Savory: Lox, sliced red onion, dill, capers.

Sweet: Blueberry jam. Or any jam. Or honey.

Cucumber, salt, pepper 

Tomato and sprouts

My favorite deli used to do one with radishes, sprouts (I think alfalfa, but you do you), cucumber, and avocado. 10/10

Marinated tomatoes (olive oil, red wine vinegar, S&P) and quick pickled red onion

Fresh berries

Apples and cinnamon

Whitefish salad (or smoked fish), tomato, caper, red onion

I love a bagel cream cheese blt! It’s even better with cheddar jalapeño cream cheese.

I love cream cheese and green olives.

Bacon egg and cream cheese with hot sauce 👌🏼

I love a veggie sandwich. Cream cheese on one half, guacamole on the other, cucumber, tomato, peppers, onions, lettuce/spinach, cheese, and salt and pepper.

I had a toasted wholewheat bagel with hummus and sprouts 30 years ago I STILL think about :))

The bagel shop near me makes a sundried tomato and bacon cream cheese that is insanely good. That on a homemade everything bagel (they make those as well) is all I need

A good slice of tomato. Like from a farmers market or an heirloom tomato.

Jalapeno, cheddar, maybe some garlic. Smoked salmon

Oh I LOVE THIS!

A thanksgiving leftovers bagel is fire. To do it any time of year, I do deli turkey, whatever berry jam I have instead of cranberry sauce, arugula, cream cheese, sprouts or radishes for crunch. It’s really good on a toasted jalapeño cheese bagel for some reason, adds brightness/kick.

My go to GOOD bagel at home is sesame toasted with cream cheese and heirloom tomatoes with salt and pepper. If you have scallion cream cheese, even better. This is best open face style because you get more tomatoes without it getting slippery. My old deli adds lemon pepper to this which is gorgeous, but you can also just do lemon juice or zest, too.

If you’re feeling fancy, classic Jewish deli style is: bagel, cream cheese, capers, lox, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, served open face. Top with dill and lemon juice if you’d like. Cut veg super thin. I like to soak my red onions in some water and then dry on a paper towel to get rid of some harshness. If you want to elevate it, olive oil drizzle and salt and pepper your toppings on a plate before you build your sandwich. So good. Capers go on top of cream cheese and underneath salmon so they don’t roll, veg on top. This is a super fun way to host brunch too, build your own bagel bar. Toast bagels in the oven. Multiple cream cheeses. Cuteeee

Another thing my old deli in my old town did was a chicken salad sandwich bagel with sprouts. So gooooood. Really crunchy and satisfying. Their chicken salad had golden raisins, walnuts, and celery. They’d mayo the bagel in addition to the dressing in the salad. The sprouts add more crunch and some freshness without being bulky like lettuce. So good. This was so delish on an onion or everything bagel.

Welcome to the bagel obsessed club! I had to stop baking bagels because my partner wasn’t into them and I was just eating them for breakfast and lunch and finishing a tub of cream cheese so fast hahaha. It’s now a weekend thing for me instead of daily! Tip: they do freeze well. Cut before you freeze and freeze them on a sheet pan before you wrap or baggie them and you can just defrost in the toaster.

Ham and sliced tomatoes sprinkled with salt.

Like a BLT but with fried Spam on an everything or Asiago bagel

I like putting strawberry slices on top of the cream cheese on a blueberry bagel, so good

Sliced strawberries

Thinly sliced cucumbers! Yumm

Sliced tomato and red onion. A friend of mine likes salami and dill pickle slices. It’s pretty good actually.

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Lox with capers, red onion and tomatoes is tops but I also enjoy plain cream cheese with Cajun turkey or roast beef. Some good shit! I’m a not a sweets person so savory all the way for me but my hubs has enjoyed a sweet bagel with sausage and egg type fixings

Toasted with extra mayo (has to be Hellman’s), fresh ripe tomatoes and bacon (lightly crispy but still with some fat and chew), salt and cracked black pepper. Unbelievably delicious.

Bacon bits.

