Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Board with Beet Cream Cheese Spread

Impress your guests with a Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Board featuring a vibrant Beet Cream Cheese Spread. It’s a beautiful and delicious DIY breakfast that’s hard to…beet!

Let’s Celebrate Beet Week!

I’m thrilled to be partnering with my friends at Aunt Nellie’s to celebrate Beet Week and share this delicious Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Board with you! Your guests will be blown away by this stunning breakfast board. Let everyone build a scrumptious bagel sandwich that’s just how they like it from a colorful and delicious range of toppings. And don’t forget a big smear of the vibrant Beet Cream Cheese Spread. It’s the star of the show and so creamy and flavorful, it’s sure to knock their socks off.

All About the Spread

Pickled beets are one of my favorite accompaniments. I love to pair them with a fancy goat cheese on a crostini or enjoy them in a scrumptious salad with greens and grains. Diced pickled beets are also one of our favorite toppings when we have build-your-own mediterranean chicken bowls for family dinner. They just elevate the eating experience!

The small chunks of pickled beet in this Beet Cream Cheese Spread are everything. They add so much fun texture and flavor. I just know you’re going to love it as much as we do!

These Are Your Grandmother’s Beets

When I’m craving and cooking with beets, I reach for Aunt Nellie’s jarred beets. They’re always in our pantry and the quality is so reliable. Which is probably why Aunt Nellie’s has been America’s favorite brand of jarred beets for more than 90 years.

And they don’t just make beets. You can certainly choose from seven delicious varieties of jarred beets as well as onions, three bean salad, and red cabbage that can be found in stores across the United States and online at Amazon and Walmart. And if you need recipe ideas, Aunt Nellie’s recipes are easily downloadable and printable from Aunt Nellie’s website.

Ingredients and Supplies

(see recipe card at the bottom of this post for measurements and details)

Ingredients:

• Cream cheese (softened): rich, creamy base of the beet spread.
• Aunt Nellie’s Diced Pickled Beets: the star of the spread! Adds vibrant color plus tangy-sweet flavor.
• Honey: balances the tang of the beets with a subtle sweetness.
• Fresh lemon juice: freshens the spread and keeps all the flavors bright.
• Chopped fresh dill: gives an herby pop and pairs nicely with the salmon.
• Salt & Pepper: rounds out the flavors in the spread.
• Assorted bagels: mix it up with a variety of bagels — mini and full-size, plain, everything, sesame, and more — so everyone can build their perfect sandwich!
• Aunt Nellie’s Baby Whole Pickled Beets: they bring an earthy-sweet tang to the fruit skewers that balances out the bright, juicy sweetness of the grapes and strawberries. Together, it’s a mix of savory, tart, and sweet in one skewer.
• Green grapes: a crisp and juicy addition to the fruit skewers as well as a great side to the breakfast sandwiches.
• Whole strawberries: a bright and sweet addition to the fruit skewers that pair so nicely with the tang of the baby beets.
• Aunt Nellie’s Sliced Pickled Beets: they give a tangy-sweet bite to the bagel sandwiches as well as complement the creaminess of the spread and the crunch of the cucumber and onions.
• Capers: they give a salty and briny punch that’s a classic addition to a bagel with lox.
• Everything bagel seasoning: wakes up the sandwich with a little crunch and savory depth of flavor from the garlic and onion.
• Cucumber (thinly sliced): adds a crisp, refreshing crunch to a bagel sandwich.
• Red onion (thinly sliced): adds a sharp bite and balances the richness.
• Smoked salmon/lox (pre-sliced): a luxurious addition to an epic breakfast bagel sandwich with a smoky richness.
• Radishes (thinly sliced): bring a peppery crunch and beautiful color.
• Avocado (thinly sliced): a creamy, mellow counterbalance to all the other texture and flavor options on the board.
• Lemon (sliced into thin rounds): adds brightness with a squeeze of freshness.
• Hard-boiled eggs (halved): a nice protein option to complete the breakfast experience.
• Microgreens: adds a fresh finish to the sandwich.
• Fresh dill sprigs (for garnishing): a delicious garnish that ties the flavors together beautifully.

Supplies:

• Food processor
• Serving bowl
• 20″ round food board or serving tray
• Wooden skewers

How to Make a Bagel Breakfast Sandwich Board with Beet Cream Cheese Spread

• Make the Beet Cream Cheese Spread: Place the softened cream cheese, drained diced beets, honey, lemon juice, chopped dill, salt, and pepper into a food processor.
• Process until mostly smooth, scraping down the sides and pulsing towards the end so a few small beet bits remain visible for texture.
• Transfer to a serving bowl, cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so the spread can firm back up into that classic cream cheese texture.

• Build the Board: Place the Beet Cream Cheese Spread in the center of a large round board. Garnish with diced beets, a drizzle of honey, and chopped fresh dill.
• Arrange the bagels in a cluster along top left side of the board.
• Make the fruit skewers by threading the fruit onto each skewer in this order: 1 baby beet, 1 green grape, 1 whole strawberry, 1 green grape, 1 baby beet. Repeat with remaining skewers until you have 6 total.
• Put the fruit skewers, sliced pickled beets, capers, everything bagel seasoning, and honey in separate small serving dishes and place around the remaining edges of the board.
• Fan out the cucumber rounds, red onion rings, smoked salmon, radishes, avocado slices, and lemon rounds in neat clusters around the bowl of beet cream cheese spread.
• Fill in the board with halved hard-boiled eggs, a bunch of green grapes, and microgreens.
• Sprinkle the hard-boiled eggs and smoked salmon with a little everything bagel seasoning. Sprinkle the smoked salmon with some chopped fresh dill.
• Tuck in sprigs of fresh dill across the board.
• Encourage guests to build their own breakfast bagel sandwiches with the Beet Cream Cheese Spread and all the beautiful fixings.

Make a Bagel Sandwich!

• Toast a sesame seed bagel until golden.
• Spread a generous layer of Beet Cream Cheese Spread on both halves.
• Layer on cucumber slices, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers.
• Sprinkle with chopped fresh dill and everything bagel seasoning.
• Top with microgreens.
• Close the sandwich, slice in half if desired, and enjoy!

If you make my Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Board, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me  @thebakermama and Aunt Nellie’s @auntnelliesvegetables on Instagram so we can see. If you’re on Facebook, be sure to join my Friends of The BakerMama group to connect and share all the fun and yummy recipes of mine that you make! 😍 I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the ideas I share. Enjoy!

xoxo,

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