Savory Cheese Waffles are a delicious take on a sweet breakfast treat! 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! If you've been following me for a while, you likely already know that I'm a big fan of waffles. No jokes, I consider them the ultimate breakfast food. But what if waffles aren't just for breakfast? And what if we take a savory, cheesy spin on this treat? Trust me friends, this is just.plain.incredible. Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that … [Read more...]
Cheesy Avocado Lasagna Roll Ups
Cheesy Avocado Lasagna Roll Ups are a delicious and filling vegetarian dinner that the whole family will love. Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. Its the 9 days this week - a period of mourning in the Jewish Calendar when we don't do a number of things, including drinking wine and eating meat. For someone like me, who doesn't like fish, this can be a really tricky time to eat wholesome and filling meals. People often turn to pasta and pizza for the week, but many such dishes are very high in calories, full of heavy cream and similar products. While I love a good penne a la vodka or fettuccini … [Read more...]
Coffee Fudge Thumbprint Cookies
Coffee Fudge Thumbprint Cookies are a coffee lover's dream - a rich, cream cheese enriched dough, delicate coffee flavor throughout, and a punch of incredible mocha fudge in the center. This post is sponsored by Misceo Liqueurs. All opinions are, as always, 100% my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that enable me to provide you with free recipes! Content for ages 21+. Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. I'm going to let you folks in on a little secret today. If you want to make your cookies taste richer and more intensely delicious, there's an ingredient you need to be using: cream cheese. Now, … [Read more...]
Caramelized Onion and Cheese Manicotti from More Real Life Kosher Cooking
Caramelized Onion and Cheese Manicotti is a fabulous cheesy pasta dish that the whole family will love! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. While looking through this blog's archives, trying to serve up some shavuos menu ideas, I came to a realization: I don't share nearly enough dairy meal ideas here on this blog. To remedy that, I immediately got to work developing a brand-new dairy main dish idea. But until that one makes an appearance (stay tuned!) I've got a shavuos gift to all of you in the form of an incredible cheesy pasta recipe from my most recent cookbook, More Real Life Kosher Cooking. If you … [Read more...]
Coffee Cheese Buns
What happens when you combine coffee, alcohol, cheesecake inside of a sweet yeast dough bun? Super delicious Coffee Cheese Buns. This post is sponsored by Misceo Liqueurs, and all opinions are 100% true and my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support this blog and allow me to continue providing free recipes for you! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to signup. With shavuos coming up really soon, it's a pretty good time to talk about cheesecake, don't you think? I mean, don't get me wrong. I like cheesecake. A couple of bites of a really good cheesecake is an incredible treat. But cheesecake is … [Read more...]
Brownie Bottom Mocha Cheesecake Bars
Brownie Bottom Mocha Cheesecake Bars are an incredible mix of coffee, chocolate and everything good! This post is sponsored by Misceo Liqueurs, and ll opinions are 100% true and my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support this blog and allow me to continue providing free recipes for you! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to signup. I don't think I could really be more excited about this dessert than I already am - it's got all of the best things about being an adult - chocolate, coffee, alcohol and cheesecake. What's not to love, amIright? These. Bars. Are. Everything. Gooey fudgey brownies, creamy, … [Read more...]
Sari’s Cheesy Onion Buns
Cheesy Onion Buns are the perfect savory alternative to their sweet, cinnamon-y cousins! Photo courtesy of Sandy Eller If you've been reading this blog and following me on social media for a while, you probably already know that writing a cookbook is a TON of work. The only way to manage that kind of work, is to find people you trust, and delegate tasks to them. I first met my kitchen assistant, Sari Eller, when she was 14. I was skeptical, but desperate, so I gave her a try. At first, I gave her menial jobs, things you needed no skill for, but as I got to know her better, and as I entrusted her with more and more difficult tasks, I realized that everything I heard about her was … [Read more...]
Strawberry and Chocolate Greek Yogurt Bundt Cake
Strawberry and Chocolate Greek Yogurt Bundt Cake has a rich texture and fabulous flavor, thanks to strawberry flavored greek yogurt! This post is brought to you in partnership with Norman’s Dairy. Thank you for supporting the brands I love that help make this blog possible. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! I'm sure by now all of you saw my exciting news about the upcoming cookbook I'm writing. And so, before we get to today's recipe, I want to make sure you guys realize that I'm not neglecting this blog, and will continue to share the kind of recipes you guys love, totally free, right here on Overtime … [Read more...]
Pasta with Greek Yogurt Pesto Cream Sauce
Greek Yogurt Pesto Cream Sauce is a lighter way to make a favorite pasta dish! This post is brought to you in partnership with Norman's Dairy. Thank you for supporting the brands I love that help make this blog possible. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! If you're struggling with what to serve during the nine days, I totally feel for you. I don't eat fish (you knew that, right?!) and I really don't want to be eating a ton of fattening and cream-laden pastas all week. So what's a gal to do when meat and chicken aren't options? Simple: Norman's Greek Yogurt! I'll never forget my first taste of … [Read more...]
Cranberry Cinnamon and Pecan Shortbread Cookies
These buttery Cranberry Cinnamon and Pecan Shortbread Cookies are incredibly rich and creamy thanks to a special ingredient! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Last week, I introduced my partnership with Rosenbaum Cheese with this incredibly delicious and gourmet version of mac and cheese. That recipe used their goat cheese meunster and goat cheese cheddar, two of their unique cheeses. Today's post will introduce you to my absolute favorite of their cheeses: their Quarks. For those of you unfamiliar with Quark cheese, it's a soft, spreadable, creamy cheese that isn't widely used or available in the … [Read more...]