Name: 5-Minute Avocado Bagel Sandwich (with Cream Cheese)
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 whole wheat bagels (toasted (or use regular whole wheat bread for bagel avocado toast)); 1 avocado; 1 Tablespoon Everything Bagel seasoning mix (or sub with salt & pepper); 3 Tbsp vegan cream cheese; 10 leaves spinach (sub with arugula); 1 medium tomato (sliced crosswise); 4 Tablespoons sprouts

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Cream cheese avocado bagel sandwich that can be made with regular toast bread or bagel. 4 delicious veggie pairings are included, with step-by-step photos!

Packed with both flavor and fiber, it’s the perfect breakfast bagel recipe, but also great as lunch and snacks!

Toasted avocado bagel sandwich on a wooden cutting board, with cream cheese, spinach, tomatoes, and sprouts.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

🥑 Creamy Bliss: From our favorite avocados!
⏱️ No-Time Hassle: A satisfying and healthy meal in 5 minutes flat.
🥯 Toasty Goodness: The toasted avocado everything bagels add a crispy crunch that elevates the entire experience.
🌈 Various Ways to Serve: Eat it as a bagel sandwich, or eat it open-faced. Both are delicious!

Avocado cream cheese bagel sandwich with seeds on a white plate on a wooden cutting board.

Are Bagel Sandwiches a Thing?

Absolutely! Bagel sandwiches are a delicious and versatile meal. Stack them with your favorite (plant-based) proteins, veggies, and spreads for a hearty on-the-go option. This is the reason why this Creamy Avocado Bagel Sandwich Toast recipe exists, and why my Hummus Bagel Sandwich recipe is a fan-favorite!

Ingredients

Whole wheat bagels: The healthy base that adds a wholesome touch to your bagel avocado sandwich.
- Feel free to use everything bagel, or sub with regular whole wheat bread to make an avocado bagel toast. You can also skip the toasting and make something closer to a vegan finger sandwich instead!
Avocado: Creamy goodness that steals the spotlight in every bite.
Everything Bagel seasoning mix: In a pinch, salt & freshly ground pepper work but I highly recommend getting this seasoning mix!

Now you can stop here, but if you want more veggies, these are the veggies that pair nicely with avocados!🥑

Tomato: Juicy slices that bring a burst of freshness to the mix.
Vegan cream cheese: A dairy-free delight, adding a rich and tangy element. You can even just add cream cheese + avocado to your bagel to make the classic avocado cream cheese bagel!
Spinach: Leafy greens for that extra nutritional boost.
Sprouts: Tiny powerhouses of crunch and earthy flavor.

How to Make Bagels with Avocado (or Avocado Toast)

Part 1: The Good Old Avocado Bagels

Toast your bagel or bread.

Six untoasted whole wheat bagels on a baking sheet with baking paper, with the cut side facing up. — Untoaste bagels

Six toasted whole wheat bagels on a baking sheet with baking paper. — Untoaste bagels

Thinly slice or mash your avocado for creamy goodness.

Mashed avocado with a fork in a white bowl.

There are 3 different ways to add your avocado:

Slice: The easy way. Great if you like more of a bite to your toast
Mash: Creamier texture
Mash + slice: The best of both worlds 🥳 You get both that creaminess and the bite to your avocado toast!

Sliced avocado on top of a toasted bagel, placed neatly to resemble a flower. — Sliced avocado

Mashed avocado spread on top of a toasted bagel, with two other bagels peeking out from the corners. — Sliced avocado

If you only want avocado on your bagel without any other veggies, you can then add the Everything Bagel seasoning, or some salt & pepper.

Three avocado bagels on a baking sheet with baking paper, open-faced. — Three avocado bagels, open-faced

Three bagels with avocado and Everything but the Bagel seasoning sprinkled on top. — Three avocado bagels, open-faced

And tadaaaa, you’re done! 🎉 I would advise to eat this version open-faced, so without the other half of the bagel on top.

Notes: Don’t have bagels at home? You can sub the bagels above with regular whole wheat bread and use the Everything Bagel seasoning to get a tasty bagel avocado toast still!

Part 2 (Optional): Adding more vegetables!

If you want more veggies in your bagel, read on!

