There is no better make ahead breakfast for guests or brunch than a bagel bar with smoked salmon
- 4 Whole Bagels your favorite kind
- 1 cup cream cheese or mascarpone cheese (my favorite) choose your favorite flavors
- 1/2 medium English cucumber sliced
- 1/4 medium red onion sliced or diced
- 2 medium tomatoes sliced
- 8 ounces smoked salmon
- 1 medium lemon cut into sections for serving
- fresh dill, fresh fruit, optional makes the dish prettier and more delicious
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Prep the ingredients and store in lidded containers up to 3 days in advance. Bagels shouldn't be cut until the day of serving and should be stored after cutting in a plastic bag with the air squeezed out.
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My recommendation is to put any ingredient that has liquid or strong flavors in containers on a pretty serving platter. That way none of the ingredients contaminate one another.
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Slice the cucumber, red onion, tomatoes and lemon. Put mascarpone cheese or cream cheese in little containers.
If you want several flavors of cream cheese, it's less expensive and you won't have as much waste if you buy plain cream cheese and add your own mix ins like fresh herbs or smashed fruit. Whipped cream cheese makes this easier.
Include mini bagels, people will love this because they can get a taste without having to load on all of those carbs. Including some plain bagels is a good idea, they appeal to most people. Not everyone loves spice and bold flavor like us!
Extras: Fresh dill is a great partner to the smoked salmon and looks pretty too. And everyone loves fresh fruit. How about a hard boiled egg sliced? See our post on the best no fail way to boil an egg, hint, it has nothing to do with boiling!