Green Goddess Tea Sandwiches

What do mothers want for Mother’s Day?

Breakfast in bed?  Flowers?  Jars of honey?  Hand sewn pot holders?

Crown of daisies?  Wads of cash?  A high five?

Gum?  Altoids?  Pet goldfish?

I’m hoping the answer is lunch with tea sandwiches and cocktails…. cause that’s what’s going to happen for my mom.

I’m making lunch.  I’m setting the table.  I’m using the fancy linens.  I’m also doing the dishes.  I should buy flowers too… someone remind me.

I think my mamabear is most stoked about the clean dishes… let’s be real.

Wait… have you ever had Green Goddess dressing?

Green Goddess dressing is packed with fresh herbs, lemon, garlic, and bound with some sort of yogurt or mayonnaise.  Fresh herbs?  It’s so delicious.

These tea sandwiches are inspired by that dressing.

I feel silly giving you an exact recipe for a simple tea sandwich.  Can I just throw your inspiration your way?

Soak it up and pass it on to your mamabear.

I chopped up a tablespoon each of fresh mint and fresh basil.

I mixed the fresh herbs into 2 tablespoons of softened unsalted butter.

Also!  A dash of salt a pepper.

In a separate bowl I stirred together softened cream cheese with about 1/4 cup of fresh chives and a bit of lemon zest.  Black pepper too!

Thinly sliced cucumbers, carrots (shaved with a vegetable peeler), and spinach (not pictured).

Sandwich guts!

Cream cheese chive spread spread on one side of crustless white bread.

Herby butter slathered on the other side of crustless white bread.

Cucumbers, carrots, and spinach are stacked.

Not too heavy.  These are delicate suckers.

Breads are pressed together and sliced in four.  Eat ferociously.

Pinky up.