Robert McCune, Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Robert McCune has tested.

A yellow bowl filled with strawberry ice cream.

Strawberry Ice Cream

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The tempered sweetness of this spectacular strawberry ice cream relies on in-season strawberries rather than obscene amounts of sugar for flavor. This is no ordinary ice cream.

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  • 30 M
  • 1 H
  • 16
A white plate topped with an iceberg wedge with blue cheese dressing.

Iceberg Wedges with Blue Cheese Dressing

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The best version we’ve experienced of this classic steakhouse salad with a creamy blue cheese dressing that’s basically an excuse to eat your vegetables.

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  • 10 M
  • 10 M
  • 0
A wine glass filled with frozen Long Island iced tea, garnished with an orange slice on an umbrella.

Frozen Long Island Iced Tea

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Blender drinks don’t get much boozier than this rendition of that raid-the-liquor-cabinet classic. Umbrella optional.

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  • 10 M
  • 10 M
  • 2
A deep baking dish lined with parchment and filled with baked ricotta

Baked Ricotta

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Entertaining gets no simpler than this rich, creamy, indulgent, elegant cheese spread made from three ingredients. Tasting is believing. Go on.

  • 10 M
  • 35 M
  • 42
Spaetzle

Spaetzle

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Spaetzle is like homemade pasta but without all that fussy rolling out, which makes it as easy as it is satisfying. Not to mention cheap as can be.

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  • 10 M
  • 25 M
  • 2
Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

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Making stock from scratch was never difficult. And it just became even easier thanks to this simple yet perfect slow cooker approach.

  • 15 M
  • 12 H
  • 35
Three homemade Larabars

Homemade Larabars

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We got nothing against the Larabars we’ve been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here’s a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

  • 15 M
  • 50 M
  • 193
Buttermilk Dressing With Winter Crudites

Buttermilk Dressing With Winter Crudites

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Whoever made up that silly rule about no white after Labor Day clearly has never stunned dinner guests with vegetables in shades of winter white and palest green.

  • 10 M
  • 10 M
  • 2
Easy Eggnog

Easy Eggnog

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Ever since trying this eggnog, we can’t make it through the holiday season without eggnog. Not just any eggnog. This one. All the richness. None of the cloying sweetness or regret-it-the-next-day heaviness.

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  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 0
A white oval casserole filled with egg and cheese strata--bread, Fontina cheese, eggs, prosciutto, and asparagus

Egg and Cheese Strata

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Given that its overnight rest INSISTS you make this simple strata ahead of time, it sorta screams for a lazy Sunday or Christmas morning, don’t you think?

  • 20 M
  • 1 H
  • 8
A ceramic oval dish of baked spinach mornay with cream sauce, sliced onion, and browned top

Baked Spinach Mornay

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Sorta like potato gratin, except the nutty, cheesy white sauce swaddles leaves of spinach, not sliced spuds. Sure beats salad.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H
  • 2
Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

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This slightly sweet, subtly tangy, entirely apple-y vinaigrette recipe is going to come in far more handy than you can ever imagine.

  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 6
Two cardboard cups filled with lemon ice, one with a wooden spoon with of heap of ice on it

Lemon Ice

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Much as we love ice cream, sometimes it’s just too darn hot and humid for something so sweet and sticky. Enter the lemon icey.

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  • 10 M
  • 7 H, 30 M
  • 10
A tin can filled with fennel slaw--a type of coleslaw-on a metal tray

Fennel Slaw

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“The perfect combination of sweet-tart creaminess.” That’s what folks are saying about this super easy, super fast fennel slaw.

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  • 15 M
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  • 6
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