Ideas for high-tea please!

[chicaguapa]

Starting after school care for 2 Reception kids next week and have been asked to give them a "high tea" around 4.30pm - much the same as they both got at nursery. DD has never been to a full-time nursery so have no ideas to draw on. Can I have some tasty suggestions please?

Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, fruit, flapjack - it depends, are they getting something hot later or noty?

i guess its just a snack to tide them over till their evening meal, so
homemade banana loaf
homemade carrot or apple muffins
crumpets with philadelphia cheese
hummus and breadsticks and carrot sticks
fruit with all of the above
beans on toast

can you pass on your recipies for the muffins please! they sound yummy!!

Yes, they will be getting something hot later. It's just to tide them over.

will do but have to be later, off to docs

any more ideas?

We recently had high tea at a hotel in SCotland which consisted of a starter of toast and tea, followed by a choice from 8 or 9 main courses e.g. fish & chips, macaroni cheese, steak etc followed by "cakes & pancakes" which turned out to be a huge plate of stuff equating to about 3 cream cakes and a scotch pancake each. Plus wine!

DOn't expect this is what is needed in your case but just had to tell everyone because it was so great!

HI Mazzystar. Just wondered if you had a chance to dig that muffin recipe out yet?

Saw the word muffin and had to leap in - we are the Muffin family!
Carrot - 280g plain flour,1tsp baking powder,2tss cinnamon,1 egg, 2tbs honey 100g soft brown sugar, 340g grated carrot,90ml vegetable oil. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix up wet ingredients in another bowl. Stir wet into dry just enough so there's no dry flour showing - don't over mix - it's supposed to be lumpy and horrible looing. Divide amongst 12 muffin cases in a muffin pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 190c oven. Delicious - and perfect for kids to make - my 10 year old can do it by herself. I've got lots of muffin recipes if anybody wants some - the blackberry ones are lovely!