting dish that’s easy to make at home. I think you’ll find it just as popular with your guests as with ours.’”