Me (Shalva) writing “as Lenny” about vegan lox bagel with cashew cream cheese

“Guys! Guys! Bagels with cream cheese and lox are back in my life! I didn’t know how much I missed them. But MAN, did I miss them.

Yes, it’s cashew cream cheese. Yes it’s lox made of carrots and marinade.

But all together, they taste incredible!

My silly wife drags me to bagel shops all of the time and I always end up with a pathetic swipe of hummus as a topping. Not exciting. Definitely not drag-me-out-of-bed-early-on-a-weekend-exciting.

But this?! This is different. She just made authentic deli-style scallion cream cheese… out of cashews!

(I just really love her).

But my wife likes to out-do herself. So a bagel with cream cheese just wasn’t enough. She wanted to make sure it had a true deli taste.

So she made lox! Plant-based lox!

(Although very kind, this was not a selfless act. She’s pregnant and has not been able to eat raw fish in 7 months. So she, too, was craving smoked salmon.)

She did some research, tested some recipes, and wow!

We prepped some bagels, and took some pics. So many pictures I even shared on my own Instagram.

She makes me some pretty awesome food, but this was somethin’ else! I’m not sure how I can communicate how good this “lox” tastes.

No, it’s not gonna fool someone that works at a deli and had a “real” bagel and lox this morning. But if you’ve been missing cream cheese and smoked salmon (for whatever reason), this recipe is for you!

Did I mention how much I love my wife?”