Tips & How-Tos • The View from Great Island

Main Dishes & Dinners

sliced strip steak

30 Minute Meals

How to Cook Strip Steak

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slicing beef tenderloin on a cutting board

Beef Main Dishes

How to Roast Beef Tenderloin

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how to grill a whole chicken

How to Grill a Whole Chicken

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a sliced turkey breast on a platter with clementines

How to Roast a Turkey Breast (and make gravy)

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Desserts

How to Make Homemade Sprinkles!

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Bourbon Marshmallows in hot cocoa

How to Make Bourbon Marshmallows

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How to Make Homemade Magic Shell

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How to Make Rainbow Popsicles for a healthy summer treat ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make Rainbow Fruit Popsicles

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Easy swirled chocolate bark, two ways

How To Make Swirled Chocolate Bark

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colorful pansy shortbread cookies

How to Make Pansy Topped Shortbread Cookies

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Appetizers & Starters

Winter Cheese Platter

How to Make an Epic Cheese Board

How to Make the Best Bourbon Meatballs ever! ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make the Best Bourbon Meatballs Ever!

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How to Make the Perfect Salad Nicoise ~ a colorful and healthy main course salad ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

30 Minute Meals

How to Make the Perfect Niçoise Salad

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How to Make the Perfect Niçoise Salad ~ this healthy main course tuna salad is one of the best…

Condiments & Sauces

How to Preserve Lemons

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Making citrus sugar in a food processor with sugar and lemon zest

How to Make Lemon Sugar

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clotted cream in a small jar, with scones.

How to Make Clotted Cream

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Whipped Yogurt ~ the new way to enjoy one of the healthiest foods on the planet! ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make Whipped Yogurt

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quick pickled dilly beans

How To Quick Pickle (almost) Anything!

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How to make Homemade Coconut Milk Yogurt

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Miso Wonton Soup

How to Make Miso Wonton Soup

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Miso Wonton Soup is an easy 30 minute meal made with frozen chicken dumplings and healthy Japanese miso paste…

Ingredient Guides

A quick and healthy Miso Alphabet Soup recipe

How to Use Miso

Tiger Butter Chocolate Bark is a stunning homemade candy that lets you unleash your creativity -- no two pieces will be alike! ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Melt Chocolate

slicing the top off a pineapple

How to Cut a Pineapple

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roasted winter squash seeds in small bowls

How to Roast Squash Seeds ~ five ways!

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How to cook any type of winter squash

How to Cook Any Type Of Winter Squash

a pink pineapple (Pinkglow) sliced

Pink Pineapple ~ everything you need to know!

Breakfast & Brunch

How to Make an Instagram Worthy Breakfast Bowl that's a beautiful and smart way to start the day

How to Make a Smoothie Bowl

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Drizzling syrup onto a pancake in a mug.

How to Make a Pancake in a Mug!

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Pumpkin Toaster Waffles

How to Make and Freeze Toaster Waffles

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How to Set the Table diagram.

How to Set the Table!

Do you know how to set a table? It may be a dying art, but it’s still relevant those…

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spoon in raspberry sugar.

How to Make Raspberry Sugar

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Moosewood cookbook cardamom coffeecake, sliced.

Cardamom Coffee Cake

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Almond Ricotta Cake

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steamed mussels in a skillet.

Steamed Mussels

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wedding meatball risotto

Italian Wedding Risotto

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Greek Tomato Salad with Salmon

2

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Making blender lemon curd in the blender.

Blender Lemon Curd

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Drizzling syrup onto a pancake in a mug.

How to Make a Pancake in a Mug!

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roasting a whole butternut squash.

How to Roast a Whole Butternut Squash

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gingerbread cookies.

The Trouble with Cookies…

How to Set the Table diagram.

How to Set the Table!

silverware in a glass jar

How to Use and Care for Silverware

roasting Honeynut squash with spiced maple syrup.

