If any of you fine folks are following me on Instagram, I shared a while back that for Christmas, my husband gifted me a beautiful white teapot. Inside the teapot was an invitation to Afternoon Tea at The Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City (about 20 minutes from our home). We got all dressed up, and spent the afternoon sipping non-caffeinated herbal tea, luxury hot chocolates, nibbling on the most wonderful tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, and jams with biscuits, and had an entire selection at our fingertips of desserts (tarts, macaroons, french gum drops, and chocolate mousse bowls). We talked about our goals for the new year for our little family, and about our goals we've set as individuals. It was seriously such a lovely afternoon, and we enjoyed it so much we want to make it a yearly tradition on New Year's Eve.
One thing I remembered the most, and wished I could have had at least ten more bites of, were the cucumber sandwiches. They were so light, moist, decadent, and had just enough zing to them from the spread underneath the gorgeous cucumbers. My pregnant palate had been craving them ever since. So, I decided to make a little batch of them at home with my lunch one chilly Utah afternoon. Can I dare say I created a bite that was even better? Let's just jump right into our little virtual tea time, shall we? :)
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