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Roasted Green Beans with Asian Peanut Sauce

March 8, 2016 by overtimecook 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Healthy, Seasonal, Sides, Super-Easy, Vegetables Tagged With: asian, Easy Recipes, green beans, recipe, Side Dish, sides

Asian Kale Slaw

February 10, 2016 by overtimecook 2 Comments

Asian Kale Slaw is an easy and flavorful salad that's bound to become your new favorite! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend a media seminar at Fischer Bros. and Leslie, one of New York's oldest kosher butcher shops. It was interesting to learn about a different time - when small butcher shops, house accounts and personal attention were the norm, not the exception. In today's day and age of mass production, it's nice to visit a place that still does things the old fashioned way - a family owned butcher shop where customers know the staff - and the staff knows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy, Salads, Super-Easy, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: Cabbage, carrot, kale, recipe, salad

Mushroom and Garlic Quinoa

January 13, 2016 by overtimecook 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Healthy, Sides, Super-Easy, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: easy, garlic, gluten free, Healthy, mushroom, Quinoa, recipe, Side Dish, vegan, vegetarian

Mixed Vegetable and Potato Latkes

December 8, 2015 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Mixed Vegetable and Potato Latkes are the perfect Hanukkah compromise. Potato Latke for the purists, vegetable latkes for the other folks - resulting in a latke that's sure to please! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? Full of recipes, kitchen tips and deals and more! Click here to signup. Well, it's been a while, and we're finally here: Chanukah. Or Hanukah. Or Hanukkah. Or However else you spell it. It's time for donuts and latkes, and lots of chocolate coins. If you're following the Kosher and Jewish "foodie" movement, you've probably noticed the trend. Everyone is busy outdoing each other - and even themselves - coming up with the most unique and creative latkes they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Hanukkah, Holiday, Sides, Traditional Tagged With: appetizer, chanukah, hanukkah, jewish food, latkes

Pumpkin Noodle Kugel

November 17, 2015 by overtimecook 17 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Freezer-Friendly, Holiday, Pasta, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Sides, Super-Easy Tagged With: easy recipe, Kugel, pumpkin, recipe, Side Dish, thanksgiving

Crispy Smashed Za’atar Potatoes

October 27, 2015 by overtimecook 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Cookbook Reviews, Healthy, Holiday, Product Reviews, Sides, Super-Easy, Vegetarian Tagged With: israeli food, Potatoes, Side Dish

Grilled Chicken Shawarma Salad

June 3, 2015 by overtimecook 5 Comments

Grilled Chicken Shawarma salad is a delicious and flavorful meal! As you all know, I'm working super hard on my cookbook right now, and barely have a second for working on recipes for you guys here on the blog. But I don't want to leave you guys lacking for new and delicious food to make, so I am thrilled to have some of my blog buddies stepping up to share some guest posts until I wrap it up. Today, I am so excited to introduce my friend Chanie from Busy in Brooklyn. If you aren't yet familiar with Chanie's blog, you're about to discover a wealth of amazing and gourmet kosher recipes! Chanie's recipes range from fun treats like Drunken Hasselback Salami, to creative twists like her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Chicken, Grilling, Guest Post, Healthy, Main Courses, Salads, Vegetables, Weeknight Dinner Tagged With: chicken, salad, shawarma, vegetables

Chicken Packets with Spinach and Peppers {Guest Post}

April 22, 2015 by overtimecook 1 Comment

 Chicken Packets with Spinach and Peppers are an easy-to-make, family-friendly recipe that's healthy too! Over the next couple of months, as I race to finish my cookbook and get it out to you, you'll be seeing a couple more guest posts than usual, as my foodie friends step in to share recipes with you while I'm busy! Today's post is from Daniella Silver. You probably don't know her name, but you're about to. Daniella's new cookbook The Silver Platter, is due for release on May 6th. Here's the story behind the story: Daniella and I first met two years ago through Norene Gilletz, who has partnered with her on this cookbook. When Norene told me that Daniella was working on her first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Guest Post, Healthy, Main Courses, Passover, Seasonal, Super-Easy, Vegetables, Weeknight Dinner Tagged With: chicken, easy recipe, Healthy, main dish, peppers, recipe, spinach, vegetables

Doughless Potato Knishes for Passover

March 31, 2015 by overtimecook 68 Comments

Easy to make and freezer-friendly, these doughless potato knishes for Passover are a great, family-friendly side dish! ***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 can't believe I'm finally sharing this recipe here. It's a Passover staple in my family. Partly because these gluten-free knishes are so delicious, partly because they can be made ahead and frozen, and partly because they'are kinda different from the other potatoes we eat all week. But here's the thing. First, I totally didn't think you guys would want this recipe. It's not exactly a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Holiday, Passover, Passover, Seasonal, Sides, Super-Easy, Traditional Tagged With: appetizer, knish, Passover, pesach, Potato, potato knishes, Side Dish

Mac and Cheese Latkes and a Chanukah Blog Party and Double Giveaway!

December 16, 2014 by overtimecook 16 Comments

Mac and Cheese Latkes are crispy and golden on the outside, soft and cheesy on the inside, and perfection in every bite! ***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.***  (Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the rest of the party recipes and to enter the giveaway!) "Oh my gosh," I exclaimed. "Oh. My. Gosh." My brother, who was around, came into the kitchen to see what I was up to. "What's going on?" I couldn't really answer him though - my mouth was....kinda stuffed with the most delicious latkes I ever invented. Let's backtrack for a minute. People … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Dairy, Giveaways, Hanukkah, Holiday, Party, Pasta, Seasonal, Sides Tagged With: appetizer, chanukah, dairy, hanukkah, latkes, mac and cheese, recipe, Side Dish

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