Moments in life when one must take matters in one own hands: enabling the flavour of everything bagels into every possible avenue. Reason being? 1) coeliac = no bagels 2) bagels are everything in life 3) everything bagels are everything in life 4) cream cheese is life. Enough said? Yes.

Having this giant portion in your fridge will ensure future you keeps calm and snacks on.

Everything Bagel Cream Cheese Dip

Adapted from The New York Times

Ingredients

1tbs each of:
- onion powder
- onion flakes
- garlic powder
- dried oregano
- sesame seeds
250g tub cream cheese
200g tub sour cream
1tsp garlic salt

Method

Start by spooning out the spices into a pan then get it onto a low heat for a minute or until you can smell the onion. Keep your eye on the pan – a minute is all it will need. Turn off the heat then pour 3/4 of the spice mixture into your stand mixer or bowl (if you’re whisking by hand/electric beater). Add the cream cheese, sour cream and salt to the mixer and rapidly whisk for a minute or until fully combined and smooth. Sprinkle the remaining quarter of flavour bits on top for prettiness.

Heating the flavours does two things: 1) releases their flavour even more and 2) warms up the cream cheese to be a little more receptive to melting and accepting the flavour even more so when cooled. For this reason pop the cream cheese mixture into a tupperware container and leave in the fridge to cool. The longer you can leave it the better it will taste so even 1-2 days is perfect!