LUNCH BOX MINI BAGELWICHES

These little bagel sandwiches fit perfectly in both kids’ and adults’ lunch boxes. We fill them with a fruit and vegetable-studded cream cheese spread.

Yield: Serves 4.

LUNCH BOX MINI BAGELWICHES

Ingredients

  • 8 oz (250 g) spreadable light cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup shredded carrot
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or sunflower seeds, optional
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • 1/2 tsp grated orange peel
  • 10 mini bagels, halved

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients except bagels until blended. Spread cream cheese mixture on bottom halves of bagels. Cover with top halves of bagels.
Nutritional analysis per mini bagel:

169 calories, 10.2 g fat, 4.5 g protein, 15.9 g carbohydrate, 1.2 g fibre, 219 mg sodium