Name: Smoked Salmon Bagel with Everything Cream Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 bagels (everything or plain); 150 g smoked salmon; 100 g cream cheese (softened); 1 tsp sesame seeds; 0.5 tsp poppy seeds; 0.5 tsp dried garlic flakes; 0.5 tsp dried onion flakes; 0.25 red onion (thinly sliced); 1 tbsp capers; 0.5 lemon (juiced); 1 sprig fresh dill

A properly loaded lox bagel with homemade everything cream cheese, capers, and red onion. This is the deli experience at home.

I lived near a bagel shop for two years and spent a fortune on their lox bagel. Then I realized I could make an even better version at home for a fraction of the price. The secret is the everything cream cheese — you mix everything bagel seasoning right into the cream cheese. Sesame, poppy seeds, dried garlic, dried onion. It is stupid simple and so much better than plain cream cheese. Pile on good smoked salmon, paper-thin red onion, capers, and a squeeze of lemon. That is it. No cooking, no