Homemade Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread recipe for bagels is so easy to make. This can be used for bagel chips as a vegetable cream cheese dip for crackers or veggies! Kids and adults both love this veggie cream cheese recipe.
This recipe is super simple and you could easily make it with your kids! Want more toppings for bagels? Try our Easy Chicken Salad or Orange Honey Butter!
Vegetable Cream Cheese
Vegetable Cream Cheese is a staple in our house. We love having fresh bagels with cream cheese, but I truly love cream cheese filled with veggies!
What is vegetable cream cheese?
Vegetable cream cheese is just cream cheese mixed with veggies! Whenever I get the vegetable cream cheese in the store they have peppers in it and it just ruins the flavor me by making it watery and sweet. My favorite cream cheese is a simple scallion cream cheese or this vegetable cream cheese which has shredded carrots and scallions as well.
I love flavored cream cheese so much more than just plain cream cheese on a bagel. If I’m eating a plain bagel it must have a flavored cream cheese. If I’m eating everything I don’t mind unflavored cream cheese, but I always prefer Vegetable Cream Cheese over cream cheese without flavor.
How to use vegetable cream cheese
We love to spread this on bagels, crackers, and it’s even great on toast. My mini chef is super picky about cream cheese and she loves this recipe! We’re not the type to eat strawberry cream cheese or olive cream cheese, but some love those as well. We make this for parties and when we have company over for brunch and it goes quickly!
I like to make this in a big batch and save it for a few days. It’s great to take it right out of the fridge and smear onto a freshly toasted bagel.
If you’re making this for a party we recommend making a double batch and if it’s a bagel party we suggest serving along with tuna salad, chicken salad, whitefish salad, and some even like smoked salmon/lox!
Making flavored cream cheese at home allows you to control the ingredients. We purchase organic vegetables and cream cheese. By making it at home we also save a ton!
Optional add-ins to our Vegetable Cream Cheese Recipe
- Radishes
- Celery
- Bell Peppers
We stick to a traditional recipe that my grandma made. She only used carrots and scallions. If you like scallion cream cheese you an just make it with the scallions and leave out the shredded carrots. Either way, you’re going to love this cream cheese recipe!
How to make vegetable cream cheese
Vegetable Cream Cheese
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- 2 scallions sliced
- 1 carrot shredded
- 2 bars of cream cheese
Instructions
- Mix together ingredients and enjoy.
Nutrition
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Kristi
That looks really good. I never thought about making my own veggie cream cheese.
Sarah
I’ve never made my own either, but it sounds so simple – and delicious. Thanks!
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Courtney
Thank you for the comments! 🙂
Fashion Meets Food
How fabulous is this? I definitely need to give this a try! I will save this recipe! I am your newest follower.
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Brandy
That looks good, may have to try it! Thanks for sharing.
Danielle
I love the color!! It looks so fresh 🙂
Cristina - TeenieCakes
Like the idea of this savory flavored cream cheese. Great for party nibbles on crackers and with dinner on a homemade biscuit!
Shop with Me Mama
I absolutely love bagels and this seems like an easy and yummy topping!
Chelsey
I just made some and it’s delicious!!
Tricia Night owl mama
oh this one looks good similar to the one we do
Rebel Chick
This veggie cream cheese looks so tasty!
Hil'Lesha
Great recipe!
That Bald Chick
What a simple, and YUMMY, recipe!
Kenda
This is now on my ‘make sure you don’t eat the entire thing by yourself’ list. 🙂
{Not Quite} Susie
Wow! I can’t believe that’s all that’s in that- it looks super complicated in the picture because of all the specks! I bet it’s SUPER yummy- and since you broke it down it does look super easy!
Dee
I was going to say this sounds delicious but then anything with cream cheese HAS to be good
Megan
I want some now and I’m not even kidding!
blueviolet
I love this idea so much!!! Thank you!
Anne - Mommy Has to Work
What a great looking spread!
Penelope
I love veggie cream cheese!
Donna
This sounds so good!
Barbara
great idea and looks so good and healthy
April Decheine
Love Vegetable Cream Cheese it does go great as a dip too as Brandi says above 🙂
Tammy
Looks like a great dip for Christmas.
Zippy
I’d never think to do this. My mind is going to fruit cream cheese, bacon cream cheese & more now. Thanks.
Louise Bishop
Wow that looks so good
Laurie
This looks really yummy, I am always looking for new dips and spreads
Courtney Velasquez
I love veggie cream cheese and never knew how easy it was to make!
Wisconsin Mommy
Wow – that’s a lot easier than I thought it would be!
tricia Nightowlmama
oh yummy now that looks good
Notorious Spinks
Now this looks and sounds good! I’m looking for not so ordinary foods. I don’t eat breakfast enough because I don’t care for breakfast food that often.
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Posting this recipe to my Pinterest board, but wonder if you can tell me where to find little spreading knives like the one in your photos(s)?
Courtney
I bought this a few years back from Boscov’s 🙂