I have roughly five mugs of tea (you know, ordinary English tea) each day, and I like to have something sweet with it. Biscuits are a waste of calories in nutritional terms, and I don't like them that much anyway. I often have a couple of dates instead, but I was wondering if you have any other ideas, for the sake of variety. It would have to be something which does not need to be prepared (no time). High calorie is fine (ideal, in fact) but I would like something healthy if at all possible...
Thanks for your ideas! 
hmm, lets see:
- Nuts
- Apple ( i have a fetish... :P )
- Bran muffin
- Granola/museli/fruit and nut bar
- Piece of multigrain toast with Jam or natural honey or penut butter
- Any dried fruit
- Banana
- Sesamie snaps (sp?).. [those little sesamie seed things that taste like honey)
- Dry cereal (i eat speciak k and bran flakes dry sometimes...)
Oh thanks, wasn't expecting such a quick answer!
The problem is that fruit (banana, apple etc) do not go well with tea at all, and nuts are not sweet...
And I forgot to say it had to be non-bulky as I have problems reaching my calorie targets daily.
Sorry to be such a nuisance! 
Dried fruit are a great idea, especially as someone already recommended dried apricots a while ago, for another reason which I have now forgotten.
What are good granola bars to buy? I bought Nature Valley Oats'N Honey Crunchy Granola Bars a while ago. They were great but CC came up with a C+ for them so I suspect they are not very healthy!
I love sesame/honey snaps. Healthy?
Thanks again! 
Toast with butter/peanut butter and jam (preferably all fruit)
Toast with butter, cinnamon, and honey
Dark chocolate, cocao nibs, or carob chips
REAL licorice
Ginger Snaps (I make my own with whole grain spelt and oat flours, blackstrap molasses and barely any sugar)
Whole grain, naturally sweetened, graham crackers
Kashi Granola bars, KIND bars, and Bumble bars are whole grain, natural/organic, and low sugar.
Larabars, CLif Nectar bars, and PURE bars are date bars with no added sugar and they come in tons of awesome flavors! ...they're dense, too, and you can make them at home in a food processor (there are a bunch of recipes on Google for that)!
Dry cereal can be fun. :)
As for the sesame-honey snaps, they are fairly healthful, and honey is highly beneficial to the body--especially during allergy season!
sorry, lol
My taste buds would honestly say that tomato sauce and chocolate go well together :P
I really like the kinds of bars where you can SEE the whole nuts and fruit... i'm not sure where you live, so the brands would probably be different. But Higher calorie bars are usually nutty and quite healthy.
A trail mix type dried fruit, nut and grain kind of thing can taste quite sweet, and be calorie dense.
Dried banana is also a really nice fruit to eat dried!.. sorry, i know i'm pushing the bananas lol.. But, i really think that the crunchy, dried banana would taste good with a cup of tea :)
You can always make your own granola bars, too. There are oodles of recipe floating around the internet, and when YOU make them, you know exactly what's in them!
When i'm looking for a little something sweet i go for some ff crackers and spread either lemon curd or some sort of jelly on them.. Or i have a weight watchers little cake, they have choc, carrot cake, lemon, and carmel they are 90 cal each.... or trader joes vanilla almond crunch granola bar they are sweet and nice n crunchy @ 130 cal each, or how about a serving of a good sweet cereal eaten dry, if you like choc a good one is cookie crisp...
Original Post by nat1968:
What are good granola bars to buy? I bought Nature Valley Oats'N Honey Crunchy Granola Bars a while ago. They were great but CC came up with a C+ for them so I suspect they are not very healthy!
I love sesame/honey snaps. Healthy?
Thanks again!
Luna bars are great. They are made by Clif and can be found in most supermarkets in the US. They even have a small, 100 calorie bar in several flavors. I'm not sure about Europe. Here's a link: http://www.lunabar.com/pages/lunabars/
72% dark chocolate is perfect with tea. :)
UD
Many thanks for all the answers! That's a great range of options!
The only thing is, I will have to hide whenever I have a cup of tea, if I don't want to drink it with three kids jumping around me pleading: 'Oh pleaaase, mum, can we have some toooo!' (For some reason they are not that interested in pitted dates, probably because they can have them any time...)
Thanks again!
Ok, just bought this Country Crisp Four Nut Crunch. It looks full of nuts, sweet, and very calorific. How do you think CC would rate it? A, B, C, D, E, F?
