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Bagel topping ideas from Arla, which makes delicious flavored cream cheeses including Herbs & Spices, Natural, Natural Light and Pineapple, with seasonal specialties. |
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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
Fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables (including basil)
Nuts and seeds
Olives, capers, pickled vegetables
Different flavors of cream cheese
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.
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