Everything Roasted Eggplant is the two ingredient side dish you can't get enough of! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! There's a struggle that I have, as a food blogger and recipe developer, where sometimes, my favorite recipes, aren't always a good fit for this blog. Why, you ask? It's simple. No, not that the answer is simple. The recipe is simple. Too simple? Maybe? I dunno. If I add one spice mix to a vegetable, is that a blog worthy recipe? I don't know. Is it? But then sometimes, these too-simple-to-be-a-recipe type of recipes just hit the spot, and I find myself making them again, and again, … [Read more...]
Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower is an easy and delicious side dish for passover and all year long. This post is brought to you as part of an ongoing partnership between this blog and Best Select. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep this blog running. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! With pesach coming alarmingly fast, I know you guys are thinking about passover recipes and menus. Well, you guys all know how I am always trying to make your lives easier, and that's why I gathered together over 150 of the best passover recipes on the web into one handy list. But I know that everyone … [Read more...]
Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach Potatoes
Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach Potatoes are a flavorful and versatile side dish! 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. I've hinted in a few of my recent posts about how there are a bunch of exciting new things keeping my really busy lately, and if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook (where I talk about all kinds of things you might be missing here on the blog (hint hint;) you already know about this one. Or you may have seen the news in Mishpacha Magazine. Yep, you read that right! I have a new column in Mishpacha magazine, where I am sharing some incredibly easy, … [Read more...]
Spicy Baked Curly Carrot Fries
Spicy Baked Curly Carrot Fries are a simple, easy, healthy and totally yummy side dish....with an extra dash of fun! Raise your hand if you have nostalgic feelings toward those curly frozen french fries of your childhood. You too? I remember them fondly, and used them as an inspiration for this recipe. But then I made them healthier by using carrots, and made them tastier by adding a delicious blend of spices. But we kept the fun, nostalgic look, because who doesn't love that! I made this recipe special for my blogging buddy Chanie of Busy in Brooklyn fame, to give her some time off to spend with her gorgeous new baby girl. So head on over to Busy in Brooklyn to get this … [Read more...]
Crispiest Home Fries Recipe
Whether you're looking for a delicious breakfast or a quick-and-easy side dish, this Crispiest Home Fries Recipe is going to hit the spot! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! This recipe is long overdue. And by that, I mean at least a year. It definitely started on Pesach, I'm just not sure if it was last year or the year before. Anyway, let me explain. In our kitchen, every pesach, we always try to keep on hand two things that are at the base of many pesach recipes: fried onions and boiled potatoes. (Side note: this is a great tip. Keep both of those around at all times to make your cooking easier.) … [Read more...]
Baked Almond Crusted Zucchini Fries
These crispy, baked Almond Crusted Zucchini Fries are low-carb, gluten-free and kosher for passover! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Okay guys. It's unavoidable. We've pushed it off as long as we possibly could, but you knew it had to come, right? Obviously, I'm talking about Pesach recipes. There's just a few weeks left, and I'm going to be sharing a bunch of my favorite new pesach recipes with you here. I promise, it won't be too bad! I kinda can't believe I've never shared these Almond Crusted Zucchini Fries with you till now. I guess it's because I have a really hard time sharing pesach recipes … [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...]
Mushroom and Garlic Quinoa
Mushroom and Garlic Quinoa is an easy side dish that will make you love eating healthy! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Let's talk about New Year's resolutions for a minute. There's an old joke that you wish someone "may your troubles last only as long as your new year's resolutions." So if you're finished with eating healthy, and you're looking for some really decadent recipes...well, I totally get you. Dieting. Is. Hard. (You can browse through the archives for some not-so-healthy recipes, I won't judge.) But for those of you who're looking to eat healthy, and are always looking for fast and … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Noodle Kugel
Pumpkin Noodle Kugel is a delicious, easy and freezer-friendly side dish that's perfect for Thanksgiving or all year round! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? Full of recipes, kitchen tips and deals and more! Click here to signup. Here's a confession: I've been waiting to share this recipe with you for over a year now. It was well over a year ago that the inspiration struck: Pumpkin Noodle Kugel. Brilliant, right? Everyone loves a good pumpkin recipe, especially with fall here and Thanksgiving around the corner. And who doesn't love a freezer-friendly, delicious kugel side dish? Anyway, I made this what feels like a lifetime ago. In my pre-cookbook author days. The … [Read more...]
Crispy Smashed Za’atar Potatoes
Crispy Smashed Za'atar Potatoes are an easy and fresh side dish with a unique flavor! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? Full of recipes, kitchen tips and deals and more! Click here to signup. One of the great things about being a food blogger is the community - the people you meet, the friends you make...it's an amazing thing to be a part of. One of my Kosher foodie friends is Kim Kushner. You may be familiar with her instagram, @KimKushnerCuisine, or you might remember her as the incredible hostess behind the #KosherFoodiePotluck I was lucky enough to attend the last two summers. Well, Kim released her second cookbook, The New Kosher, right around the same time as … [Read more...]