vegan Cream Cheese and Kimchi Sausage aka Kimcheese Bagel

One of the most popular ways to eat Kimchi is in a Grilled Cheese Toastie.  I've enjoyed eating Kimchi this way a couple of times, but I also enjoy eating it in bagels as I always seem to find bagels in my bread bin, thanks to my husband. 

I decided to make Kimchi Sausage Cream Cheese Bagels which I have pretentiously dubbed as Kimcheese Bagels.  If you don't want to use cream cheese, you can substitute it with a more melty cheese like Cheddar, then I would definitely recommending grilling it. 

This Kimcheese Bagel made for a satisfying snack in between housework and other things.  I am sharing this Kincheese Bagel with Soups, Salads and Sammies hosted by Kahakai Kitchen 

Aloo Tikki Bagel

It been an extremely busy week at work, so my blog post this evening will be short.  My evening dinner today is Pizza, don't diss me - its homemade pizza!  Check out my Instagram for the photograph, I promise you it will be very different from other pizzas you've seen.

Right now though, I am sharing a fusion snack of Aloo Tikki Bagel.  I am constantly amazed at how much i eat is accidentally vegan.  Aloo Tikki is a South Asian snack made from spicy oniony mashed potatoes (aloo) that is shaped into cutlets or burger shapes, then coated in a spicy blend of chickpea batter and deep fried.  It important to eat it whilst it is still hot as that is when it is at its most deliciousness.  

You can eat the Aloo Tikki as you wish, we and I mean my siblings would often stuff it in roti aka chappati slathered in tomato sauce, it had to be a red sauce to temper the spices, then rolled up like burrito and munched on.  These days I tend to either stuff it in a burger bread bun or a bagel; and my siblings children in a tortilla wrap.

Like my Samosa Soup recipe: a combination of Dal and Samosa, Aloo Tikki is another firm favourite comfort food and not one I indulge in that often as it requires deep frying, but when I do, I ravish it within minutes.

This blog post is part of Vegan Month of Food.  The theme is memories and traditions. I am also sharing this with Soups, Salads and Sammies and this is kind of a sandwich hosted by Kahakai Kitchen;  

Elvis Presley Bagel

I have posted this Elvis Presley Bagel on my before, sometimes its a afternoon snack, sometimes an evening bite, sometimes brunch.  

The reason I am posting it yet again, is that I made it this morning for breakfast and thought it would be a good opportunity to share it again, as its a firm favourite in our home, plus I love this photograph that my husband took a while back, sometimes I think it should be on the front cover of a food magazine.

The Best Vegan Elvis Bagel

I have posted this recipe on my before.  The reason I am posting it again, is that I made it today for a snack and thought it would be a good opportunity to showcase it to new readers coming via Vegan Mofo.

Its not really a recipe, just a easy snack you can put together in moments providing you have all the ingredients to hand which are bagels, bananas, peanut butter (crunchy or smooth - you choose) and strawberry jam or jell if you want to be more authentic.  

The bagels lightly are toasted.  Then the bottom half of the bagel is spread generously with peanut butter, the top half generously with good strawberry jam.  Before both halves are pressed together, the middle is packed in a domino fashion with sliced banana for height and visual impact.  This is one high octane of a Bagel.  I think Elvis Presley would approve, don't you?!