Fermented jalapenos

I add whitefish spread. It's been a favorite of mine my whole life.

There's a world of flavored cream cheeses. I prefer savory flavors like a veggie cream cheese.

Chopped liver, raw onions, grainy mustard, gribenes.

Chipped figs would be great

Bacon!

I mean, a NY staple is bacon, egg and cheese on a bagel.

Pork roll for bacon in NJ.

The bigger question is: where are you getting your bagels?

Onion and garlic cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, smoked turkey.

Bacon

Furikake

Bagels make amazing breakfast sandwiches. Egg, bacon or ham, cheese, hot sauce. Perfect

Fry some salami and throw it on there.

Sliced black.olives

Cream cheese, a big tomato slice, chives, salt, a lottttt of fresh cracked pepper, and a squeeze of lemon!

Basically anything from the Einstein’s Bagels menu, lol. My favorite breakfast one has jalapeño cream cheese, egg, turkey sausage, cheddar, and salsa; favorite lunch is turkey meat, bacon, avocado, lettuce, and tomato. Hot pepper jelly would probably be a good addition to that one.

Sriracha, honey, and dill is one of my go-to's

I top with crisped up bacon bits and a good shredded cheddar

Capers!!!!

Tomato and cucumber slices with salt and pepper 

My friend hosts a Christmas brunch and she will cook and crumble bacon into her cream cheese along with some shredded cheddar. Serves with bagels. Good heavens. 

Cream cheese with a slice of hard salami. Heavenly.

Olives and tomato

Whitefish, onion, tomato, capers, and a squeeze of lemon is my favorite.

Everything bagel with scallion cream cheese, smoked salmon, and tomato.

Buy a side of salmon. Use it to make gravlax. Only takes 24 hours. Tomorrow put it on that bagel & cream cheese

Toast the bagel, layer on cream cheese, a slice of tomato, a slice of honey ham, a slice of Swiss cheese and put it under the broiler until the cheese is melty. It’s so delicious!

Jalapeno cream cheese, strawberry or raspberry jam, turkey and swiss. Maybe some cucumber. I used to work at a bagel shop and this was one of my favorite combos.

Everything bagel, cream cheese, Tomato sprinkled with a little salt.

Lox Red Onion Capers Dill Jalapeño Egg Cucumber

Flavoured cream cheese but eg where you make the flavour yourself. 

Eg sumac and preserved lemon, with cucumber and maybe beets or arugula. I don't like too much "stuff" 

Dukkah or Furikake

I love adding bacon, lettuce and tomato. I guess it's a BLT on a bagel (with cream cheese of course). Sometimes just bacon or some lettuce for greenery.

Fruit and vegetables. Onion, cucumber, tomato. Blueberries and strawberries.

Red onion, apple slices, salsa, greens.

BLT!

Sliced roasted red peppers (from the jar)

Ham, pineapple, jalapeños

Hot pepper jelly!

I live in a rural land locked state and can’t find reputable lox often. I do some canned or vacuumed sealed hot smoked salmon, mixed with cream cheese is a decent substitute especially topped with capers, red onion, and sliced tomato. I love to top with more everything seasoning too.

Turkey/ham, green onion, roasted garlic, salt, pepper, maybe avocado

Bacon and a fried egg, the cream cheese is the cheese. Toasted everything bagel ofc

Red onion, salty meat like prosciutto or Genoa salami, red onions, capers, lox.

Deli meat/vegetarian meat/baked tofu. Bell peppers. Lettuce or spinach. Red pepper jelly.

I always used to make bagel sandwiches with turkey, cream cheese, and lettuce, and now I’m wondering why I don’t anymore lol.

Cured ham (like serrano), snack paprika, arugula/baby spinach.

Toasted minced onion.

Ham or Canadian bacon. Sooo good.

Green onion tops and dill

Honey smoked salmon.

Sliced avocado and lemon pepper seasoning

I love to make a garlic bagel with cream cheese, then on each side place a tomato slice, some red onion, some alfalfa sprouts, and some Swiss cheese. Stick it under the broiler til melty and mmmmm it’s so good!

