Olives
These vegan tea sandwiches are presented in honor of National Sandwich Day and Vegan Month. Tea sandwiches should be small and dainty, not much bigger than one or two bites. The also need to be so neat that you could eat them wearing white gloves. Here are three vegan tea sandwiches that fit that description.
Black olive sandwiches on pita triangles
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of chopped black olives, well drained
- 6 whole wheat vegan pita bread (check to label, but most are made without animal products)
- 2 tablespoons or more of vegan (eggless) mayonnaise, enough to hold olives together.
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut each pita into six triangles. Place them on a baking sheet and toast for about five minutes until they are just crisp, but not brittle. Allow to cool. Mix the olives with the mayonnaise and spread them on the triangles. Keep it pretty much to the center of the triangle so it won’t fall off the edges. You can garnish with parsley or a bit of cucumber if you like. Eat open-faced.
Note: You can use any kind of olives you like, but you may have to pit them and chop them yourself. Try it with Greek olives for a zipper flavor.
Spicy Hummus Wrap Recipe
- 1 container of spicy hummus
- chopped cucumber
- chopped green bell pepper
- chopped red onion
- avocado sliced thin
- whole leaf spinach, well cleaned
- whole wheat tortillas made without lard.
Directions: To make the tortillas easier to roll, heat each one about 10 seconds in the microwave just before you use it. Spread the tortilla with the hummus. Lay the spinach on top of the hummus, add the cucumber, bell pepper, and onion. Spread them evenly on the spinach. Top with the avocado. Roll up like a jelly roll. Chill until time to serve.
Peanut Butter isn’t Just for Kids Sandwiches
Ingredients:
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ½ tsp.
- ¼ cup shelled sunflower seeds
- 2 Tbs. chopped dried fruit such as dried apricots, apples, or pears
- Banana Split Tea Bread
Directions:
Mix the cinnamon into the peanut butter. Taste it. Adjust to taste. Stir in sunflower seeds and dried fruit. If it seems to thick to spread, you can add fruit juice a teaspoon or two at a time until it’s right. Peanut butter varies in consistency from brand to brand.
Trim the loaf of Banana Split Tea Bread according to the tea bread instructions. Do not use butter. Use the peanut butter mixture. Cut top with another slice of bread and chill sandwiches to make firm. Before serving cut each sandwich diagonally to form triangles.
More vegan tea sandwiches
Traditional cucumber tea sandwiches (substitute vegan spread for butter)
Radish sandwiches (substitute vegan spread for butter)
Tomato sandwiches
Healthy vegetable sandwich on pita bread
General instructions on tea sandwiches (omit butter for vegan sandwiches)
Comments
These are good ideas. Traditional tea food can be hard to provide for vegans because of the liberal use of butter, cream and eggs in most recipes. Even sandwiches usually have butter on the bread! It's much easier to adjust recipes these days with vegan butter and cream cheese substitutes and everything. I remember a tea I gave a few years ago where one of the guests didn't tell me he was vegan until he showed up for tea, even though I asked ahead of time about dietary issues, and he ended up only being able to have a cup of tea and the fresh fruit! I couldn't even give him a slice of toast to have with jam, because the bread had milk in it. I wish I had known ahead of time so I could have planned something for him, but I also wish I had had these recipes! They would have been great.
Yes, traditional afternoon tea recipes are heavy on the animal products. These are some good recipes for someone like me who happens to be vegan. Hummus and avocado are quite healthy as a mix on the whole wheat tortillas. It's food that's good for you as well as tasty.
These will be great for vegans. Very thoughtful.
I think there are quite a few vegan people in the tea-drinking community. That's why I wanted to include these sandwiches for them. There are lots of vegetarian sandwiches, but few vegan. It takes just a tiny twist of the recipe to make the change. I tend to buy bread made without milk or eggs anyway since I use mostly whole wheat tortillas without lard or whole wheat pita bread. The bread recipe comes from one of our vegan examiners.
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