These savory BBQ Meatball Hamantaschen will be a big hit at your purim party! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Wow, it seems like it was just yesterday that we were talking about donuts and latke recipes and suddenly it's rosh chodesh Adar and purim is just two weeks away! Are you thinking about hamantaschen yet? You should be! First, let's start with my Ultimate Hamantaschen Recipe Roundup! There's something in it for everyone and every taste. But now, let's move on to my newest hamantaschen recipe - this time, it's a savory one. I demoe'd these BBQ Meatball Hamantaschen at a recent cooking demo … [Read more...]
Sesame Meatballs from Real Life Kosher Cooking + Win a Free Copy!
Sesame Meatballs from Real Life Kosher Cooking are a family friendly, delicious dinner recipe! Want to win a copy of Real Life Kosher Cooking? Scroll down past the recipe for giveaway details!! Wow! What a whirlwind couple of weeks it's been! Starting two weeks ago, when I walked into the ArtScroll office and saw my new cookbook, Real Life Kosher Cooking, for the very first time! I then spent the next several hours signing the hundreds of books that were preordered. My hand hurt for a week afterward, but it was SO worth it to be able to do that for my loyal fans and followers! Next, I spent a shabbos just staring at the book in a daze. It was dreamlike, seeing the fruition of two … [Read more...]
Honey Mustard Beef Flatbreads
Honey Mustard Beef Flatbreads are a flavorful dish that will look so impressive to family and friends! 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 the conversation. Hey guys. Remember me? I know. It's been a while. As you can imagine, I've been feverishly working on my cookbook, intensely working to ensure that it is 100% as amazing as I can possibly make it. It's so hard for me not to tell you all about it, but sadly, we all have to wait a bit. I will tell you that it's got my heart and soul, and I am living, sleeping, breathing, and definitely eating this book! But. I can't just leave you … [Read more...]
Shepherd’s Pie Potato Skins + Behind the Scenes of Perfect for Pesach
Shepherd's Pie Potato Skins + a peek behind the scenes making the hot new cookbook, Perfect Unless you're not following me on any of my social media chanels (whyyyyyyy?), you already know about this really exciting project I've been involved in: I photographed my friend Naomi Nachman's brand-new pesach cookbook, Perfect for Pesach. Now, you can scroll down for an amazing sample recipe from the book, but I thought it would be fun to take you guys on a little behind the scenes adventure to see what goes into a cookbook photoshoot. First, we had to pick a date. Naomi and I knew that the photoshoot would take about two weeks, full days, morning to night, so we had to both clear our … [Read more...]
Meatball Stuffed Matzo Balls in Creamy Tomato Soup
Meatball Stuffed Matzo Balls in Creamy Tomato Soup are the ultimate mashup between Jewish and Italian comfort foods! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! This post is brought to you as part of an ongoing partnership on this blog with Lipton Kosher. Thank you for supporting the brands that help keep this blog running. If you've been following my blog for a while (yay!) you probably know that I love to create mash-ups of two different things. One of my most famous recipes ever, my Hot Gooey Caramel Pie, started as a mashup between (believe it or not!) Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cheesecake! I've also … [Read more...]
Homemade Beef Chili
Homemade Beef Chili is the ultimate comfort food - with so many great serving options! Do you receive the Overtime Cook newsletter? Full of recipes, kitchen tips and deals and more! Click here to signup. To be perfectly honest with you guys, I had no intentions of posting this recipe. For this year's family chanukah party, I decided to make a burger bar. I saw the idea in a facebook group, and decided to run with it: burgers, buns, salads, and loads and loads of topping options. Aside from the usual toppings (lettuce, tomato, pickles) I made some "gourmet" toppings too. Sauteed onions. Roasted Mushrooms. Fried Eggs. BBQ Shredded Beef. And of course, chili. Really good chili, I might … [Read more...]
Savory Meat Pie Hamantaschen
It's 1:30 am and I am sitting at my computer thinking about hamantashen. But it isn't my fault, really. Blame it on... Oh forget it. It's totally my fault. I can't help myself. Not only do I imagine myself to have hoards of anxious fans waiting for my brilliant purim ideas yeah right but I also need to impress people at my own purim seudah (feast/party). It's hard, let me tell you. No matter how much pressure you might feel at parties, think about what it's like when you are a food writer. Exactly. Well I kinda wish I could invite each and every one of you to my purim party, because I am serving these meat pie hamantaschen as the appetizer and they are seriously … [Read more...]
Mushroom Beef Sliders and a Review and Giveaway of CHIC Made Simple
Giveaway Closed! I'm super excited to be reviewing another fabulous and hot new kosher cookbook, CHIC Made Simple. The author, Esther Deutch, actually writes for the same magazine as me, Ami Living's Whisk magazine. Oddly enough, I didn't meet her until Kosher Fest, when we practically bumped into each-other. "You're Overtime Cook?!" She exclaimed. "I am such a fan." Well. After an introduction like that, I couldn't wait to see her beautiful cookbook and try some of the recipes. At a First Glance: CHIC Made Simple is beautiful. And I am not talking simply about the pictures (which are really nice!). This book is big, hard covered, and really nice all around. Every page has a … [Read more...]
Mini Shepherd’s Pies
What a week. I don't even know where to start. I guess with Sunday, when I worked a full day to make up for the days we were closed last week. Then came Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, all of which felt like a day later than they actually were. I got home on average 7:30 each night, and got straight to work in the kitchen. I went to bed after 2 am every night. Now it's Thursday, well after 2 and I am not nearly done in the kitchen. Did I mention that my company will be closed next week, so it's about doubly busy this week? Yeah, I did drink loads of coffee. Why do you ask? Enough complaining about me. Let's talk global issues. I honestly couldn't believe how saddened I was at the … [Read more...]