Smoked Salmon Bagel
Toasted bagel, cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers - 32g protein cafe breakfast.
Prep
5m
Cook
2m
Total
7m
Servings
1
kcal
470
Protein
32g
Carbs
50g
Fat
16g
Macros per serving
Allergen info
Contains: Gluten, Dairy, Fish.
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Overview
Why it works
The New York cafe breakfast at home for a third the price. Toasted bagel, thick cream cheese, cold-smoked salmon, capers, red onion and dill. Ready in under 5 minutes.
- Smoked salmon delivers 20 g of protein and omega-3s per serving.
- Everything bagels add fiber and slow carbs to fuel morning training.
- Capers and lemon cut the cream cheese richness perfectly.
Ingredients
Ingredients · 1 servings
- 1 everything bagel
- 3 tbsp cream cheese (or whipped cottage cheese)
- 80 g cold-smoked salmon
- 1 tbsp capers
- 2 thin slices red onion
- Fresh dill
- Lemon wedge
- Black pepper
Instructions
Step by step
- 1
Slice the everything bagel in half and toast both halves until deeply golden with a firm, crunchy surface; a soft toasted bagel gets overwhelmed by the moist toppings.
- 2
Spread the cream cheese or whipped cottage cheese generously over both halves, going right to the edges.
- 3
Lay the cold-smoked salmon in loose ripples across the bottom half; rippling gives more texture than laying it flat.
- 4
Scatter the capers over the salmon.
- 5
Separate the red onion slices into rings and arrange a few on top.
- 6
Add a few fronds of fresh dill and a generous crack of black pepper.
- 7
Squeeze the lemon wedge over everything, then press the top half on, slice diagonally and eat immediately.
Pro Tips
Coach-level details
- Toast the bagel dark - a soft toasted bagel loses to the wet toppings.
- Ripple the salmon, don't lay it flat - it looks and eats better.
Storage & Swaps
Keep it, swap it, save it
Storage
- Assemble fresh.
- Salmon keeps 4 days sealed.
- Label containers with the prep date.
Smart swaps
- Whipped cottage cheese for lower fat / higher protein.
- Sourdough instead of bagel.
Pair with a program
Eating right is half the result.
Plug this recipe into an Onyx program for the other half - periodized training that actually moves the needle.