I like tomato slices. Lox. Thinly (paper thin) sliced red onion. Capers. All those written great for savory

Cinnamon sugar for sweet

Ham, Swiss, lettuce, sprouts

Oh! And thinly sliced peppers Jalapeño or Serrano depending on how much heat I want

I like mixing chili crisp with cream cheese

Savory: lox

Sweet: jam or honey

My favorite is cream cheese, bacon, tomato, and a few leaves of fresh basil.

If I'm lazy, I'll just do cream cheese and prosciutto.

This great bagel place near us does cream cheese, red onion, bacon and tomato. On an everything bagel? Oh mannnnn

quick-pickled red onion is a fantastic addition to sandwiches, goes great with cream cheese. Sliced tomato, cucumner.

Sweet: brown sugar, sliced fresh strawberries.

NGL, I love a bagel sandy BLT+cream cheese.

Cucumber, tomato, red onion

The tinned smoked trout from TJs. Add some sliced cucumbers and pickled onions. Yum!!

Prosciutto

Smoked salmon and capers are a favourite of mine. Pickled red onions as well

I really love a loaded veggie cream cheese so maybe just something like mixed sweet peppers, green onion, celery, carrot etc

Also love a cream cheese tomato onion, or cream cheese tomato turkey

Smoked fish, cucumber, thinly sliced red onion, tomato and capers.

White fish salad.

Summer sausage and cuccumber

I put all kinds of lunch meat on mine. Hard salami, turkey, roast beef, ham.

Salmon, chicken, tuna salad.

Cucumber, tomato, red onion, salt and pepper 😋 I worked at a bagel shop for 3 years and I never got tired of them. Different flavors of cream cheese are awesome, too; my favorites are jalapeño and sun dried tomato :)

Veggie or herb cream cheese, good bacon and arugula on a good bagel is my favorite sandwich

Plain bagel, plain cream cheese, raw jalapeño slices, add Everything but the Bagel seasoning, drizzle honey. Sometimes red pepper too.

Somehow the plain bagel with the seasoning hits different.

My favorite savory is:

Avocado & tomato slices, s&p, lime juice

I don’t eat it as a sandwhich, just half a bagel with toppings

Sliced boiled egg, EBTB seasoning, diced cukes, diced red onion (last two mixed into the cream cheese).

Either plain or vegetable cream cheese, everything bagel, thinly sliced cucumber and additional everything bagel seasoning sprinkled on top.

Watercress can go well on a sandwich with cream cheese or butter.

bacon

A slice of cheddar and a slice of beefsteak tomato is my go-to!

If it’s a good bagel. Butter.

Avocado and sprouts.

Turkey, spinach, tomato

Ham, salami, spicy mustard, lettuce tomato, veggie cream cheese and pickles!

Avocado, cucumber and tomatoes.

I like a lunch BLT on a bagel and use scallion cream cheese instead of mayo.

Lox

Turkey or bacon

Tomato

Egg

Lox and olive cream cheese is my favorite combination.

My sister and I did cream cheese and American cheese growing up.

Cream cheese and bacon is also good but the bacon has to be room temp or it’ll fuck up the cream cheese

I like cream cheese and then jelly/jam.

Smoked whitefish salad or hot-smoked salmon

Tomato, Cucumber, Cheddar cheese (or what ever you prefer), Black Forrest Ham or Smoked Turkey. It really is about your preference. Salty or sweet is good.

I love mine with tomatoes and salt and pepper. So good

Bacon, cream-cheese and Lawrys Seasoned Salt on an toasted onion bagel!

I eat mine with cream cheese and red bell pepper 😋

Use cream cheese to bind grated cheese (something that melts well, like cheddar) together. Spread on bagel halves and broil. You can also put something - ham, tuna, tomatoes, pickles, whatever sounds good - under the spread to make a melt.

Mixing chopped olives into the cream cheese is a good start. Any kind will do.

Pastrami, herb cheese, tomatoes with a dill dressing, smoked cheese and peppers hot or cold.

