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[1] Bagel topping ideas from Arla, which makes delicious flavored cream cheeses including Herbs & Spices, Natural, Natural Light and Pineapple, with seasonal specialties (photos © Arla).
[2] Fruit on bagels? Sure…and you can put it on raisin bagels for a double fruit hit.
[3] A stylish color match of fruits and veggies.
[4] This bagel “Caprese” also works as holiday colors. Almonds are added for extra protein.
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If your idea of brunch includes bagels, it may also include pricey fish:
Herring salad
Sable
Smoked bluefish
Smoked salmon
Smoked sturgeon
Smoked trout
Smoked tuna
Whitefish salad
and other delights of the sea.
While we love all of these, we can run up quite a tab at the cash register.
So here’s a colorful—and less expensive—alternative that may even look like more of a feast:
THE NEW BAGEL TOPPINGS
Chopped red onions
Cucumber slices
Different flavors of cream cheese
Fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables (including basil)
Jalapeño slices
Nuts and seeds
Olives, capers, pickled vegetables
Pickled vegetables
Scrambled eggs
It’s easy to pull together.
Head to the market to see what looks good. Buy a variety of bright colors, both sweet (fruit) and savory (veggies).
Buy a selection of different bagel flavors, and don’t forget the cream cheese: plain plus a fruit flavor (blueberry, strawberry, etc.) and a veggie flavor (herbs, jalapeño, etc.)
Philadelphia Cream Cheese has outdone itself with cream cheese spreads, currently:
Sweet Cream Cheese Flavors
Blueberry
Brown Sugar & Cinnamon
Dark Chocolate
Honey Pecan
Milk Chocolate
Pineapple
Strawberry
Savory Cream Cheese Flavors
Chipotle
Chive & Onion
Garden Vegetable
Jalapeños
Salmon
Spicy Jalapeño & Bacon Flatbread…
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…plus Original (plain) and a variety of protein-enhanced, reduced fat, and fat-free flavors.
Other Spreads
It doesn’t have to be cream cheese. Consider other spreads:
Guacamole
Hummus (many flavors!)
Pesto (many flavors!)
Spinach or Onion dip/spread
Taramasalata
Yogurt spreads
This little post makes us so hungry, that we’re off to create our own bagel.
Maybe jalapeño cream cheese topped with red bell pepper and pineapple.
MORE BAGEL HOLIDAYS
January 15: National Bagel Day
February 9: National Bagel & Lox Day
July 26: National Bagelfest Day
December 11: National Have a Bagel Day
> The history of bagels.
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