How to Cook Honeynut Squash

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How to cook any type of winter squash

How to Cook Any Type Of Winter Squash

wine braised short ribs on polenta

How to Cook Short Ribs in the Instant Pot

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Halloween cocktails.

How to make Smoked Cocktails with Dry Ice (or not!)

a cup of lemon balm tea with lemon wedge and lemon balm leaves.

How to Make Lemon Balm Tea

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bright green pesto in a food processor

How to Keep Pesto Green!

How to Make Homemade Magic Shell

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quick pickled dilly beans

How To Quick Pickle (almost) Anything!

28

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a pitcher of lemonade

How to make lemonade

8

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making homemade aioli

30-Second Aioli Recipe

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How to Make Vegan Mayonnaise

3

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colorful pansy shortbread cookies

How to Make Pansy Topped Shortbread Cookies

68

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a pink pineapple (Pinkglow) sliced

Pink Pineapple ~ everything you need to know!

Spicy Basil Pesto ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

3 green sauces you should know how to make!

flatbread pizza, cut in half

How to Make Flatbread Pizza with a Tortilla

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Homemade English muffin split with butter

How to Make Easy English Muffins

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slicing the top off a pineapple

How to Cut a Pineapple

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potato latkes on a platter

How to Make Perfect Latkes

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taking a wedge of gooey baked Brie

How to Bake Brie

13

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roasted winter squash seeds in small bowls

How to Roast Squash Seeds ~ five ways!

173

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fresh summer roll with sprouts

How to Make Summer Rolls

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How to Make Rainbow Popsicles for a healthy summer treat ~ theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make Rainbow Fruit Popsicles

20

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basil leaves

How to Make Basil Mayonnaise

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How to Make Homemade Fruit Liqueur --- my special method results in intense fruity flavor and stunningly gorgeous colors! theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make Homemade Fruit Liqueur

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Caesar salad with homemade Caesar salad dressing.

30 Second Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe

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homemade clotted cream

How to Make Clotted Cream ~ 3 Ways!

A mini bud vase made from an eggshell, filled with flowers

How to make Eggshell Planters

homemade Irish Cream in antique glassware.

How to Make Homemade Irish Cream

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Lightly steamed asapragus with 30-second Hollandaise sauce

30 Second Hollandaise Sauce

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meringue mushroom cookies

How to Make Meringue Mushrooms

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a sliced turkey breast on a platter with clementines

How to Roast a Turkey Breast (and make gravy)

8

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Winter Cheese Platter

How to Make an Epic Cheese Board

a jar of apple sauce next to a jar of apple butter

How to Make Apple Butter from Apple Sauce!

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slicing beef tenderloin on a cutting board

How to Roast Beef Tenderloin

16

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rhubarb crumble

How to Make Any Fruit Crisp Without a Recipe

A glass of bee balm iced tea with a metal straw

How to Make Bee Balm Tea

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No Churn Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is quick and easy and full of intense vanilla flavor! | theviewfromgreatisland.com

How to Make No Churn Ice Cream ~ 3 Methods!

how to grill a whole chicken

How to Grill a Whole Chicken

7

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Whipped Coffee in a small glass of milk

How To Make Whipped Coffee (Korean Dalgona)

6

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Macaroni and cheese in a white bowl

How to Make Mac and Cheese without a recipe!

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virtual cocktail party drinks

How to Host a Virtual Happy Hour!

Creamsicle Cake

My Best Baking Tips for Layer Cakes

oatmeal cranberry cookies in a jar

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

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apple cider doughnut cake

Apple Cider Doughnut Cake

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Finnish Salmon Soup – Lohikeitto ~ this simple salmon and potato soup is the ultimate 30 minute spring meal, with a light cream broth, melt-in-your-mouth chunks of salmon, and tons of fresh dill!

Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto)

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Soft Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

Soft Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

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Homemade Pineapple Cough Syrup

All Natural Pineapple Cough Syrup

270

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roasted winter squash seeds in small bowls

How to Roast Squash Seeds ~ five ways!

173

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