Lox Salad with Everything Bagel Croutons

Love your lox bagel?  Me too!  Here's a tasty salad version of it!  It's got all the classic ingredients, with a few additions to my taste (roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes, boiled eggs)....you should adjust the ingredients to fit your taste though!  Wait to toast your bagel until just before eating your salad (pickled onions and dressing can be done in advance), the bagels get too hard if they are toasted and then sit for a while.

Lox Salad with Everything Bagel Croutons

Ingredients

Salad

• 8 cups salads greens of your choice
• 8 oz. smoked salmon
• 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup roasted red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes
• 1/2 a red onion, sliced
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup capers
• 2-3 boiled egg, quartered
• 2 everything bagels, halved
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• Everything Bagel seasoning, to taste

• Dressing

• 2 oz. cream cheese (1/4 cup), softened
• 1/4 cup cream/half & half/milk
• 1/4 tsp. apple cider vinegar
• salt & pepper to taste

Serves 3-4
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Slice red onions and soak in vinegar while you prepare the salad - this can be done a day or two in advance for a more pickled onion.
Make cream cheese dressing: mash cream cheese with cream/half & half/milk with a fork until thoroughly combined, add remaining ingredients and adjust taste to your liking.
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Butter and toast bagels (do not toast in advance, they will get too hard), then chop and disperse along with other ingredients into the salads.  While bagels are toasting you can boil eggs to your liking (I put mine in cold water then bring to a boil, turn off the heat, move pot off the hot eye, and allow to sit in water for 10 minutes).  Top with cream cheese dressing, garnish with Everything Bagel Seasoning, and  enjoy!