PB & G: Swedish Rye Peanut-Butter Crackers (with Green Tea!)

one day my cute cream-cheese crackers & my all-natural peanut butter decided to get together.
you know, the way jars sitting shoulder-to-shoulder along the kitchen shelves tend to do. proximity is helpful that way.

a sidenote:
once i read a YA novel in which the quirky odd-girl-out
(a romantic who lived in long white dresses &
on a passion for Elizabeth Bennett)
made up a poem that went:

i sat there waiting upon a shelf
i reached for you--i found myself.

i think about that couplet often.

the recipe for luscious cream-cheese-ridden swedish rye cookies comes from
the always-reliable 101cookbooks--consistently good cookies!
i just added a little matcha into the mix for my secret fix.

this is fun for monday mornings.

sweet and guileless: matcha-mango soft-serve!

you make me melt, you do.

you've probably heard of the one-ingredient banana soft-serve.
well, here's my variation:
overnight Matcha-Mango Morning-Madness!
within the parameters of this deliciousness,
i declare all discussions of antioxidants and vitamins superfluous.

tonight:
slice a mango into 2cm sq cubes
freeze the mango cubes.
this is your crucial one-ingredient base.

tomorrow:
i used a regular blender to
blend 6 frozen mango cubes
with 1 generous tsp matcha powder
and 4 small cubes of ice.

notes:
this made about 1 cup,
but it's probably wise to adjust to taste.
my mango was sweet and i like an icy matcha texture,
so I added the ice cubes, which you could leave out.
if your mango is sour, you might have to sweeten the mix with honey.
for flavour-contrast, i also tossed in a pinch of pink himalayan salt.

3 healthy ingredients. um yums. enjoy!