Here's an idea for a snack or appetizer that is super delicious and super easy. And, actually, since I first discovered this combo, I've eaten these as the main portion of a dinner, too, not just as a snack. It was a happy accident that I happened to find how well these ingredients are together.
I went into the kitchen the other day to find a snack, but was greeted with a mostly-empty pantry and fridge. We just had a few miscellaneous things. We had a couple of onion bagels, a little bit of hummus, and some gruyere cheese leftover from when I made French onion soup a few days before. I was sortof in the mood for melted cheese (I'm almost always in the mood for melted cheese), so I thought I could make some sort of melted-cheese bagel something-or-other.
The first thing I did was slice an onion bagel into thin pieces. I drizzled the bagel slices with a little olive oil and baked them in the oven to make little toasts. Then I spread them with a little hummus - it happened to be roasted garlic flavor - and topped each one with a slice of gruyere cheese. I also sprinkled each with a little salt, pepper, and paprika. Then I put them back in the oven to get the cheese melted and bubbly.
I thought I was just making do with what I had, but it turns out it was a super yummy treat! These little bagel crostinis were so good, I could hardly wait to make them again to show Dan (he was at work at the time). So I made them again for the both of us a few days later, although this time I used everything bagels instead of onion. He loved them, too. Now they are part of my repertoire. I am sure they'd be good with other kinds of toasted bread besides bagels, but for whatever reason, bagels do happen to taste great with the hummus and gruyere. Turns out leftover night is sometimes not so bad!
Happy eating!
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