To make an avocado bagel sandwich, follow the order: cream cheese, spinach, avocado, tomato, and sprouts. Skip any veggies you’re not using since each avocado & veggie combo is already tasty enough on its own! So for example, just use cream cheese + avocado to make a delicious cream cheese and avocado bagel!

A layer of vegan cream cheese on a toasted whole wheat bagel on a white plate. — Add vegan cream cheese

A layer of vegan cream cheese and spinach on a toasted whole wheat bagel on a white plate. — Add vegan cream cheese

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, or the optional Everything Bagel seasoning for an extra burst of flavor. Then place the other half of the bagel on top, and you’re done!

A toasted bagel with cream cheese, spinach, avocado slices, and tomatoes, sprinkled with everything bagel seasoning. — Sprinkle with Everything Bagel seasoning

Putting on the top half of the bagel on top of the avocado bagel sandwich with sprouts. — Sprinkle with Everything Bagel seasoning

Top Tips

Firstly, if you’re not using the Everything Bagel seasoning, do NOT skip the salt & pepper. It’s simple, but they are the flavor booster!
Secondly, give your avocado some zing by squeezing some lime juice over it.
Lastly, if you want avocado to be the star🌟 in this recipe, be careful to not add too many veggies! The vegetables (especially the tomatoes) could easily overpower the avocado flavor.

What Goes Well with Avocado Bagel?

To jazz this recipe up, add some Caramelized Mushrooms and Onions on top. You can also add some hummus (either homemade in 5 minutes, or store-bought) to make a variant of my Hummus Bagel recipe.

Adding pickles, herbs, or roasted bell peppers would also boost the flavor of this recipe.

For a spicy twist, add some Kimchi Aioli, Tandoori Mayo, or Gochujang Aioli. If you want to keep things plain, opt for this Oil-free Mayonnaise recipe (which uses tofu or cashews) instead!

Close-up of avocado cream cheese bagel with tomatoes and sprouts, using multi-seed bagels on a wooden plank.

Storage and Meal Prep Instructions

Storage: Note that this recipe is best served fresh. However, you can keep leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 24 hours.

Meal prep: Do you even need to meal prep if this recipe only takes 5 minutes? Hehe.

However, if you’d like to prep ahead (perhaps you’re making a big quantity, or for any other reasons), you can just cut and prepare the ingredients (except the avocados) and store them separately in the fridge.

Only cut the avocados before assembling to prevent them from browning and definitely only assemble the bagel before serving for maximum freshness.

FAQ

Load it up with (plant-based) cream cheese, creamy avocado, tomatoes, sprouts, or even hummus.

You can also go sweet with peanut butter and banana slices for a tasty twist, especially if you’re using some Cinnamon Bagels.

The answer depends on what you put on your avocado bagel.

If you’re using real whole foods and opt for whole grain versions instead of using regular white bagels, I would say that it passes as healthy. For maximum health benefits, skip the cream cheese in this recipe and opt for fresh veggies!

Avocado contains healthy monounsaturated fat which has been shown to be healthy for the heart, improve digestion, and can protect us from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. See this article by Medical News Today for more information.

This Bagels with Avocado recipe also uses whole wheat bagel which is high in fiber and other essential nutrients such as vitamin B, iron, magnesium, zinc, and other antioxidants. It’s also higher in protein than regular white bread. See this Healthline article for more benefits of eating whole grains.

In this recipe specifically, you can just skip it and opt for the other vegetables (so tomatoes, spinach, and sprouts). This way, it’s also healthier!

In general though, you can use any vegan dips such as hummus or bean spreads, which works really well in bagels (check out my Bagel with Hummus Sandwich recipe!). They will taste different, but will still be creamy!

Yes for sure! As long as you’re using the Everything but the Bagel seasoning mix, this recipe will still remind you of that bagel flavor even if your toast won’t be as chewy when compared to using real bagels.

Don’t let that stop you though, you can still make a delicious avocado bagel toast just by combining avocado toast with Everything Bagel seasoning!

Looking for more Easy Lunch Recipes?

For more avocado recipes, try my AAC (Asparagus Avocado Cucumber) Roll, Peanut Avocado Sushi, Avocado Bean Curd Sushi, or my Mango Avocado Roll.

For other packable lunches, try my Vegan Coronation Chicken Sandwich, or check out the large selection of plant-based sushi or my Rainbow Poke Bowl recipe for a deconstructed sushi version!