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Easy Tea Party Sandwiches

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Looking for an easy tea sandwich recipe for your next tea party? These small finger sandwiches are delicious & perfect for those who are health conscious. Packed with veggies and low-fat yogurt, these make an elegant appetizer for any party, sure to impress a crowd. Enjoy them for breakfast, snack or pack them in the lunchbox, they are always a hit!

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This recipe had been updated with new images and content on July 16th, 2019.

It was high time, I updated this recipe. Especially now after relocating to Germany, where German's take their tea as seriously as their coffee and beer. There is dedicated tea time in the day and there is a tea for literally everything. Pregnancy, feeling gloomy, under the weather, sip some tea! Back in the US, I had given up on my afternoon tea, but here I have picked it up back again. 

So now that I am sipping some tea, ofcourse I need some finger sandwiches too, thus the easy tea sandwich recipe today :)

Easy Tea Party Sandwich Recipe 

Although there are lots of tea sandwich recipes online, it's always hard to find something vegetarian and not loaded with butter and cream cheese. So I go back to my mom's recipe that I used to enjoy as a kid. Here is why you will love this easy tea sandwich recipe.

Of course it's super duper easy

Packed with colorful veggies

Made with low-fat greek yogurt

Made using healthier whole-grain bread

No soggy sandwiches

Can be made ahead of time

Can be packed for kids lunch

These bites are delicious!!!

vegetarian sandwich

Tea Sandwich Ingredients

These bite sizes finger sandwiches might look fancy but are made with very simple ingredients.

Wholegrain Bread - Did you know that Germans have more bakeries and eat more varieties of bread than most other countries in the world. So I typically go to the farmers market to get a freshly baked wholegrain bread. Typically tea sandwiches are made on white sandwich bread, so you can use white bread too, but I like to pack some nutrition every opportunity I get, so I go with the whole grain bread.

Vegetables - I love how this sandwich is so colorful and packed with phytonutrients. So I like to add veggies that don't lose too much water, so I don't have to worry about the sandwiches becoming soggy. My favorites are carrots, purple cabbage, beets, bell peppers, and spinach. As much as I would love to add cucumbers or zucchini, I refrain from adding them if I know the sandwiches won't be consumed immediately. 

ingredients for a sandwich

Spread - For the spread, I like to skip the traditional cream cheese and use a thick low-fat Greek yogurt with all its whey removed. Removing the whey from the yogurt is very important as it prevents the sandwich from getting soggy. You can either use homemade yogurt (click here for homemade yogurt recipe) or store-bought yogurt and remove its whey by scooping all the yogurt into a cheesecloth or strainer for minimum 2 hours. It's super thick and spread just like cream cheese.

Herbs - Although I haven't used any herbs the addition of basil, mint, dill or any Italian seasonings will only enhance the flavor. 

strained yogurt in a bowl

How to Make Tea Sandwich Recipes

Making these tea sandwiches is super easy too. 

Removing the whey from the yogurt. Mixing the yogurt and vegetable for each layer. Making the green avocado cilantro chutney or any green dressing or green chutney that is thick enough to be spread. Lastly the assembly or the sandwich.

Step 1 - Gather the ingredients. Shred the veggies. Strain the yogurt. Prep the green spread in your mixer. You could trim the edges of the bread if you like or use the whole slice bread.

spreads and breads

Step 2 - Take two separate bowls and mix the yogurt with carrots and purple cabbage respectively. Add salt and black pepper.

vegetable spreads in spoons

Step 3 - Take four slices for each sandwich. Spread a layer of carrots on one. Purple cabbage on the second and the green chutney on the third. If you are adding herbs to your sandwich add them at this point.

how to make a tea sandwich recipe

Step 4 - Stack them one above the other and then cut the sandwich diagonally to give you two sandwiches. If you want the sandwiches to be smaller you could cut the sandwich one more time diagonally to get four smaller bite-size sandwiches. 

Serve in a platter or plate. Relish these delicious bites. 

finger sandwiches

Can Tea Sandwiches be made ahead of time?

