Yes, you can make a Slimming World friendly afternoon tea. I made my first afternoon tea on Slimming World for my birthday in lockdown. I lost 4lbs that week too! Cakes and sandwiches can be really high in Syns. I have put together some healthy afternoon tea ideas. These are low Syn versions and alternatives so you can stay on plan without compromising. Get out your best china and the cake stand. Here’s how to enjoy afternoon tea Slimming World style…
How to make a Slimming World afternoon tea?
Is afternoon tea good for you? Yes! You can have an afternoon tea on a diet. The below list will give you lots of healthy afternoon tea recipes, including savoury afternoon tea ideas. Plus, afternoon tea cakes, Slimming World scones and mini cakes for afternoon tea. You can eat this and lose weight with this at home recipes.
Slimming World Afternoon Tea Recipes
Sandwiches
There are many bread options that can be eaten using your Healthy Extra B (HEB). Including 2 slices of wholemeal from a 400g loaf, a wholemeal pitta bread, a New York Bakery Seeded Bagel Thin or a Kingsmill Wholemeal Sandwich Thin. Filling ideas include:
- Tuna and cucumber – Free
- 40g low-fat cheese and tsp red onion chutney – HEA & 0.5 Syns
- Ham and tsp wholegrain mustard – 0.5 Syns
- Smoked salmon and tbsp low-fat cream cheese – 0.5 Syns
- Coronation chicken (tbsp of fat-free Greek yoghurt mixed with ½ tsp of curry powder) – Free
- Steak and fried onions (using no oil) – Free
- BLT – bacon (fat removed before cooking), lettuce and tomato – Free
- Egg and cress – Free (if you add mayo add 2 Syns per tbsp of low-fat mayonnaise)
Quiche – Free
Slimming World has put together this handy video on how to make a quiche. You don’t have to stick to the fillings used here; they are so interchangeable. How about bacon, leek and mushroom? Asparagus and pea, or tomato and spinach. You can also add herbs and spices to add flavour and even cheese from your HEA allowance.
Prawn Cocktail – 1.5 Syns
Mix in some cooked and peeled prawns into a tablespoon of extra light mayonnaise, a tablespoon of tomato ketchup, a few drops of tabasco, salt and pepper. Put on top of shredded lettuce and sliced spring onions. Serves 2.
Scotch Egg – 1.5 Syns (each)
Scotch eggs don’t come much more impressive than this. Big, meaty and satisfying, these flavour-packed favourites are ideal for an afternoon tea. Instead of pork sausages to go over the egg, you can use Linda McCartney red onion and rosemary sausages which are vegan.
Savoury Snacks – Free
Ok, they aren’t on a traditional spread, but some Slimming World afternoon tea ideas include boiled eggs, crabsticks and chicken. All of these are free foods.
Asparagus wrapped in Parma Ham – 0.5 Syns for 2
Divide a slice of Parma ham into four long strips, and wrap one piece around an asparagus spear. Place on a large, non-stick baking tray and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until just tender.
Crudités – Free
Carrot batons, sliced peppers, celery sticks, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, radishes, gherkins and pickled onions are all speed foods on Slimming World. Want something to dip them in, how about this roast pepper dip?
Berries – Free
Even the top restaurants put berries on their afternoon tea as a decoration. Add the speed foods; strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries for a pop of colour.
Fruit – Free
You could also add green or purple grapes, sliced banana, peach slices, orange segments, halved plums or physalis fruit. All of which are free foods.
Mini Scones – 2.5 Syns (each)
Afternoon tea wouldn’t be complete without scones. Just remember to Syn any butter, cream or jam you have with them.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees
- Sift the flour, salt, sweetener, baking powder into a bowl and rub in the margarine until you have breadcrumbs
- Add the milk and yoghurt and mix until you have a soft dough. (You may not need all the yoghurt, so add this a bit at a time.)
