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Fan Favorites: Pumpkin Crumb Cake from Something Sweet

September 23, 2026 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! In honor of my upcoming FIFTH cookbook, Real Life Shabbos Cooking, I decided to go back and share some fan favorites from my first four cookbooks to give you a taste of my style that you can expect from Real Life Shabbos Cooking. Starting off strong with one of the best cake recipes I've ever made, the impossibly perfect Pumpkin Crumb Cake from my first cookbook, Something Sweet! This cake is incredibly moist, perfectly spiced, and has an obscene amount of crumbs, as a good crumb cake should. This cozy fall cake is going to be the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Cake, Dessert, Freezer-Friendly, Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Sukkos Tagged With: baked goods, cake, crumb cake, fall baking, fan favorite, pumpkin, Rosh Hashanah, Something Sweet, sukkos

Rainbow Salad – My Most Popular Salad Recipe Ever!

September 15, 2026 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! After sharing this recipe in my 3rd cookbook, More Real Life Kosher Cooking , it was an instant viral sensation. It's such a perfect crowd-pleasing salad, I decided it has to be in cookbook #5, Real Life Shabbos Cooking, as well! And then so many of you have told me it's going on your Sukkos menus, I decided that I needed to add it to the blog as well! So if you're one of the many thousands who have loved this salad - might I suggest sharing the love and sending this link to your friends and family?  Did you know that I share cooking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hanukkah, Holiday, Party, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Salads, Shabbos, Shabbos Lunch, Shavuot, Sukkos, Super-Easy, Tu B'shvat, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: avocado, Cabbage, easy recipe, Holiday, mango, Party, pomegranate, purim, recipe, Rosh Hashanah, salad, sukkos, sweet potato

Oatmeal Honey Cookies

September 8, 2026 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! Say hello to your new favorite cookie recipe! These cookies are soft and cakey - like a good honey cookie should be - but with the chewiness of an oatmeal cookie. You won’t believe how fast these cookies disappear! 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!   Have you seen my newest cookbook? Real Life Shabbos Cooking is now available for pre-order!   More Honey Cookie Recipes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Cookies, Dessert, Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Sukkos, Traditional Tagged With: baked goods, Cookies, Honey, honey cookies, oatmeal, recipe, Rosh Hashanah, sukkos

London Broil with Date Gremolata

September 8, 2026 by overtimecook 1 Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! If you're looking for a meat dish that's a total showstopper for your Rosh Hashanah, holiday or shabbos table, look no further. But also, if you're looking for the perfect condiment to add to almost any dish to elevate it, this is the one for you. Instead of London broil, you can serve this date gremolata over salmon, grilled chicken, roasted vegetables, or even as a dip with your challah. Trust me - you'll find yourself making it again and again! Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, giveaways, and lots more exclusive content on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Condiments/Sauces/Dips, Holiday, Main Courses, Meat, Party, Passover, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Shabbos, Shabbos Lunch, Sukkos, Traditional, Tu B'shvat Tagged With: condiment, date, dip, gremolata, lemon, london broil, Meat, nuts, orange, parsley, pistachio, Rosh Hashanah, shabbos, shabbos lunch, steak, sukkos

Chicken Capons with Leek and Date Stuffing

September 2, 2026 by overtimecook 4 Comments

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! I always find it ironic that some people think of chicken capons as an old-fashioned dish. Maybe it's time to rename it chicken roulade and celebrate how beautiful this chicken looks on the plate (especially when you serve it sliced, as pictured). The fact that it can be prepared ahead and frozen is just another bonus!  If you aren't familiar with chicken capons, they are what kosher butchers call a deboned chicken leg, with the skin still attached. They are one of my favorite ways to serve chicken, and I am grateful to Los Angeles's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Freezer-Friendly, Holiday, Main Courses, purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbos, Sukkos Tagged With: capons, chicken, dates, leeks, onion, recipe, Rosh Hashanah, shabbos

