Shut up and eat these cool, crunchy, fresh, gooey, green, sassy, sweet, tangy and zesty tea sandwiches!

Forgive my manners, but writer’s block makes me grumpier than PMS!

Aura, from dinner with aura, chose this week’s recipe for the Food Matters Project. Click here to take a look at more polite takes on Bittman’s recipe.

P.S. What little inspiration I had, I actually stole from this song…

pea mint and cucumber tea sandwiches

recipe inspired by mark bittman

1 english cucumber

1 cup peas

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 avocado

zest and juice of 1 lime

1/8 cup finely chopped fresh mint

salt

pepper

Slice up the cucumber as thin as you can or want.

Roughly mash the rest of the ingredients with a potato masher or a food processor.

Make sandwiches.

sandwichs aux pois, à la menthe et au concombre

recette inspirée par mark bittman

1 concombre anglais

1 tasse de pois verts

1 c. thé d’huile d’olive

1 avocat

zeste et jus d’une lime

1/8 tasse de menthe finement ciselée

sel

poivre

Trancher le concombre.

Réduire en purée grossière le reste des ingrédients à l’aide d’un pile-patate ou d’un robot.

Faire des sandwichs.