Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! Welcome to episode three of Dinner Roulette, where my followers vote on the ingredients and I come up with a recipe! This time, you guys chose chicken cutlets, cauliflower and rice. I was thinking of some more obvious ideas, but then it hit me....SOUP! And here we are. This soup is hearty and delicious and definitely going to be a new favorite! Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that bonus content that you don’t want to … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! Are you a soup-in-cold-weather-only person, or a soup-all-year-round person? To be honest, I am the latter. I'll never say no to a good bowl of hearty soup. But there's definitely something about the colder months that makes everyone crave a bowl of warm and comforting food. And this Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew is nothing if not warm and comforting! This soup is a hearty vegetarian one, whether the start to a meal or whether it's your whole meal in one bowl. I hope you and your family love this one as much as we do! Did you know that I … [Read more...]
Split Pea Chicken Soup
Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! In my mind, there is no greater cozy dinner than a hearty bowl of soup and some good, crusty bread. During the winter months, this is a weekly dinner in my home, and I think you should start this tradition as well! This split pea chicken soup is one of my favorites. It's hearty and delicious, packed with flavor, protein, veggies and more. Try it and you'll understand! Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that … [Read more...]
Apple Parsnip Soup
Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! This soup may look beautiful, but it’s total comfort food in the bowl. The warm flavors of root vegetables, the sweet flavor of apple, and the richness of the marrow bones combine to make a dish that’s bound to become a family favorite. You can skip the marrow bones to make the soup parve, but it will lack that richness. Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that bonus content that you don’t want to miss! Like … [Read more...]
Hearty Lentil Soup with Meatballs
Hearty Lentil Soup with Meatballs is the ultimate meal-in-one soup that is delicious, freezer friendly and family friendly! Click here to join the Overtime Cook WhatsApp Status, for exclusive recipes, tips and content! Are you more into creamy/pureed soups, or do you prefer chunky soups? Personally, I love pureed soups - I find them to be very comforting. But there's definitely always a place for a hearty, chunky, thick soups. When I got married, I discovered that my husband vastly prefers a hearty chunky soup to a smooth soup, so I've been greatly expanding my repertoire of chunky soups. I also discovered that of all the soups, lentils seem to be a real favorite of … [Read more...]
Crockpot Cabbage and Beef Stew
Crockpot Cabbage and Beef Stew is a quick and easy comfort food dish that comes together in minutes and cooks in your crockpot as you go about your day! Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. There's really nothing quite like a crockpot dinner to make me feel like I've got my life together. No matter how tired I am after my work day, no matter if the house is flying, dinner is ready when I'm ready for it, and I don't need to do anything. The fact that the house will smell amazing when you arrive home (or all day, if you work from home like I do!) is just a nice big bonus! This … [Read more...]
Beef and Broccoli Soup
Beef and Broccoli Soup is a meal-in-one take on a Chinese restaurant classic that your whole family will love! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. There are certain dishes that I'll reliably order every time I see it on the menu. I mean, I'm not proud of this. I also want to branch out, and I often do, but I see certain menu items and I *need* to have them. For example, if I see beer battered onion rings on a restaurant menu, I need to taste them. Sometimes they're massively disappointing, but occasionally they're really great and I'll always take that chance. Then, there's beef and broccoli. Every time I … [Read more...]
Mushroom Barley Chicken Soup
Slow cooked chicken soup combines with hearty mushroom barley to make this instant favorite: Mushroom Barley Chicken Soup! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. Let's talk about comfort food, shall we? But first, let me tell you guys a little story about how I couldn't make up my mind, and that led me to create one of my new favorite soups, ever. In general, I hate making decisions. Ask me where I want to go for dinner, and the answer will always be "I don't care as long as I don't have to choose." No jokes. I'm indecisive and it's not usually a good thing. But recently, it came in pretty handy. I was … [Read more...]
Meaty Tomato Soup
Meaty Tomato Soup is rich, flavorful and just so delicious! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! This recipe is for my sister. No, literally for my sister. she asked me to make a recipe for a great meaty tomato soup. Not the old fashioned kind with cabbage and buckets full of sugar, but a rich, savory, meaty tomato soup that she could put on her yom tov menu. Like any good sister does, I got to work coming up with the best, richest, most delicious tomato soup I could come up with. The end result is incredible. It's savory, it's delicious, it's phenomenal. You know when you have a really, … [Read more...]
Healthy Recipe Roundup
The Ultimate Healthy Recipe Roundup to help with your weight loss and health resolutions! Is there a time of the year, more than these post-pesach days, when people are more focused on eating healthy and paying more attention to their diets? No, I don't think so either. Aside from any over-indulgences we may have enjoyed over the holiday, I think there's also a "fresh start" aspect. Before passover, we clean all the food out of our kitchens. Over the holiday, we buy our pesach food. Then when pesach is over and real life starts again, we need to restock. And now, the choice is ours. Do we stuff our pantries with crackers and cookies and all kinds of junk? Or do we load our shelves up … [Read more...]