Yes, these tea sandwiches can be prepared up to a day ahead, and refrigerated in an airtight container. I have made them fgor several parties. To prevent the bread from drying out, cover the sandwiches with a sheet of wax paper and a damp paper towel. Uncover sandwiches just before serving. 

How do you keep tea sandwiches from getting soggy?

The trick is to use strained yogurt and veggies that don't loose a lot of water.

Lunchbox Idea

If you are packing these sandwiches for in a lunchbox. You can pair it with

Air Fryer Apple Chips

Air Fryer Plantain Chips

Sugar-Free Almond & Date Bars

More lunchbox ideas using veggies

Savory Vegetable Muffins

Rainbow Vegetable Pinwheels

Vegetable Chow Mien

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Easy Vegetarian Tea Sandwich Recipe

Easy Vegetarian Tea Sandwich Recipe

Yield: 6 half size sandwiches or 12 bite size sandwiches

Looking for an easy tea sandwich recipe for your next tea party? These small finger sandwiches are delicious & perfect for those who are health conscious. Packed with veggies and low-fat yogurt, these make an elegant appetizer for any party, sure to impress a crowd. Enjoy them for breakfast, snack or pack them in the lunchbox, they are always a hit!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Gather the ingredients. Shred the veggies. Strain the yogurt. Prep the green spread in your mixer. You could trim the edges of the bread if you like or use the whole slice bread.
  2. Take two separate bowls and mix half the yogurt with carrots and purple cabbage respectively. Add salt and black pepper.
  3. Take four slices for one whole sandwich. Spread a layer of carrots on one. Purple cabbage on the second and the green chutney on the third. If you are adding herbs to your sandwich add them at this point.
  4. Stack the slices one above the other and then cut the sandwich diagonally to give you two sandwiches from one whole sandwich. This will yield you 6 half size sandwiches. If you want the sandwiches to be smaller you could cut the sandwich one more time diagonally to get four smaller bite size sandwiches. This will yield you 12 mini bite size sandwiches.
  5. Serve in a platter or plate. Relish these delicious bites. 

Notes

Please refer to the post for notes.

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Joyce

Monday 4th of March 2024

What could you use as a filling to make one of the layers pink? Or, yellow?

TheBellyRulesTheMind

Thursday 7th of March 2024

Use a little beetroot for light pink and more for a darker shade of pink. for Yellow I suggest using very finely chopped or grated yellow peppers. Hope that helps.

Manny

Monday 29th of January 2024

Love from Canada!! I made something like this today but in a different way. I used slices of cucumber ( thin slices, used towel paper to soak water, spread in layers) on hung yougurt ( ahint of salt, black pepper n green chilli).

But I think your recipe is just amazing n delicious, like it appeals to eyes as well not only tummy n body. Thank you so much for sharing with us!! 💕💕

Pattie S

Monday 20th of February 2023

These are creative, colorful, and healthy. Next time, I think I'd put the carrots and the cabbage in a food processor because they were too chunky just being shredded and didn't look as beautiful as yours. I actually did try to process them, but it was too small of an amount and too thick, so I didn't have time to mess with them. Be sure to lay them on their side so you can see their colors. The green avocado cilantro dressing was too mushy and oozed out of the bread when cut or when you took a bite, so I think next time I would choose a smaller avocado and maybe add chopped cucumber or bell pepper and almonds to make it less creamy. I used nonfat greek yogurt and it took overnight for the liquid to drain, but it worked so well! I'll use half cream cheese (Neufchâtel) and half yogurt for more flavor next time. I used whole wheat bread and it was too brown, so I'll use a less-brown whole grain bread next time to show off the colors. I wish I could post a pic, but don't see where I can do that. I made them for my daughter's baby shower, and everyone thought they were beautiful! Thank you for the wonderful idea!!

Chris

Thursday 3rd of November 2022

I made these for my niece’s bridal suite to eat while getting ready for the wedding. I used fresh pesto for the green layer and she and her bridal party loved it! Great recipe and so pretty- thank you!

Chris

Saturday 8th of October 2022

Hi, Would pesto work instead of green chutney? Asking just to save time since I already have pesto. Thank you!

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