Gnocchi with Spinach and Leeks

August 30, 2026 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! This easy and flavorful side dish will impress all of your guests at your holiday table! 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 absolutely LOVE my cookbooks! They also make a great gift!  Click here to purchase Something Sweet. Click here to purchase Real Life Kosher Cooking Click here to purchase More Real Life Kosher Cooking Click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Pasta, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbos, Shavuot, Sides, Sukkos, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: gnocchi, leeks, recipe, Rosh Hashanah, shabbos, Side Dish, spinach

Beet Carpaccio with Tahini Citrus Dressing

August 30, 2026 by overtimecook 1 Comment

  Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free!   I am so excited to tell you that my newest cookbook, Real Life Shabbos Cooking, is finally available for preorder! The book will be out on November 5th, but you can preorder it now for the lowest price guarantee! I'll do a separate post telling you all about this book, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a recipe that I made and shot for the book, and wound up having to cut. It's such a fabulous recipe for a beet carpaccio, it's great all year long, but especially for Rosh Hashanah! The citrus tahini dressing is so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Healthy, Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, Salads, Shabbos, Shabbos Lunch, Shavuot, Sides, Sukkos, Tu B'shvat, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: appetizer, arugula, beet, carpaccio, citrus, Holiday, orange, recipe, Rosh Hashanah, shabbos, shabbos lunch, tahini, vegetables

Apple and Honey Cabbage Salad

September 18, 2025 by overtimecook 2 Comments

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! Honestly, I'm hesitant to share this recipe now, as a Rosh Hashanah dish, because this absolutely perfect honey vinaigrette is so versatile,. so delicious, you definitely need to keep making it for all of your salads, all year long. For Rosh Hashanah, I'm pairing this dressing with a cabbage salad with apples and some other goodies, but feel free to play around and come up with your favorite combination!   **Note: if you don't use vinegar on Rosh Hashanah, replace it with lemon juice instead.  Did you know that I share cooking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Condiments/Sauces/Dips, Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, Salads, Seasonal, Shabbos Lunch, Sukkos, Super-Easy, Vegetables Tagged With: apple, Cabbage, celery, Holiday, Honey, recipe, rosh hashana, Rosh Hashanah, salad, salad dressing

Apple and Date Pargiyot

September 17, 2025 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! This is my favorite type of chicken dish to serve at holiday meal. It's a sauce chicken, which means I make it ahead of time and freeze it (yes! you read that right!), plus the sauce stands up to reheating on the hotplate. It's sweet, but not too sweet, it's soft and tender and just everything I look for in a chicken recipe! Feel free to sprinkle pomegranate seeds over the chicken for an extra symbolic element of this dish, but with apples, dates and carrots, you really can't go wrong here! Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Freezer-Friendly, Holiday, Main Courses, Passover, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Shabbos, Sukkos, Tu B'shvat Tagged With: apple, chicken, chicken cutlets, date, fall recipes, freezer friendly, pargiyot, Passover, pesach, recipe, rosh hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, shabbos

Honey Crunch Cookies

September 16, 2025 by overtimecook Leave a Comment

Do you receive the Overtime Cook email newsletter? I send out a weekly menu plan, plus more. Click here to sign up. P.S – it’s completely free! You know those soft, cakey honey cookies that taste good but feel very one-note? I like them, but I certainly don't love them. I knew I could come up with something better. And that's how my Honey Crunch Cookies were born! These are soft and cakey on the inside, with a delightful crunch on the outside that will keep you coming back for more. And more. And more. Yeah, they are kinda addictive!    Did you know that I share cooking demos, menu plans, and lots more exclusive content on Instagram? Follow me there for all that bonus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cookies, Dessert, Freezer-Friendly, Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, Seasonal, Sukkos Tagged With: baked goods, Cookies, dessert, Holiday, Honey, honey cookies, recipe, rosh hashana, Rosh Hashanah

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