Spicy Marinated Olives are easy to make and totally delicious! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group. Click here to join the conversation. The real name of this recipe is "Daddy's World Famous Spicy Marinated Olives." I thought that would be a little long, so I shortened it a bit. But now I need to tell you guys the story behind the title. My father, Harry Pascal, is an amazing cook, and he has certain specialties that he makes all the time. His roasted potatoes, for example, have been nicknamed by guests "serious potatoes" because...well, we don't joke around about those. He makes amazing cholent, … [Read more...]
Chicken Panini Sandwich – Four Ways
Four ways to make a gourmet, homemade supper in minutes: Chicken Panini Sandwiches! This post is brought to you in partnership with Kosher Club. Thank you for supporting the brands I genuinely believe in and use in my kitchen. These brands help make this blog possible. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! A while back, I wrote this post about a new kosher product, Kosher Club Chunked White Chicken. In that post, I talked about the benefits of shelf-stable, fully cooked, ready to eat chicken. You should go ahead and read that first, so you're fully caught up. Read it? Okay, good. (To sum it up: I … [Read more...]
Slushy Berry Tea
Slushy Berry Tea is easy to make, good for you, and really refreshing! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! How was everyone's shavuos? I've been hearing from hundreds of fans who've been raving about all of the new (and not necessarily healthy) recipes that they've tried for shavuos, and that feedback makes me So.Happy. No jokes. Well, if you're looking for a new recipe to try but want something healthy (three days straight of holiday meals will do that to you, amiright?) then I've got your back. As the weather heats up each year, I spend more and more time thinking about drinks. Cold drinks. Slushy … [Read more...]
10-Minute Teriyaki Chicken Stir-Fry
Gourmet homemade supper on your busiest days? Now it's possible with this 10-Minute Teriyaki Chicken Stir-Fry! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! As a blogger, I've had the opportunity to partner up with various brands, all of which I respect, and all of which sell products that you'll find at any time on my shelves or in my pantry. Brand partnerships are a win-win situation for both myself, the blogger, and for you, the reader. They allow me to continue to bring you high-quality recipes on a continuous basis, all completely free of charge. What you don't know is that behind the scenes, I'm actually … [Read more...]
Roasted Green Beans with Asian Peanut Sauce
Roasted Green Beans with Asian Peanut Sauce: a quick and easy side dish that's both addictive and family-friendly! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Tonight's post was supposed to be about Purim. I had been brainstorming purim recipes, had a list of ideas for hamantaschen, shalach manos, and even the purim seudah. But then. But then, this idea came to me. Roasted Green Beans - but with an Asian peanut twist. That's right. It's everything I (and you!) love in a side dish: veggie? Yep. Super easy? Yep. Minimal prep time? Yep. Minimal dishes to wash? Yep. Family friendly? Yep. Addictive? TOTALLY. So. … [Read more...]
Purple Cabbage Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
Purple Cabbage Salad with Maple Vinaigrette is a crowd-pleasing salad that that takes just minutes to make! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Before we move on to this awesome new purple cabbage salad recipe, I need to stop for a minute and acknowledge that 2016 is upon us, and ohmygosh what a year 2015 has been! 2015 will go down in history as the year I wrote my first cookbook, but it's also been amazing in other ways. I can't believe how my little blog has grown - not only was it viewed 2.5 million times this year(!!), but just under one million unique visitors have come. That's such a mind-boggling … [Read more...]
Over 40 Easy and Healthy Recipes
Looking to eat healthy? Here are over 40 easy and healthy recipes that your entire family will love! NEVER MISS A RECIPE! SIGN UP FOR OVERTIME COOK EMAILS. So...who's relieved all those holidays are over? I know I am. Less food to cook. Life back to normal. Time to diet, am I right? I was all set to post a couple of new recipes here, including some fabulous new desserts and an amazing new side dish for shabbos. But then I was thinking. If most of you are trying to eat better after the holidays, I should probably help you out with some healthy recipes, right? With all of the delicious holiday food I've been sharing lately, combined with the phenomenal treats in my … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Fried Rice
Quick and Easy Fried Rice is a yummy side dish that takes just minutes to make! Excuse me for a minute while I go all nostalgic on you here, but I grew up with this dish, so it's really exciting to share Daddy's Quick and Easy Fried Rice and Eggs with you all. My father made it all the time when I was growing up - and it's no wonder! If you have leftover rice (or you can make extra rice when making some for a different dish) you can transform it into a yummy side dish. My father used to do it as a real spur-of-the-moment thing. "Oh look - leftover rice from supper? Let's make lunch for tomorrow!" With just a few minutes of prep and simple ingredients, this is bound to become your … [Read more...]
Award Winning Turkey Veggie Meatloaf
Turkey Veggie Meatloaf is a quick and easy, kid friendly supper that will sneak those veggies into your menu in the most delicious way! Remember the big Hanukkah recipe contest I hosted with CookKosher? Well. I know that I should have posted the winner a while ago, but life got overwhelmingly hectic, and lots of other things got in the way. But today is finally reveal day! The contest asked you to post your best recipe to CookKosher.Com's ever-growing database of kosher recipes, submitted by home cooks just like you. There are two winners of this contest. One will have their recipe featured in an upcoming cookbook as part of the "Made Easy" cookbook series, and the other winner … [Read more...]
Sweet and Spicy Maple Roasted Pecans
These Sweet and Spicy Maple Roasted Pecans have just the right blend of flavors to keep you coming back for more! Can we talk about addictive foods? Some foods, like chocolate, are always high up there on my "I need that" list. Ice cream is on that list too. Cookies also. But when you think of foods that make it really hard for you to stop after one or two, what do you think of? Many of us think of chips. Potato chips, corn chips...mmm. Definitely don't like to stop after just one of those! But for me, the most addictive - and I mean don't-stop-till-they-are-gone addictive food is nuts. And more specifically, pecans. And even more specifically, these sweet and spicy maple roasted … [Read more...]