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Lemon Glazed Honey Cookies

September 12, 2012 by overtimecook 30 Comments

I just realized how brief my posts have been lately. I mean, I've tried really hard to post recipes, but I've been posting just a line or two about said recipes, and somewhere in the delusion section of my brain, I've convinced myself that I've got this huge and adoring fan base that likes to read my rambling thoughts and random useless observations. Yeah. So I feel like I've disappointed my fans. And by fans I obviously mean my mother and the other lady who sits in her office who like to stalk my foodgawker profile. Ahem. So I've disappointed you (and now we've established who "you" is) with my lack of writing. So I'm gonna write now. Partly because I'm on the train and reception is bad, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cookies, Dessert, Holiday, Seasonal, Traditional Tagged With: Cookies, dessert, Easy Recipes, food, honey cookies, Recipes, Rosh Hashanah

Citrus Carrot Salad

September 10, 2012 by overtimecook 8 Comments

A while ago, when Borders book stores were about to close their doors, they were blowing out all of their merchandise. Needless to say, I totally stalked the cookbook section, buying a lot more books than I should probably admit to. Most notably, I picked up a copy of Mark Bittman's encyclopedic book, How To Cook Everything. It was only today that I realized that I've never actually made a recipe from it. Don't get me wrong. I read the book (almost) cover to cover. I learned tons and tons from it. I've gotten ideas from it. But today I finally took it down to make a recipe. This is one that intrigued me every time I saw it. I love the combination of carrots, citrus and cumin in this. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Healthy, Salads, Seasonal, Sides, Super-Easy, Vegetables Tagged With: carrots, food, lemon, orange, recipe, salad

Herb Marinated Grilled Chicken

August 20, 2012 by overtimecook 10 Comments

In my head, there's a whole post written up about how this may not be a very fancy or creative recipe, but I wanted to share it anyway, because this is my absolute favorite, go-to recipe for grilled chicken. But I am still recovering somewhat from this nasty combination of a cold, cough, strep and a sinus infection, so the whole complicated post isn't going to be written. (You might have also noticed that I didn't post a Photography Friday post, for similar reasons.) Instead, I am going to say very simply that this recipe is delicious. It's super easy to make. It's totally versatile. I cut this chicken up into little cubes and make a salad, or make a sandwich with the chicken and some creamy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Healthy, Main Courses, Seasonal, Super-Easy Tagged With: boneless chicken breast, chicken, dinner, food, grill, Healthy, recipe

Party Pictures

July 31, 2012 by overtimecook 20 Comments

I know what you've been thinking. "She keeps talking about her party, and promising to show us her pictures, but she doesn't follow through! Why, I bet she didn't even make a party! Yeah right. I flatter myself thinking anyone was desperately waiting for these pictures. And I almost didn't show them off because they are seriously awful pictures. Here's what happened. The day of the party was crazy rushed, and I didn't have a second to take a picture until the guests were already starting to arrive. My mother was completely mortified because I made her stand guard and make sure nobody took anything while I finished putting on my makeup and getting my camera ready. So as you can imagine, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Bread, Candy, Cookies, Dessert, Life on the side, Salads Tagged With: Appetizers, dessert table, food, Party, party decor, sheva brachos

Quinoa Cakes and a review of Herbivoracious

July 26, 2012 by overtimecook 24 Comments

When I was given the opportunity to review Herbivoracious, by Michael Natkin, I knew it would be perfect for the nine days. Remember how I said I can't eat meat all week? Well what better time to review a vegetarian cookbook? None, I say. I loved these quinoa cakes, and enjoyed this cookbook! At first glance: There is such a wide variety of recipes in here, you wouldn't imagine that this book is vegetarian. The pictures are beautiful and eye-catching, and best of all, inviting. Some features I liked: You would think that there wouldn't be a wide variety of sections in a vegetarian cookbook (no meat, poultry and fish sections) but the cookbook was very cleverly organized. Main course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Cookbook Reviews, Healthy, Sides, Snacks, Super-Easy, Vegetarian Tagged With: cookbooks, food, Healthy, Quinoa, Recipes, vegetarian

Grilled Vegetable and Pesto Panini

July 18, 2012 by overtimecook 5 Comments

Grilled Vegetable and Pesto Panini is a healthy and summery lunch that only takes minutes to prepare! As a food blogger and recipe developer (does saying that make me sound pretentious? Cause I'm totally not pretentious, but I do have a baking column in a magazine and my mother likes to call me a professional food writer and food photographer which may or may not be getting to my head a bit.) Let's start over. As someone who writes recipes, I often wonder what the line is between basic cooking instructions and a recipe. Take last night's supper for example. I found a nice looking zucchini in my veggie bin, so I sliced it, tossed it with some olive oil, kosher salt, black pepper … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast, Dairy, Healthy, Main Courses, Seasonal, Super-Easy, Vegetarian Tagged With: basil, basil pesto recipe, cheese, dinner, food, grilled vegetables, Pesto, recipe, vegetarian

Dark Truffle, Candied Cherry, and Toasted Almond Ice Cream

July 11, 2012 by overtimecook 10 Comments

Tomorrow is the big party and I am freaking out about a million details I need to deal with. Good thing you guys won't have to miss out- I have an awesome guest post for you today! Carla from Chocolate Moosey has become a great blogging buddy of mine, and it's particularly fitting that she guest post here, because I met her initially through a guest post she did on another blog! Plus, Carla and I share a great love of desserts, which is pretty evident from posts of hers like these peanut butter nutella crinkles, these strawberry lemonade cupcakes and these chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake bars. (Plus, you know you gotta love a blog with an entire cheesecake section!) Anyway, check out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cheesecake/Dairy Desserts, Chocolate, Dessert, Frozen Treats, Guest Post, No-Bake Dessert Tagged With: dessert, food

Sweet and Salty Roasted Pecans

March 13, 2012 by overtimecook 4 Comments

Today on my blog I will introduce you to a different side of my cooking. This isn't my usual decadent and totally fattening dessert who's description, however vivid, is written solely based on the reviews and word of others. Nor is this a healthful recipe that I eat when trying to lose weight. No, this is my guilty little pleasure. My latest addiction, in the interest of full honesty. You may have noticed based on the number of peanut butter based treats on this blog that I adore the combination of sweet and salty. True, those treats are made so I can live vicariously (or simply fatteningly) through others, but still, I make what I want to eat. Not these. I made a batch of these and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy, Nuts, Snacks, Super-Easy Tagged With: food, nuts, Pecans, snacks

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