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Crispy Meat Stuffed Shells

December 14, 2022 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Crispy Meat Stuffed Shells are a fun take on a classic - the perfect party appetizer! 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! We’ve all had stuffed shells, but have you ever taken your stuffed shells, bread them, then deep fry them?  Trust me. They’re even better than they look!  I love to create recipes that are familiar, but with a fun new take. And this simple dinner turned party food sure fits that bill! Check out the variation for a super easy weeknight dinner idea! Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Hanukkah, Holiday, Meat Tagged With: appetizer, chanukah, dinner, fried, Holiday, Meat, meat sauce, pasta, shells

Honey Balsamic Chicken with Butternut Squash and Beets

September 19, 2022 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

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! This sweet and tangy  Chicken is crispy, juicy, bursting with flavor, and so family friendly! You can skip the butternut squash and beets, if your family isn’t a fan, or enjoy that it’s got a built in side dish!    Does this dish scream Rosh Hashanah or what?    Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that bonus content that you don’t want to miss!      Like This Recipe? You will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Hanukkah, Holiday, Main Courses, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Sides, Sukkos Tagged With: balsamic, beets, Butternut squash, chicken, dinner, Holiday, Honey, mains, roasted chicken, Side Dish

Hearty Lentil Soup with Meatballs

January 25, 2022 by overtimecook 3 Comments

Hearty Lentil Soup with Meatballs is the ultimate meal-in-one soup that is delicious, freezer friendly and family friendly!   Click here to join the Overtime Cook WhatsApp Status, for exclusive recipes, tips and content! Are you more into creamy/pureed soups, or do you prefer chunky soups? Personally, I love pureed soups - I find them to be very comforting. But there's definitely always a place for a hearty, chunky, thick soups.  When I got married, I discovered that my husband vastly prefers a hearty chunky soup to a smooth soup, so I've been greatly expanding my repertoire of chunky soups. I also discovered that of all the soups, lentils seem to be a real favorite of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Freezer-Friendly, Healthy, Holiday, Main Courses, Meat, Seasonal, Soups, Sukkos Tagged With: carrot, celery, comfort food, dinner, kale, lentil, meal in one, meatball, Recipes, soup

Crockpot Cabbage and Beef Stew

December 16, 2021 by overtimecook 6 Comments

Crockpot Cabbage and Beef Stew is a quick and easy comfort food dish that comes together in minutes and cooks in your crockpot as you go about your day!   Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips, menus and more! Click here to sign up. There's really nothing quite like a crockpot dinner to make me feel like I've got my life together. No matter how tired I am after my work day, no matter if the house is flying, dinner is ready when I'm ready for it, and I don't need to do anything. The fact that the house will smell amazing when you arrive home (or all day, if you work from home like I do!) is just a nice big bonus!  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Main Courses, Meat, Passover, Passover, Soups, Sukkos Tagged With: Beef, crockpot, dinner, easy recipe, Meat, Passover, pesach, recipe, stew

Cheesy Avocado Lasagna Roll Ups

July 14, 2021 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Dairy, Freezer-Friendly, Hanukkah, Holiday, Main Courses, Pasta, Shavuot, Vegetarian Tagged With: 9 days, avocado, cheese, cheesy, dairy, dinner, lasagna, meatless, pasta, Recipes, shavuos, vegetarian

Caramelized Onion and Cheese Manicotti from More Real Life Kosher Cooking

May 6, 2021 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Dairy, Main Courses, Pasta, Shavuot Tagged With: cheese, dairy, dinner, er, Holiday, manicotti, pasta, shavuos, Shavuot

Chicken Cutlets in White Wine and Vegetable Sauce

March 15, 2021 by overtimecook 5 Comments

Chicken Cutlets in White Wine and Vegetable Sauce is an incredibly taste recipe that's gluten free and so versatile! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up.   I'm a firm believer that when it comes to passover recipes, the best ones are those which are basically your year round recipes, that just happen to be kosher for pesach. No funky substitutions, no complicated ingredients, just delicious food that you'll totally enjoy all year long, pesach included. So recently it hit me that a recipe I make often, for shabbos, holidays or even dinner, just happens to be kosher for passover, with only one minor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Chicken, Freezer-Friendly, Hanukkah, Holiday, Main Courses, Passover, Passover, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shavuot, Sukkos Tagged With: baby chicken, bell peppers, celery, chicken, chicken cutlets, dinner, leeks, mains, Mushrooms, onions, Passover, pesach, stovetop recipes, white wine, wine

Quick and Easy Chicken and Pea Stew

March 2, 2021 by overtimecook 3 Comments

Quick and Easy Chicken and Pea Stew is a comfort food dish that takes just 20 minutes to prepare! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. The weather here on the east coast seems to finally be turning warmer. The snow is (almost) completely melted where I live, and it does seem like spring is finally around the bend! But. That doesn't stop me from craving comfort food. All. The. Time. And let me tell you my friends - this quick and easy chicken and pea stew is among the most comforting dishes that you'll make. And the best part? It actually comes together in about 15 minutes - no jokes! I started making this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Healthy, Holiday, Main Courses, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkos, Super-Easy, Vegetables Tagged With: chicken, chicken cutlets, dinner, easy dinners, peas, quick and easy, Recipes, stovetop mains

Crockpot Meatballs in Zucchini Tomato Sauce

January 25, 2021 by overtimecook 4 Comments

Crockpot Meatballs in Zucchini Tomato Sauce is the family-friendly and super easy dinner recipe that your family will love!   Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? It’s full of recipes, kitchen tips and more! Click here to sign up. There's something about crockpot dinners that really just makes me feel like I have my life together, ya know? It doesn't matter what's going on in my life -  my house might be messy and I might have deadlines piling up and chores to run, and things to do. When I make dinner in the crockpot, so it's morning and dinner is out of the way, it really makes me feel like I conquered something, and now I can conquer the world.  Do you feel the same? Do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Freezer-Friendly, Healthy, Main Courses, Meat Tagged With: crockpot, dinner, Easy Recipes, meatballs, Zucchini

Beef and Broccoli Soup

November 4, 2020 by overtimecook 14 Comments

Beef and Broccoli Soup is a meal-in-one take on a Chinese restaurant classic that your 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. There are certain dishes that I'll reliably order every time I see it on the menu. I mean, I'm not proud of this. I also want to branch out, and I often do, but I see certain menu items and I *need* to have them. For example, if I see beer battered onion rings on a restaurant menu, I need to taste them. Sometimes they're massively disappointing, but occasionally they're really great and I'll always take that chance. Then, there's beef and broccoli. Every time I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Main Courses, Meat, Soups, Super-Easy Tagged With: Beef, Broccoli, chinese food, dinner, meal in one

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