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...]
Over 150 of the Best Passover Recipes on the Web
Cooking for pesach? I've made it easy with over 150 of the best passover recipes on the web! 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. If you've been following this blog for a while, you probably already saw this incredibly helpful list of over 100 delicious passover recipes. Well, ever since I published it, I've published a whole bunch more delicious recipes for pesach. Some of them are specifically for pesach, while others are year round recipes that just happen to be devoid of any chometz. Anyway, I wanted to make sure I had one huge list, so I decided to do the ultimate … [Read more...]
Top Ten Recipes of 2016
Whew. What a year 2016 has been! I've shared some really incredible food here with you, and I am so proud of how this blog has grown. Overtime Cook has seen millions (yep! You read that right!) of page views, and just under one million unique visitors in 2016! I'm so thankful for every one of you, and I want to say (once again!) how your visits, your comments, your feedback - it all spurs me on to keep on creating more delicious food for you. Before we start with some of the yumminess I have in store for you in 2017, I wanted to take a look back at the top 10 posts that you guys enjoyed over the course of the past year. So here we go...... 1) Cinnamon Bun Pie Within....hours of … [Read more...]
26 Freezer Friendly Mains for Your Holiday Meals
Holiday cooking made easy: 26 freezer friendly mains! How many of you are starting to plan for holiday cooking? I don't mean to stress anyone out (quite the opposite!) but there are a gazillion and a half holiday meals coming up, so it's wise to plan ahead. In previous years, I've shared some round-ups of freezer-friendly recipes: Starters, Sides & Soups and Desserts. Today, I'm going to complete your menu planning with a whole bunch of really delicious, freezer-friendly mains! Before we start, let me give you a little insight into my personal menu planning and prep. I usually start with desserts - I like to get them out of the way since almost all of them freeze nicely. Next, … [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...]
101 Recipes for Rosh Hashanah and Holiday Meals
Menu planning? I'm here to help with 101 recipes for Rosh Hashanah! With Rosh Hashanah just a couple of weeks away, and Sukkos following not long after, I know that so many of you are stressed about planning your menus for the upcoming holidays. Don't worry! I'm here to help! Some of you may already use my recipe index as your ultimate kosher recipe guide - with over 300 delicious kosher recipes to choose from, you're bound to find what you're looking for. Today, I took it a step further. I went through my recipe index to find the recipes that are best suited for the upcoming holidays, then I listed them by course. Even better, I put notes next to each one, indicating if it can … [Read more...]
Over 50 Meatless Meal Ideas
Stumped with menu planning? Here are over fifty meatless meal ideas to help you out! ***Before we start – have you signed up for my email newsletters? You’ll get new recipes, cooking tips, menu suggestions, kitchen deals – and more! Click here to signup.*** If you're familiar with Jewish customs, you're likely already aware of why I'm posting this list now. For those who aren't, we are about to enter the saddest time of the Jewish year, the nine days of mourning [over the destruction of the temple]. During those days, we follow certain mourning customs, including refraining from eating any meat or chicken during this time. For some people, that's no big deal. But for lots of … [Read more...]
Top Ten Recipes for the Ultimate Summer Barbecue
Here are the top ten recipes for the ultimate summer barbecue - you need to try these! ***Before we start – have you signed up for my email newsletters? You’ll get new recipes, cooking tips, menu suggestions, kitchen deals – and more! Click here to signup.*** Whether you're planning your Fourth of July celebration, or preparing dishes to enjoy with family this summer, here are my picks for the ultimate summer barbecue recipes. From salads and sides, to mains - and even desserts, I've got you covered! Happy grilling! Sides and Salads: 1) Italian Grilled Zucchini This recipes calls for zucchini, but it's actually my favorite, go-to marinade for all grilled veggies. Try it with … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are dense and peanut buttery on the inside, and coated in chocolate - just like your favorite candy! ***Before we start – have you signed up for my email newsletters? You’ll get new recipes, cooking tips, menu suggestions, kitchen deals – and more! Click here to signup.*** Hello folks, and welcome to the second annual Chocolate Peanut Butter Day! This is a multi-blogger event hosted each year on March 25th by Carla of Chocolate Moosey and Miriam of Overtime Cook (that's me!). If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you have got to know that I am intensely, overwhelmingly and ridiculously in love with the combined flavors of chocolate … [Read more...]
Over 100 Delicious Passover Recipes
Stumped with Passover menu planning? Here's your ultimate passover resource: over 100 delicious passover recipes! ***Before we start – have you signed up for my email newsletters? You’ll get new recipes, cooking tips, menu suggestions, kitchen deals – and more! Click here to signup.*** I know, I know. In my last post, I lamented the passover-takeover of the world. And here I am, gearing you all up into full swing for passover. But let's face it. Whether or not you're ready, whether or not you want it to happen, whether or not you like it...Pesach is coming. You've all been asking me for Passover recipes, and you know that I'm always here to help! I went through every … [Read more...]