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...]
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...]
Chicken Cutlets in White Wine and Vegetable Sauce
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...]
Quick and Easy Chicken and Pea Stew
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...]
Crockpot Meatballs in Zucchini Tomato Sauce
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...]
Beef and Broccoli Soup
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...]
Baked Falafel Sliders
Baked Falafel Sliders are the healthy, meatless and deliciously filling meal option you'll be making again and again! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! If you haven't yet heard of Beth Warren, allow me to introduce you to her. She's a popular Registered Dietician with a really sensible approach to whole food and wellness through eating. Beth is also the author of Secrets of a Kosher Girl, a 21 day meal plan focused on helping you feel great - and featuring all kinds of delicious - and healthful recipes. Not only did Beth allow me to share one of her fantastic recipes with you, but she drove to my … [Read more...]
Garlic Dijon Roasted Chicken
Garlic Dijon Roasted Chicken is the most flavorful chicken dinner that your whole family will love! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Ok guys. Not gonna lie. I am ob.sessed. with this chicken recipe! I mean, in general, I'm obsessed with all of my recipes, or I wouldn't publish them. BUT there are recipes I love and know I'll dream about until I make them again. And then there are recipes like this one, where I take one taste and just know I'll be making it again soon. And then soon after that. And so on. I mean, what's not to love? It's an easy recipe to make, it's healthy, and its so versatile. No, … [Read more...]
Sheet Pan Chicken and Broccoli
Sheet Pan Chicken and Broccoli is the super-easy, family-friendly dinner recipe that you can get on the table in half an hour! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Hey guys! It's been way too long since I've shared a recipe here with you guys, and I am ready to change all that. I've got a phenomenal recipe for you today, but even better, I've got a whole lineup of summer blog posts and recipes that I'm excited to share with you guys! Yep, this blog has always been the core of everything I do, and while I haven't been as diligent as I should have been, updating and sharing new recipes here, that's gonna … [Read more...]
White Wine and Citrus Chicken
White Wine Citrus Chicken is easy enough for any day of the week, but amazing enough for special occasions. 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! Hey friends. It's been a while since we talked about my new cookbook, Real Life Kosher Cooking. I know a lot of you have it, because after all, it sold out of the first printing in less than two weeks. (I know! A big part of me still doesn't believe it. That's a dream come true for any author.) But whether you own my book or not, there's one important thing to notice: Real Life Kosher Cooking has a ton of passover friendly recipes. In fact, … [Read more...]