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Sue Moran, head chef, recipe developer, and food photographer at The View from Great Island

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Hey there ~ I’m Sue, head chef and author of over 2k quick and easy recipes here at the Great Island kitchen. I’ve been honing my craft as a professional cook and baker for 15 years, perfecting delicious everyday recipes so you don’t have to.  Let’s grab a bite together!

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Sue’s Holiday Faves

Chocolate Treats!

Apple Cider Doughnut Cake!

This quick and easy apple bread tastes just like a soft moist cider doughnut!

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lemon olive oil cake, with a slice being removed.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Lemon olive oil cake is a deliciously moist and tender Mediterranean style lemon cake perfect with a cup of coffee or tea!

 

 

Recipe

Baking with Olive Oil

Fall Biscuits!

a stack of buckwheat biscuits with a butter knife.
Buckwheat Biscuits
cornmeal biscuits, stacked on a cooling rack.
Cornmeal Biscuits
3 ingredient biscuits in a pile
Classic 3-Ingredient Biscuits

Holiday Cookies

Cardamom Recipes

Gluten Free Cakes

Fabulously moist and delicious cakes made without wheat flour!

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Tender & Moist Ricotta Cakes!

Chicken Thigh Dinners

Creamy Tuscan Chicken thighs cooking in a cream sauce.
Creamy Tuscan Chicken Thighs
Taking a French mustard chicken thigh with tongs.
French Mustard Chicken
chicken thighs with white beans and greens in a pan
Chicken Thighs with Beans and Greens

Lemon Desserts

Lemon desserts are our favorites all year round!

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Roasted Mediterranean side of salmon

Mediterranean Sheet Pan Salmon

Mediterranean Sheet Pan Salmon looks impressive but is so easy. This heart healthy meal is full of omega 3s and comes together in 30 minutes!
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Mediterranean Recipes

Winter Soups

Warming Drinks for Winter

Pouring drinking chocolate into a small cup
Ultimate Drinking Chocolate
Ladling mulled cider into a mug, with steam rising.
Mulled Cider
butterscotch steamer
Butterscotch Steamer

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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