Since I now have an oven at my disposal (exciting) I’ve been looking for ways to use it. Then I suddenly had a craving for this the other day, and it turned out to be pretty easy to put together (and tasty). You can either make one bagel for a quick snack, or two for a nice lunch, depending on how you’re feeling.

In order to make this, you’ll require:

Bagels (can be substituted with bread if you don’t have any)

Cheese (any cheese will do! Shredded works best. I’m personally partial to cheddar)

I also highly recommend the following:

Tomatoes (this is what really makes the dish for me)

Oregano (adds more deliciousness)

And if you have these lying around, you can add:

Onion flakes

Garlic

Before you get started, I suggest you go ahead and preheat the oven. I generally don’t like giving you guys too much work when it comes to cooking (after all, this is supposed to be very simple stuff), but I’ve found that it greatly reduces the amount of time you have to wait. Thus far I’ve been cooking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and it seems to be working out okay; I just set the oven before fetching the ingredients and assembling my bagel.

Now, if you’re including tomatoes on your bagel (which again I think is what makes this meal really worth it), go ahead and get slice it nice and thin. This makes it easier to layer.

Once you’ve got all the ingredients ready, you can start assembling (I toast my bagel on a pizza pan, to keep crumbs and melted cheese from falling in, but you can use a different surface if you don’t have a pan):

Open your bagel

Place shredded cheese on the inside of both halves

Place your tomato slices in a ring over the cheese

Sprinkle oregano, onion flakes and garlic

Pop into the oven!

It doesn’t take too long, so keep checking to make sure you don’t burn anything! I generally peek at the oven ever five minutes or so.

Tada! Delicious 🙂