In some countries and customs 'tea time' can refer to a meal-time. Tea and a small snack can be a good way to curb appetite between lunch and dinner. Traditional menus for a tea party can include small sandwiches or baked items. There’s no need for calorie-rich cakes and pastries like crumpets, scones or clotted cream.
Lots of tasty and healthy tea time snacks include:
- Mini sandwiches. Use different kinds of breads like rye, wheat, and multigrain and add assorted fillings, hummus, sliced vegetables, low-fat chicken or tuna salad or shaved roast beef with mustard.
- Low-fat cream cheese on wheat crackers topped with melon or fruit.
- Celery stuffed with hummus
- Dunk a few ginger bread cookies or vanilla wafers for a sweet snack
"A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs." Mark Twain