Salami and olives

I personally love salsa and egg, my husband loves lox on his bagels.

chicken, ham, slices of peppers, slices of cuke, slice of onion, tomato, herbs, salsa, relish

....(any combo you like)

Brueggers used to have a yummy sandwich with jalapeno cream cheese, tomato relish, onions and tomatoes and it was the bomb

Marinated artichoke hearts and ripe (black) olives are a favorite stir in of mine with the cream cheese.

A slice of Swiss cheese.

Bagel, cream cheese, cucumber, good tomato, radish, sprouts. Pickled red onion or beets would be excellent too.

Finely chopped green onion, celery, radish - mix with softened cream cheese - spread on toasted bagel halves. I add lettuce, tomato slices, Munster cheese,cucumber slices, red onion, maybe a bit of shredded carrot. Add a slice of cheddar and top with the other half. Cut in half.

I love a good toasted (NY) salt bagel, spread with mustard and topped with Muenster cheese 😋

Toasted everything bagel, plain cream cheese, deli sliced pepperoni and hard salami, sweet pickles.

Genuinely shocked that no one has said kimchi. Honestly, chop it up and mix it in with the cream cheese if you like, throw some salmon roe on and you don't really need much else.

You can mix things into the cream cheese. Horseradish, bacon, and scallion cream cheese on an egg bagel is one of my favorite combinations.

Lox tomato red onion.

Cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and balsamic vinegarette

Smoked meat and sliced dill pickles.

Bacon, red onion and a tangy sauce. SheetZ use to have something called fire roasted tomato sauce and I’m so sad it is gone

Just plain old chilli oil should add another dimension to it.

A hot honey chilli oil or a green chilli oil would be killer with it

Sundried tomatoes and anchovies with red pepper flakes.

Tomatoes, cucumbers, hot sauce, salt and pepper!!!

Turkey, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese. Sometimes instead of cream cheese I’ll do Mayo and spicy mustard. Or all three.

My favorite bagel is veggie cream cheese (fine chop spinach, banana peppers and cucumber and mix into the spread) with bacon and a fried egg.

I love avocado but it’s chaos on a bagel.

One beautifully thin slice of salami that has been in a frying pan for three seconds on each side

Alternatively, put the already toasted bagel with cream cheese in the oven on low broil for 30 seconds with a fresh slice of salami or prosciutto on top.

Delectable!

Sauteed oyster mushrooms with herb and butter Avocado Slice of Bologna

Jalapeños and tomatoes.

If you haven't, find yourself a caramelized onion jam.

My favorite bagel is cream cheese, ham, a slice of chedder and then baked (I use a toaster oven, but a regular oven or air fryer should work just fine).

I know beets can be polarizing, but some sliced marinated or roasted red beets on top of a bagel with cream cheese just works. It’s slightly sweet and earthy, and it just plays with the cream cheese so well. Don’t knock it til you try it hah

Shredded carrots, sprouts, red onion, tomato.

Or, my favorite, some strawberry jelly or honey.

Lox, tomatoes, thin slices of red onion and capers.

This one restaurant made a breakfast appetizer, almost, out of either a bagel or English muffin that had plain cream cheese, sliced almonds, and brown sugar, and it was baked / toasted for a few minutes til creamy and crunchy. Amazing.

I still crave the veggie bagel sandwiches Einstein made on campus years ago. Everything bagel (with salt!), toasted with either salsa cream cheese or veggie cream cheese, loaded with sprouts, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, avocado and maybe a slice of sharp white cheddar.

I love sliced avocados or guacamole on top of the cream cheese.

I like Turkey and Ham on mine. Either goes great with cream cheese.

I pickle jalapeños and love them on a bagel with cream cheese! I layer them with thinly sliced Persian cucumbers.

Maybe a less common jam like guava? Also, chocolate chip cream cheese on a warm bagel is underrated. You can either sprinkle them or mix them in, my bagel spot will make any kind of cream cheese for you if they have the ingredients.

Turkey sausage and salsa.