- Knead lightly to a smooth dough. Roll out and divide into 13 mini rounds, or use a pastry cutter
- Place on a non-stick tray, and cook for 10 minutes until risen and golden
Notes
Eton Mess – 2.5 Syns
Add a drop of vanilla essence to some fat-free natural yoghurt or fat-free Greek yoghurt and mix through berries, such as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Top with a loosely broken up meringue nest.
Jelly – 0.5 Syns
Make up a packet of sugar-free jelly and leave it to set in individual glasses. I like to make mine with diet lemonade. But, if you want to cheat, you can use Hartley’s 10 calorie jelly pot.
You can pimp these further. Add 3 teaspoons of reduced-fat squirty cream and a ½ tsp of hundreds and thousands for an additional 2 Syns per portion.
Chocolate Brownies – 4 Syns
Four Berry Cake – 2 Syns
This cute loaf cake means you can have your cake and eat it too. The whole cake is 12 Syns, and the recipe is based on being sliced into 6.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Ina mixing bowl, add the eggs, sweetener and flavouring and whisk
- Add the flour and baking powder and whisk again
- Add the berries and combine
- Pour into a small loaf tin and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes
Notes
Blueberry Biscuits – 4 Syns (each)
My easy blueberry biscuit recipe takes minutes to prepare, and the sweet treat will be ready in 15 minutes. These biscuits are bursting with natural sweetness, with a little hint of lemon for freshness.
Apple Flapjacks – 1.5 Syns (each)
I love flapjacks! I always thought they were healthy, but the recipe has butter, sugar and golden syrup. This low-fat version, the apple flapjack recipe, makes 16 small pieces. The whole recipe is 25 Syns.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Peel, core, and chop the apple into small pieces and put in a small saucepan
- Cover with boiling water and cook for 5 minutes until softened
- Drain and leave to one side
- In a mixing bowl, add the oats, mixed spice or cinnamon, and eggs. Mix together
- Add the cooked apples and combine
- Pour the mixture into a square tin and flatten with the back of a spoon
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden on top
Notes
Chocolate Orange Cake – 2 Syns (each)
It’s not Terry’s; it’s mine! Who says you can’t have chocolate on Slimming World? Chocolate and orange go so well together. The whole recipe is 12 Syns in total.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Add all of the ingredients to a bowl and whisk
- Divide the mixture between 6 silicone cake cakes or a mould
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until cooked in the middle
Notes
Apple and Raspberry Muffins – 3.5 Syns (each)
Light and fluffy, these apple and raspberry breakfast muffins are ideal for an afternoon tea. You can expect a pop of sweetness from the apple and raspberries, as well as a delicate crunch from the porridge oats sprinkled across the top.
Tea Cake – 2.5 Syns (each)
You have heard of coffee cake, but have you heard of tea cake? That’s right, you will need tea bags to infuse this low Syn sweet treat. It’s great if you are not a fan of coffee or just want to try something different.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees
- In a jug, make up the black tea, and leave to cool for 10 minutes
- Add all of the ingredients to the mixing bowl and whisk
- Pour into a small loaf tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, until cooked in the middle
Notes
Carrot and Pineapple Muffins – 6 Syns
Muffins are easy to make, and nothing’s better than warm muffins from the oven. What you get is a super moist, lightly spiced, sweet pineapple and carrot flavoured treat that is a great addition to an afternoon tea.
Lemon Drizzle Cake – 4 Syns
A slimming world lemon cake is amazing, full of flavour and very filling which is what you need when you’re spending syns!
Enjoy your Slimming World Afternoon Tea
If you have any other suggestions on what to serve on a Slimming World Afternoon Tea, please let me know in the comments. These recipes really are the tip of the iceberg – I have so many more! If you need any help with making the above or from the recipe catalogue, please feel free to DM me @RealGirlsWobble.
* These recipes are in no way connected, affiliated or endorsed by Slimming World. Every effort has been made to give you the correct Syns and information, but I would encourage you to double-check these for yourself.
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