Most people don’t associate regular old cheese with a bagel, mainly because the rude cousin cream cheese is always the favorite, butting in when people really need a taste of something different. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good old classic cream cheese bagel myself, but there is always room for one more [...]

The breakfast bagel has been adopted by many fast food restaurants but they still can’t beat a home cooked breakfast egg bagel. Ingredients: 2 Eggs 1/8 cup milk 2 strips of bacon 6 slices of cheddar (sharp or mild) cheese salt, pepper (as desired) ketchup (as desired) Your Favorite Bagel Instructions: The most important part [...]

Like anything you eat or cook, the nutritional side of the equation will always come up. Most studies and “believe it or not” articles unfairly place bagels as an unhealthy breakfast, and even go as far as to call doughnuts for breakfast more healthy. This is me, calling them out. Bagels vary in size, ingredients, [...]

One lovely suggestion I got for bagel week was the idea of a bagel topped with fresh fruit. While you might like to choose just one and cover the bagel, I decided to go all out and have 5 different types of fruit for this delicious snack. Ingredients: 8 raspberries 8 blackberries 8 blueberries 2 [...]

Ninjas have a hard time, sneaking around and not getting caught. I have never seen a ninja at bagel shop - or anywhere for that matter. This lead me to believe that one of the following must be true: ninja don’t exist or there are secret bagel shops made specifically for ninjas, and only ninjas [...]

One of my good friends introduced me to this style of bagel and it has become a favorite over the years. Topping off an onion bagel with whipped cream cheese, sliced tomato, and onion makes for a great morning. Ingredients: 1 tomato 1/4 red onion 1/4 white onion whipped cream cheese Your Favorite Bagel Instructions: [...]

Brueggers Bagels have been around the block, long enough to know a few things at least, and they’ve published a collection of tips and tricks on how to keep your bagels FRESH. Their best advice is the advice they give first. As any cook or baker would tell you, “enjoy the food on the day [...]

So you want to make a sandwich, huh? STOP! Don’t grab the bread. Grab a bagel. Here’s why: Bagels aren’t easily smashed. When you’re brown bagging your lunch, you have to be careful. Sandwiches made with bread just aren’t the same after someone accidentally steps on your lunch repeatedly. With a bagel, you’ll barely be [...]

Some people might think that the bagel is just for eating. The truth is that it’s abilities are far more than anyone ever expects. Just the other day, I lost my glasses and had to rush out somewhere. Not wanting to crash into anyone I decided to pull a Macgyver and use what I had [...]

Spinach pie is traditionally called Spanakopita in Greek restaurants. This is my family's twist on the recipe, using a traditional pie crust instead of layers of phyllo dough. Crust: 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup shortening Filling: 1 bunch of washed and chopped fresh spinach 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup chopped yellow [...]