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.

I Love This Dinner So Much I Could Cry.

OH MY GOODNESS you guys, this is so good.

Crispy golden chicken, brushed with garlic butter (!!), and served up on a plate of creamy tomatoey beans that are laced with caramelized shallot and fresh basil?! Come on! Come on.

It feels very *special occasion* but don’t be fooled. Look at my life. Look at my table. We are the farthest thing from fancy. And yet here we are! Eating restaurant-level food on a Tuesday and LOVING IT!

I got this idea from a video I saw from Desert Island Dishes – the crispy chicken / creamy beans concept is so genius. I just made a few changes using ingredients and methods that are pantry staples in our house. For example, I’m a big fan of air frying crispy chicken for weeknight dinners because = easy!

Please note that the garlic butter crispy chicken itself could be a meal. My daughters (and me) can usually be found standing over the cutting board munching down those strips of delightfully crispy chicken.

And then when you plop it on top of the creamy, shallot-y beans and throw all that gorgeous basil on there?! Get out. It is restaurant-level gorgeous and way too good.

I also love this dinner because Bjork and I get to have something that feels grown-up and exciting while our girls can opt for plain crispy chicken and ketchup with a small tasting dish of the creamy beans on the side.

Is this real life? I’m not trying to be weird but I love this meal so much.

This Immediately Became One Of My New Favorite Desserts.

Guys this might be my favorite dessert, for sure top five. I love it so much.

Banoffee Pie is a British dessert with a thick toffee or caramel-like layer over a graham cracker crust, topped with a layer of bananas and whipped cream. I learned about it from a video on my discover feed – thank you, Amy Nash!

For the last few months, we’ve been doing this thing in our house called “Family Dessert Night” where I basically make a fun dessert every Thursday night, for no reason except joy.

Sometimes it’s just us, and sometimes we invite other people. It has become a total highlight of the week for us and has also given us a reason to invite people over and build community over a shared love of dessert.

And Banoffee Pie has been THE CLEAR WINNER of our Family Dessert Nights so far!

(pictured here with a piece of chocolate stuck in the top, I will allow it)

Be advised: you’re going to need to eat this just one small slice at a time because it’s very rich. But I can almost guarantee that you’ll be revisiting the fridge a few times for “just one more bite” until it’s completely gone. It’s creamy, rich, dense, salty-sweet, and absolutely bonkers delicious.

You should join us for Family Dessert Night! New community challenge that we’re starting up today – I’d love for you to make this with us and share it with the people you love!