Cucumber. Cucumber + cream cheese is utterly divine. Best peeled.
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Will try it !
This makes an amazing sandwich, especially with lots of freshly ground pepper.
My favorite bagel has heirloom tomatoes, fresh dill, capers, salt, pepper, and a light drizzle of olive oil. Just flawless.
Thanks!
- green peppers
- hummus
- watermelon
- tomato + basil
- mint pesto
- tomato + pesto
- tomato + lettuce
- roasted jalapeno (or other peppers) without seeds
- bread and butter pickles (they're sweet)
- spicy pickles
- mustard seed spread (not that nuclear yellow crap)
- kimchi
- apple slices
- grilled zucchini
- eggplant and marinara
- apple butter
- any jam (Berry jam too)
- hot pepper relish
- hot sauce
- mashed sweet potato
- chopped candied nuts
- green onions and chives
- a dressing of oil, parsley, mint blended until thick
Holy cow I'm so hungry right now for all of this
I think I'm set for life with this list haha
Thanks!
Radishes have a nice peppery bite to them. Toss some slices on top with a few chili flakes.
Avocado and a little balsamic
I like to top cream cheese on bagel with sliced cherry tomatoes or fresh figs if they’re in season. You can also mix some chopped raisins, a bit of honey, and cinnamon into plain cream cheese for an easy, yet yummy spread.
Ooh tomatoes sound yummy 😋
Want to make it extra yummy? Dried tomatoes. One of the white pizze that I prepare often is mascarpone (basically cream cheese), sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms, it's really easy to adapt this into your bagel.
Will try it. Do you dry the tomatoes in the sun?
I use store-bought dried tomatoes.
Checked today, my local store doesn't have them :( I guess I'll try dehydrating them in the oven
In the meantime I've checked a few recipes. This one should last six months or so, without additional conservation methods, but it takes 10~12h of oven time. This one seems more practical and requires only 2~3h of oven time, at a slightly higher temperature, but it'll last refrigerated for four days - past that it needs to be frozen.
You could also use an air fryer for that, I bet that it would go way faster.
Thanks for looking it up for me :)
This sounds amazing
Dried mango
Some of the less obvious ideas: celery, red onion, alfalfa sprouts, apple.
Red onion is good 👍
Growing up my mum would often make what she would call "poor man's cheese cake."
Take a Graham cracker, put a personally appropriate schmear of cream cheese on, add whatever jam you have on hand (my personal favs are blackberry/blueberry and raspberry, top with one or more fresh pieces of fruit.
This sounds like a great snack idea!
They're super good 👌
Man, pretty much anything.
Oh.. on a bagel?
I usually just steam some veggies in the microwave, drain out the water, toss a pat of cream cheese in the bowl and leave it covered for a bit while it melts in the steamy veggies. Hit it with some garlic powder and sea salt and pepper. Good eatin'!
What else do you eat cream cheese with? Genuine question, I only recently started eating cream cheese, and I've only ever eaten it with bagels or toasted bread
It's great for adding to broth to make creamy soups or as a dip for kettle cooked chips.
Also bacon and cream cheese on a bagel is incredible but that's not veggies 😂
Thin slices of red bell pepper (use the rest to scoop dip later)
Uncooked slices? I have some mini peppers, I'll try it later today
Yes, slice one mini pepper into rings and arrange beautifully around the ⚪🥯
Yummy 👍 Tried it today.
Two things I've tried and loved on a plain bagel with plain cream cheese. Kiwi, and sour cherry jam.
Idk what it is about the tart combo but it goes well. I may have to try mango with the kiwi next time they're available..
Kimchi or sauerkraut is my favourite to pair with cream cheese on toast. Mushroom pate topped with celery slices are really good on rice cakes with cream cheese too.
(Vegan cheeses have come such a long way in the last decade! I recently tried vegan cream cheese again and while it melted a bit funny on hot toast, wow was the flavour spot on for what I remember the dairy stuff being like!)
First time hearing about mushroom pate - will try your suggestions!