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    Home » Breakfast and Brunch » DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch

    DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch

    Published: Jun 13, 2019 · Modified: Mar 2, 2020 by HWC Magazine · 4 Comments

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    This DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch is a super easy budget friendly idea for hosting a breakfast or brunch with friends or family in under 30 minutes.

    DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch / https://www.hwcmagazine.com
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    Round cutting board with bagels and cream cheese on the left and on the right a rectangle cutting board packed with lox, tomatoes, cucumbers, capers, lemons dills, radishes and onions.

    Why you are going to love this DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch

    One bite into that silky lox or smoked salmon, cream cheese spread, crunchy veggies and chewy bagel and your friends and family are going to love you. Who can resist a delicious decked out bagel?

    With Spring and summer upon us, there will be graduation parties, wedding showers, baby showers, Mother’s Day, Father's Day, Easter and any day you feel like surrounding yourself with the people you love the most. The DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch is the perfect solution. There is no cooking, no major prep and no major cleanup. You got to love that!

    The DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch is portable so you can enjoy it outside as a picnic or even as a dish to pass.

    Bagel with cream cheese, lox, radish, cucumber, capers and a little dill on top.

    Keeping Your DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch Simple

    Bagels:

    You will need about 1.5 – 2 mini bagels per person. If you are serving a group of growing teenager boys or a group of soccer players, you might want to increase that to about 6 per person… LOL Have you seen them eat. Scary! We love using the little mini bagels. We also like to use the plain or wheat mini bagels. Plain bagels give your guests a blank canvas to craft their “masterpiece epic decked out bagel”. You can use the full-sized bagels as well.

    Low Carb Option:  If your team is on a keto, diabetic friendly or low carb diet, please make a batch of our Sesame Low Carb Cloud Bread to serve instead of bagels. Your low carb friends and family will love it!

    Cream Cheese and Spreads:

    We prefer the whipped cream cheese as it is much easier to spread than the traditional block style cream cheese. You can keep your cream cheese plain or feel free to add olives and chives, sun dried tomatoes and basil, fresh herbs, etc. Please add whatever you little heart desires.

    Dairy Free Option: You can use cashew cream, vegan cream cheese, Better than Store Bought Red Pepper Hummus, Rosemary and Garlic Infused Olive Tapenade, guacamole, Traditional Baba Ghanoush or whatever your little heart desires.

    Top down shot of bagel bar with assembled bagels and a bowl of seasonal berries and grapes.

    Lox and Smoked Salmon:

    Lox and smoked salmon are actually not the same thing. Lox is usually made from the belly of salmon.  The salmon is salt-cured or brined, and it never cooked or smoked. Lox has a very silky, rich texture and is sliced super thin. Lox is preferred for topping for your DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch.

    However, you can also use smoked salmon that is made from any part of the fish. The salmon starts off with brining just like a lox but then it is either cold smoked or hot smoked.

    Bring on the Veggies, Pickled Veggies and Fresh Herbs:

    Now, here is where you can get creative. We love using crisp, thinly sliced veggies. The only limit is your imagination. We used these sliced vegetables and herbs today…

    Cucumbers

    Tomatoes

    Red Onion

    Radishes

    Capers

    Dill

    Lemons

    Round cutting board with bagels and cream cheese on the left and on the right a rectangle cutting board packed with lox, tomatoes, cucumbers, capers, lemons dills, radishes and onions.

    Fruits:

    A fresh little slice of lemon to squeeze on top of your decked-out bagel and a grating of fresh pepper seals the deal. We also love fresh avocados which are actually categorized as a fruit. A bowl of fresh seasonal fruit on the side is always a welcome addition.

    Other Additions:

    Pickled vegetables like our Gingered Red Onion Pickled Golden Beets, Spicy Garlic Cucumber Refrigerator Pickles or our Lemon Radish Diakon Refrigerator Pickles would be a nice addition to your DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch.

    Don’t Forget About the Kids: Almond butter and our Strawberry Rhubarb Refrigerator Jam is delicious. Kids also love our Roasted Pumpkin Seed Butter and a drizzle of runny honey as a bagel topping.

    Friends gathering around the Ultimate Bagel brunch board and digging in.

    Beverages:

    Who can survive a morning without coffee or tea? However, you may like to liven up the party with mimosas, Summertime Non-Alcoholic Fruity Drink Recipes or our warming Easy Spiced Golden Milk

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    Round cutting board with bagels and cream cheese on the left and on the right a rectangle cutting board packed with lox, tomatoes, cucumbers, capers, lemons dills, radishes and onions.

    DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch

    This DIY Ultimate Bagel Bar Brunch is a super easy budget friendly idea for hosting a breakfast or brunch with friends or family in under 30 minutes.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Breakfast and Brunch
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 364kcal
    Author: HWC Magazine

    Ingredients

    • 12 Mini bagels
      whole (white and wheat assorted) – regular or toasted . 8-12 bagels
    • 16 oz Lox or smoked salmon – 16 oz
      thinly sliced (about 2 ounces per person)
    • 8 oz Light whipped Cream cheese
      1-2 (8-ounce containers) – always good to have a backup one in case you run low.
    • 2 Cucumbers
      sliced thinly
    • 1 Red onion
      peeled and sliced thinly
    • ⅓ cup Capers
    • 1 Lemon
      sliced thinly
    • ½ cup Dill
      trimmed (or fresh herbs of choice)
    • 8 Radishes
      sliced thinly
    • 2 Tomatoes
      sliced thinly
    • 1 Avocado sliced thinly
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    Instructions

    • On a wooden cutting board or large serving platter, arrange mini-bagels, lox (smoked salmon), light whipped cream cheese or spreads, cucumbers, red onion slices, capers, lemon slices, sprigs of dill or fresh herbs of choice, sliced radishes, sliced tomatoes and sliced avocados.
    • Set out plates, napkins, utensils, fresh cracked pepper and salt, fresh fruit bowl and beverages of choice. Let everyone serve themselves and enjoy!

    Notes

    If you want to keep your DIY Ultimate brunch bar low carb, exchange the bagels with our Sesame Low Carb Cloud Bread.
    Vegan ideas: swap out the cream cheese with hummus, guacamole or a vegan cream cheese and hold the lox. For other vegan ideas, please scroll up and read the post.
    Don’t forget about the kids! Make sure to add almond butter and jelly or honey on the side for them. Please scroll up to see the other kid friendly ideas in the post.
    Pickled vegetables, arugula, bacon, scrambled eggs, tuna salad, egg salad and chutneys are all delicious toppings too. Have fun with it.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 364kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 1125mg | Potassium: 599mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 789IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Aubry says

      April 01, 2021 at 6:17 pm

      5 stars
      What a easy and great way to put out a spread for Easter morning -- let them grab and go.

      Reply
    2. Ken says

      March 17, 2021 at 7:29 pm

      5 stars
      A great way to put out a spread that people can pick at - at their leisure. I am going to keep this in mind for our post-ride get together.

      Reply
    3. Olivia says

      March 09, 2020 at 3:06 am

      5 stars
      We hosted a last minute brunch at the house today. Went shopping and had everything ready for guests in flash. Lifesaver idea for last minute gatherings and showers.

      Reply
      • HWC Magazine says

        March 09, 2020 at 3:09 am

        Thanks so much Olivia! So happy we could help you with your breakfast and brunch planning menu. Have a lovely week ahead.

        Reply

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