Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! Bored of your traditional holiday appetizers? I know I was - that's why I came up with this fun and different idea! Its common knowledge that kids love their food on sticks, but don’t think of this as kid food! These super fun appetizers with the punched up flavor from the pastrami are a hit with the grownups as well! If you’re like me and you leave a flame on for Yom Tov, try frying these fresh for something different and so, so good. Looking for a traditional corndog recipe? Feel free to skip the pastrami and … [Read more...]
Best No-Mixer Pesach Biscotti {Gluten Free}
The best no-mixer pesach biscotti recipe you'll ever try - with a cookie variation and endless topping ideas! Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! I made so many version of this cookie, because each time I could not decide which was best. Finally, I settled on two top contenders: one version as easy, delicious no-mixer pesach biscotti. The other is an easy, no-mixer pesach cookie recipe. Whichever option you decide on, you'll end up with an incredible, tasty, and very versatile cookie with endless adaptations (see FAQ for ideas!) that comes together in five … [Read more...]
Loaded Pretzel Muddy Buddies
Kick your cereal treats up a notch or three with these Loaded Pretzel Muddy Buddies! Click here to join the Overtime Cook WhatsApp Status, for exclusive recipes, tips and content! Disclosure: this post is part of an ongoing partnership between overtime cook and Lieber’s foods. All opinions are, as always, 100% honest and my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make this blog possible. The truth about this recipe is that I made it because I needed a small amount of a few different cereals for a different recipe I was working on, and I had these boxes of cereal staring me in the face every time I looked into my pantry for a week or two. Neither my husband nor … [Read more...]
Fudgy Chocolate Mug Cake
Fudgy Chocolate Mug Cake fills your biggest chocolate cravings and is ready in less than 5 minutes! Click here to join the Overtime Cook WhatsApp Status, for exclusive recipes, tips and content! Here's a funny story from the very early days of my marriage. Being a good new wife, I prepped the dry ingredients of this cake (see details on this trick below) so that he could combine it with the few wet ingredients and make a quick mug cake on demand. When he was ready to make it, I gave him a bag of dry ingredients and the list of the wet ingredients, and he measured them all out. After mixing up the cake, he cooked it in the microwave for the allotted time. At the end, he looked … [Read more...]
Cabbage Latkes
Cabbage Latkes are light and airy, super-crispy, and ultra flavorful Chanukah treats! The fact that they're so easy to make is the icing on the...donut! Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. Everywhere, Jewish bloggers, cookbook authors and foodies are telling you that they have the best potato latke recipe, ever. And I'm not here to disagree with them. Personally, I think that as long as you get the basics right, like season properly, make them SUPER crispy, etc, your potato latkes are going to be amazing. But...if you're in the mood for something a little different, or you don't … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Granola
Caramel Apple Granola is the easy and delicious recipe that's perfect for breakfast, snack, dessert, or anytime! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. Here's the thing about homemade granola. I can't think of a single reason not to make it! I mean, let's talk about this. Simple math says that homemade granola is > store-bought granola. It's also cheaper, fresher, and tastier. And the best part? You can customize it to make sure it's exactly to your taste! Now that's what I call a win. This caramel apple granola, if I may brag a little bit, is simply fabulous. It's got those nostalgic flavors of caramel … [Read more...]
Healthy Recipe Roundup
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...]
Crispy Baked Hot Dog Coins
Crispy Baked Hot Dog Coins are a fun and easy appetizer that everyone will love! 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! I have to admit, I'm not so into superbowl sunday. I mean, I am totally a baseball fan (go Yankees!!), but my knowledge of football amounts to knowing that a touchdown is a good thing. I think. So. Yeah. Watching football? Not my thing. Eating delicious food? I'm sure you guys know I can get behind that! So, here's the dish … [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...]
Homemade Barbecue Popcorn
Homemade Barbecue Popcorn takes just minutes to make and tastes so much better than the commercially bought stuff! If we're friends in real life, or even if you've ever spent any time with me, there's a very good chance you're already aware of this. For the rest of you, here's something important to know about me: I have a serious popcorn addiction. I know, I know. It's not the worst kind of addiction. It could be drugs or alcohol, or even candy bars. So...I don't really work too hard to deal with my popcorn cravings...I just keep feeding it. Lately, I've become (by mistake) a popcorn snob. Microwave popcorn? Nope. Packaged stuff? No way. I'll buy the store bought stuff, but only when … [Read more...]