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...]
Onion Garlic Malawach Pinwheels
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'm of the opinion that finger foods are some of the best foods, and these onion garlic malawach pinwheels are just so incredible! They're great as an appetizer for a Shabbos or holiday meal, as an amazing addition to a charcuterie/meat board, and as a party food everyone will love! These are easy to make and freezer friendly! Switch it up! For a dairy meal, spread some cream cheese on the dough before adding the filling. For a meat meal, add some diced pastrami or your choice of deli … [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...]
BBQ Meatball Hamantaschen
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...]
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...]
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...]
Pesto Potato Pinwheels
Let me preface this post by telling you that I'm typing it up on my (barely functional and very old) iPhone 4 (because my iPhone 5 isn't expected for another two weeks- boo!) on the bus, headed home from work. And by "work" I don't mean my usual "very tame" 9 hour work day. I mean an Advil-sustained, coffee and diet-coke guzzling absolutely intense ten and a half hour work-athon. Yeah. Cause that's what happens when your company closes ten days straight in celebration of a holiday. Not fun. Wait. I should clarify. Vacation is fun. Coming back isn't. Wait, was that obvious? Also, I'm probably not coherent. Consider yourselves warned. Oh, and I'm not finished complaining about my work day. … [Read more...]