The Sticky Yummy Tofu That Wowed My Friends and Me.

I made this on a whim for a last-minute low-key dinner party, and my friends texted the next day asking for the recipe.

It was SO good.

I needed something very easy that would deliver on flavor (I’m having dejavu). My brain did some thinking, and I decided to base the meal around an absolute EASY crowd pleaser that hits every time: good ol’ bang bang sauce.

This sauce is embarrassingly easy and shockingly good.

• Mayo
• Sweet chili sauce
• Soy sauce
• Fresh garlic

Here’s the move: air fry the tofu (fastest way to get it supremely crispy) and then transfer to a skillet with some of the sauce so you get that sticky, caramelized texture that tastes like a restaurant.

Once the tofu looks golden and delicious, pile it on some rice with green beans (add some of that udon noodle stir-fry from Costco, in my case) and go to town with that remaining sauce. The creaminess? The sweet heat with umami? The fresh garlic bite?! Come ON.

I’m not saying this is going to be a hit for all kids, but anecdotally, my girls really like this one! And the middle schoolers in attendance at our dinner party were raving.

Hope you like it!

People Have Been Asking

When I started making the air fryer chicken thighs a few week ago, I shared a photo on Instagram of this plate combo:

• the roasted potato wedges
• the cucumber salad
• the golden, juicy, flavor-crusted chicken bites
• the smoky aioli drenching it all.

And I got so many questions! What’s in the sauce? How do you make the potatoes? We need a written recipe!

So here I am with a proper, written recipe for this very yummy, colorful, flavor-packed plate. It’s going to SEEM like a lot at first glance at the ingredient list, but all those ingredients = amazing flavor. And it’s actually pretty chill to bring it all together.

End result: juicy, garlicky, oregano-y, flavor-crusted chicken, served with creamy, golden roasted potatoes, a zippy cucumber salad, and plenty of smoky aioli over the whole thing. It is delicious.

Bjork and I are loving this combo, and my kids love every single thing on the plate (although they’d like you to know that they usually go for ketchup instead of the smoky aioli, of course).

Hope you love it!

These Meatballs!! They Are a Crowd Favorite In Our House.

We recently hosted my parents, brothers, and their significant others for dinner on a WEEKNIGHT, and around 3pm ON THE DAY OF HOSTING I realized I needed a plan. Something that would not completely overwhelm me but would also be fun, interesting, and appealing to the foodies?!

Guys, this recipe was group dinner perfection! Herby meatballs, pan-fried to get nice and golden, and then a quick little yellow curry sauce (gravy? it’s really more of a gravy) that gets built right in the pan and bathes every meatball in magic.

These are everything I love in a recipe:

• Easy. 🙂 🙂
• Drenched in amazing, flavorful sauce.
• Beautiful! Especially with the peanut shallot crunch.

I’ve been having these meatballs with the lemony arugula salad from Trader Joe’s because it’s bright and fresh and it just looks really lovely on the plate.

This is the yellow curry paste I buy (affiliate link) and I am a diehard fan. It’s a Thai brand / Thai product and it is so so good. If you want to make homemade, this recipe is also SO good! It’s a bit less concentrated so you should use more of it.