Looking for inspiration for things to add to my morning bagel :)
Edited to add: thanks for all the replies!!
Dried mango
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.
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’!
- 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
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!
