We opted for an easy-peasy afternoon tea at home to celebrate Valentine’s day this year. It was pieced together from our local gluten-free restaurant: 1823 Bakehouse (banana bread and sugar cream pies), and Kroger grocery store (Private Selection eclairs from the frozen foods, Fisher scone mix, and Kroger brand quiches). The scones are wonderful — I’m really happy with this ‘just add water’ mix…so very easy and wonderful right out of the oven. The other savories I made were simple roast beef, cheddar and stone-ground mustard sandwiches shaped with a biscuit cutter and topped with another thin slice of cheddar with a sprinkle of dried rosemary. Another sandwich was a lemon-artichoke cream cheese on toast heart shaped bread. Very tasty! I found that recipe in a Tea Time book on afternoon teas.
I splurged on this meal after eating a low-carb and low-sugar diet for several months. The scones and eclairs were worth falling off the diet wagon for…really tasty! I used low-carb bread on the sandwiches. The quiches were really tasty, but I felt they were too sinful to eat too many.
Our tea was Black Cardamon from Westholme Tea Company from our trip last year. Yes, it’s over a year old and it was still deeeeeeelicious this afternoon! As the pot brewed it stronger, I added half and half and it gave it a mellow flavor that was different but still divine.
Afternoon Tea Time with Lisa & Nick 