What’s everyone’s say on bagels?
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I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
I still hot freshly baked bagel is awesome just eaten as is, so I'll be a weirdo with you
Once it cools down though, toast that sucker and slap on some cream cheese!3 -
I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
I love them with cream cheese but, as a carboholic, I've been known to eat them whole, ripping them apart and eating them piece by piece. Especially Noah's Bagels which are just...so...soft.
I'm also down with bagel thins because....calories.0 -
Do you have diabetes or prediabetes, which would limit your carb intake per meal? If not, there's no reason to skip bagels, especially whole grain ones like you eat. As long as you can fit them into your calorie count, there's no reason to avoid them. I find them filling and enjoyable at breakfast.1
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I miss bagels! I love bagels, but they don't love me. I have a Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance, so can't eat bagels any more and the gf versions were always just disappointing.
If they fit within your calorie goals, then go for it.
Did you try Udi or Canyon Bakehouse? I really like both of their GF bagels.1 -
Bagels rule and they provide at least a little bit of protein. I think what tops them is key. Personally, just a bit of cream cheese with tomato and avocado is pretty rockin'. Ditto a bit of CC and a bit of bacon. Poppyseed and Everything bagels win! The rest are to suck!1
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Bagels are A OK....0
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My skinny and super slim and trim children eat lox and bagels ALL the time. I love that I can/do eat anything I want to, whenever I want to as long as it fits my cals, including bagels. I don't eat bagels often, because I tend to eat raisin toast w/butter more often--but I love raisin bagels. Here's a raisin bagel I found online that I definitely want to try...the website didn't show how many cals this is
INGREDIENTS
2 Canyon Bakehouse Cinnamon Raisin Gluten-free Bagels, toasted
4 oz. Whipped Cream Cheese
½ Avocado, sliced
2-3 Strawberries, sliced
2 Tbsp. Blueberries
DIRECTIONS
Spread each toasted bagel half with cream cheese.
Top the cream cheese with avocado and fresh fruit.
https://canyonglutenfree.com/recipes/breakfast/371/Cinnamon-Raisin-Cream-Cheese-Bagel-with-Avocado-and-Fresh-Fruit
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Safeway has these delicious mini-bagels (blueberry are my favs) that they sell in a bag. Put them in a toaster and then some whipped cream cheese on them..super yummy and small enough where I can work them into my eating plan on a regular basis. My only complaint about bagles in general is the same with food in general. Too many of my favorite foods are getting bigger and bigger, to include bagels, which makes it difficult to work in and still maintain a calorie deficit.1
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I think they’re fine. Just don’t eat a ton and fit them into your calories/macros. If you can find a smaller one, maybe go for that - like a Montreal bagel. You could add some avocado or something too. Yum0
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I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
Also a a "weirdo" - prefer the doughy texture (#bread wheels)
IIFYM, seldom eat nowadays mainly just because the shear caloric density (opportunity costs - I value my carbs from other foods I simply prefer more...yogurt & cottage cheese mainly). Even when throwing in a high carb day once in a blue moon, other foods simply out edge bagels in terms of satisfaction and adequate volume per kcal (potatoes, rice, oats, cereal, pierogies - kcal dense but a comfort food, berries, etc.)1 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
My go to bagel when I am in New York is heaps of cream cheese, lox, chicken salad, and sliced cheese 🙈. So however weird you guys are, I'm weirder. If it was a regular part of my diet, I probably couldn't go all that on the regular. But as a vacation treat, it is one of my favorite things in the world.
I can see that bagel-to-cream-cheese ratio could be a contentious thing among MFP'ers, lol.
Not really. I'm in full agreement to you that the cream cheese needs to be on the side. They never know what the approriate amount is.
I do disagree where toasting is concerned. A bagel needs to be toasted before the cream cheese is applied. Ratios apply just as with the untoasted version (which simply isn't as yummy)
I learned to make bagels since the ones you buy here are so disappointing. I also make them smaller than average so that they're easy to fit into my day. One, with the appropriate amount of cream cheese and a fruit will keep me full until lunch time.
Bad to okay quality bagels need to be toasted. But a really good bagel is best served fresh and warm.4 -
Nothing "wrong" with them. I say no because I could eat one and still be looking for the rest of it...2
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I made some flour and greek yogurt bagels per online recipes: they weren't too bad! I tend to buy scones / tea biscuits when I'm out... mainly because their calories vs happiness vs satiety factor seem to be better for me than what I get out of easily found commercial bagels that start out at more calories!2
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I have half a bagel occasionally. I don't think they are bad. Just like any food fit it in your goals in moderation.1
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I adore bagels, eaten any which way...whole like a donut, eaten toasted with butter, eaten with heaps of cream cheese, lox, the works. But they don’t fit well into my 1300 calorie limit because they are one of my trigger foods and because most of them are HUGE. They also don’t keep me full for long, even when I eat the whole wheat ones. So for now I am eating Ezekiel bread/toast.1
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Bagels are amazing1
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I LOVE bagels. Half today, half tomorrow. With cherry cheesecake cream cheese3
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They're delicious and can fit in your day with a plan
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I love bagels, but I only eat them when I'm on holidays, Otherwise, If i have one at home, I have the 6 pack. They're just so damn delicious. if you can eat just one without touching the rest and all good for calorie limit, go for it. I do find they make me so hungry afterwards, but any type of bread does.0
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I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro5 -
WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
What the ???
It's always a tough day when your heroes let you down
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WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
What the ???
It's always a tough day when your heroes let you down
Hear me out...
1) you know how when someone brings bagels into the office and some jerk takes the top half of the cinnamon crunch bagel leaving the sad bottom half? Not an issue with bread sliced
2) you can constantly control the cream cheese to bagel ratio meticulously schmearing each little slice.
3) they are great for little kids with little teeth, Panera throws them right in the bag and you can just distribute them as needed without a drooly toddler gnawing on a perfectly good half a bagel that you really want for yourself
Now if you like toasted bagels, as I also do, this isn’t an ideal solution. But in situations outlined above and for those who don’t need bagels toasted - bread sliced is a stellar option.
Hopefully I have redeemed myself...3 -
WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
Gay rat wedding is a mood.1 -
You didn't mention the crunchy bagel chips which result from the (unlikely) left over bagel slice after a couple of days.0
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Gay rat wedding?WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
Gay rat wedding is a mood.0 -
Eat the things you enjoy, the trick is finding a way to make it fit into your calorie (and macro) goals. The trick being portion control 0
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Like others, enjoy them, work into your calorie budget. Definitely calorie dense so not a daily indulgence, at least for me. NY style only for me, real bagels. Panera are ok, but not worth the calories. The local delicatessen, and Brueggers make NY style and are worth the calories.0
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WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
The greatest monsters are the ones hiding right under our noses in plain sight...2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »I live in St Louis and one of the most controversial bagel topics is “regular vs bread sliced”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/bread-sliced-bagels-panera-st-louis-missouri-outrage
Bread Sliced is awesome.
Come at me bro
My stream-of-consciousness thoughts:
"What is bread slic-BLASPHEMY....well, I guess it's good for dipping, but it straight up looks like they vivisected a bagel! It's seriously a lil disturbing. Just rip a piece off if you wanna dip!"
Yep.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
1) you know how when someone brings bagels into the office and some jerk takes the top half of the cinnamon crunch bagel leaving the sad bottom half?
That guy. I hate that guy. He also leaves like 1/8" of coffee at the bottom of the pot without making a new one.
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