Just wondering, if I am going to have a lot of it, as I don't want to fill myself with unhealthy stuff!
http://www.jordanscereals.co.uk/products/cere als/country-crisp/country-crisp-four-nut-crun ch
Ingredients: British Conservation Grade® Wholegrain Cereals (48%) (Oat Flakes, Barley Flakes, Oat Flour), Raw Cane Sugar, Nuts (17%) (Roasted Hazelnuts, Flaked Almonds, Brazil Nuts (Chopped and Sliced), Chopped Pecan Nuts), Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil), Rice Flour, Desiccated Coconut, Hazelnut Paste.
Nutritional Information: TYPICAL VALUES Per 100gPer 50g*GDA Adults**% GDA*** Energy (kJ) 2034 1214 Energy (kcal) 486 290 2000 12.2 Protein 8.5g 7.7g 45g 9.5 Carbohydrate 58.5g 33.7g 230g 12.7 of which Sugars 21.5g 15.3g 90g 12.0 Fat 24.2g 13.8g 70g 17.3 of which Saturates 5.6g 3.9g 20g 14.0 Mono-unsaturates 12.4g 6.6g Polyunsaturates 5.6g 2.8g Fibre 6.0g 3.0g 24g 12.5 Sodium Trace 0.04g 2.4g 0.1 equivalent as Salt Trace 0.12g 6.0g 0.1
aww....stick with the biscuits....I'm deep into a package of spekulaas (spekulos) right now. The only thing very healthy about them is the almonds, but they're loaded with gingery/cinnamony spices. One or two 65 calorie biscuits to a cup, once a day.
I used to eat a lot of the granola-like Jordans cereal. I don't know how cc would rate it, but 6 grams is a pretty good portion of fiber. The calories for 100 grams (probably about 1/2 cup volumetric - a moderate cereal bowl sized portion) are pretty horrific though. I'd imagine the GI is through the roof with all the sugar they load in, on top of all the starch carbs. I wish Jordans wasn't so tasty....you can form a frosted miniwheats type addiction to it. Definitely off the food list for diabetics.
Original Post by thhq:
aww....stick with the biscuits....
Ok then, I'll keep it for special occasions; will have it with Champagne rather than tea...
I don't mind the calories, but I don't want ridiculous quantities of sugar...
I love an Arrowroot cookie (the baby teething kind of cookies) with tea. Just a touch of sweet and good texture for tea!
I also enjoy a good Family Digestive cookie (chocolate covered) YUM.
What's with me and baby cookies?
Original Post by thhq:
One or two 65 calorie biscuits to a cup, once a day.
Having said that, one ounce of the stuff is 135 cals, which is not much worse that two biscuits. And it contains a variety of whole nuts and a decent fibre content... So perhaps it's not such a vile treat after all!
PS: But once a day is probably all it should be!
I sometimes eat protein bars as I need increase my protein.
In the UK, Trek do some good ones - all natural sugar-free high in protein. And they taste good too. You can get them online at Sainsburys, or in most Holland and Barrett stores.
Calories per bar - 210
protein - 11g
Nice cup of tea - priceless.
Here's a link to their website......seems they now do a Protein Crunch Flapjack - Oat and Cherry Flavour, and that it's available in all Boots stores also. Not sure if these are sugar-free - obviously have to have honey in flapjacks, but their stuff is usually pretty healthy (all natural raw cold-pressed fruit) so could well be. Extra protein is always a bonus.
Mmmmmm....it's 10.51am here in London........time for my morning cuppa....
http://eatnakd.com/Nakd-News/Nakd-News/NEW-Tr ek-Protein-Crunch-Flapjacks.html
After overwhelming demand from hungry Trekkers we are (finally!) launching TREK Protein Crunch Flapjacks (Oat and Cherry Crunch flavours) in larger Boots locations across Britain and on our web shop from April 1st! Look out for them in local Health and outdoor shops soon thereafter.
They're traditional, handmade, baked, oat flapjacks with an added protein crunch for serious "stick-with-you-ness". At 56g, with 10g of protein per jack and under quid they are a great craving buster and seriously addictive (Robert has had to be physically restrained from the treehouse stash). If you are a flapjack lover or just get the occasional dense, oaty baked yumminess, then for get ready to be happy!
Please give them a try and ask your local shops to carry them, so you don't have to walk far to get one next time. Thanks!
Thanks! I am actually planning to go into town tomorrow so I will check out H & B while I'm there.
It's 10.56 here, time to catch my train to London! Enjoy your cuppa!
