Heavenly Rose Garden Tea Sandwiches

Today we had a lovely afternoon Tea Party in honor of St. Therese.   I will have to come back later to share pictures since we are about to have a family movie night, watching Miracle of St. Therese, but I wanted to share these yummy sandwiches that I came up with, as a healthy addition (and alternative for me, since I am trying to avoid most sweets) to our tea party treats.

Heavenly Rose Garden Tea Sandwiches
 for St. Therese

Ingredients/Supplies:

Favorite Sandwich Bread

Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese (or Hummus)

Tomatoes

Basil Leaves

Round Cookie Cutter

Sharp knife

I choose the delicious bread we have been getting from Costco lately... How can you go wrong with one that says "Heavenly texture and Saintly Flavor" on the package! ;) 

Directions:

I did a quick online search for tomato roses and came up with several videos showing how to make a rose from a tomato. It is really quite easy: just peel it in one long spiral and roll the desired length into the shape of a rose.

I then cut a circle out of each slice of bread. Then spread a nice thick layer of Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese to the top. Hummus would actually be a nice alternative as well, for anyone that can not have dairy! I then just added the tomato rose to the top along with a couple of freshly picked basil leaves from our garden.

Not only did they turn out pretty, they tasted heavenly and were the perfect addition to our "Shower of Roses Tea!"

St. Therese, the Little Flower, 

please pick me a rose from the heavenly garden 

and send it to me with a message of love. 

Ask God to grant me the favor I thee implore 

and tell him I will love him each day more and more.

St. Therese, the Little Flower, 

Pray for us!