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

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

Niçoise Salad

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“Love this salad! I usually compose individual plates when I’m making this — more work, but worth doing. Good…

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

Roasted 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

8

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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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homemade kefir recipe, in a glass.

Homemade Kefir Recipe

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Taking a teaspoon of homemade vanilla extract!

Homemade Vanilla Extract

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blackberries with sugar

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a cup of homemade chamomile tea.

How to Make Chamomile Tea

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Dried orange slices.

How to Make Dried Orange Slices

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homemade Irish Cream in antique glassware.

How to Make Homemade Irish Cream

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Japanese ramen eggs, sliced open to reveal soft yolks.

How to Make Ramen Eggs

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Easy homemade chocolate truffles in a glass bowl.

How to Make Chocolate Truffles

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sliced strip steak

How to Cook Strip Steak

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removing a slice of orange cake with a cake server

Healthier Baking with Olive Oil

Old fashioned relish tray with stuffed eggs and celery.

How to Make a Relish Tray

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How to Measure a Pie Plate

raw wild rice in a wooden bowl

How to Cook Wild Rice

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grapefruit rosemary water

How to Make Healthy Infused Water

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Chantilly cream piped into a glass jar, with spoon.

How to Make Chantilly Cream

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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

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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 without!)

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!

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a pitcher of lemonade

How to make lemonade

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making homemade aioli

30-Second Aioli Recipe

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How to Make Vegan Mayonnaise

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colorful pansy shortbread cookies

How to Make Pansy Topped Shortbread Cookies

80

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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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stick of butter

Quickly bring cold ingredients to room temperature for baking!

taking a wedge of gooey baked Brie

How to Bake Brie

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roasted winter squash seeds in small bowls

Roasted Squash Seeds ~ five ways!

179

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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

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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!

Spicy Thai Spaghetti Salad in glass bowl

Thai Spaghetti Salad

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rhubarb breakfast cake

Easy Rhubarb Cake

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Mom’s Creamy Potato Salad Recipe

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buttermilk doughnut cake on rack

Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut Cake

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a slice of blueberry lemon layer cake with fork

Blueberry Lemon Cake

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Mediterranean roasted sheet pan salmon with tomatoes, olives, onion, and lemon

Mediterranean Sheet Pan Salmon

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