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
Ingredients
- 2 scallions sliced
- 1 carrot shredded
- 2 bars of cream cheese
Instructions
- Mix together ingredients and enjoy.
Nutrition
Kristi says
November 20, 2010 at 12:06 amThat looks really good. I never thought about making my own veggie cream cheese.
Sarah says
November 20, 2010 at 12:53 amI’ve never made my own either, but it sounds so simple – and delicious. Thanks!
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Courtney says
November 21, 2010 at 6:29 pmThank you for the comments! 🙂
Fashion Meets Food says
November 23, 2010 at 12:38 amHow 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 says
November 23, 2010 at 4:35 amThat looks good, may have to try it! Thanks for sharing.
Danielle says
November 24, 2010 at 5:31 amI love the color!! It looks so fresh 🙂
Cristina - TeenieCakes says
November 24, 2010 at 10:20 pmLike 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 says
July 14, 2011 at 5:31 amI absolutely love bagels and this seems like an easy and yummy topping!
Chelsey says
September 8, 2011 at 11:18 pmI just made some and it’s delicious!!
Tricia Night owl mama says
September 12, 2011 at 4:16 amoh this one looks good similar to the one we do
Rebel Chick says
September 13, 2011 at 1:51 amThis veggie cream cheese looks so tasty!
Hil'Lesha says
September 15, 2011 at 7:17 pmGreat recipe!
That Bald Chick says
September 17, 2011 at 8:44 amWhat a simple, and YUMMY, recipe!
Kenda says
September 17, 2011 at 11:18 pmThis is now on my ‘make sure you don’t eat the entire thing by yourself’ list. 🙂
{Not Quite} Susie says
September 18, 2011 at 5:37 amWow! 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 says
September 21, 2011 at 2:30 amI was going to say this sounds delicious but then anything with cream cheese HAS to be good
Megan says
September 30, 2011 at 2:23 pmI want some now and I’m not even kidding!
blueviolet says
September 30, 2011 at 2:31 pmI love this idea so much!!! Thank you!
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
October 1, 2011 at 8:31 pmWhat a great looking spread!
Penelope says
October 24, 2011 at 11:53 pmI love veggie cream cheese!
Donna says
October 28, 2011 at 1:05 pmThis sounds so good!
Barbara says
November 4, 2011 at 3:17 amgreat idea and looks so good and healthy
April Decheine says
December 7, 2011 at 4:05 pmLove Vegetable Cream Cheese it does go great as a dip too as Brandi says above 🙂
Tammy says
December 9, 2011 at 1:30 pmLooks like a great dip for Christmas.
Zippy says
December 13, 2011 at 2:01 amI’d never think to do this. My mind is going to fruit cream cheese, bacon cream cheese & more now. Thanks.
Louise Bishop says
December 19, 2011 at 9:11 pmWow that looks so good
Laurie says
January 2, 2012 at 2:22 pmThis looks really yummy, I am always looking for new dips and spreads
Courtney Velasquez says
January 6, 2012 at 1:37 pmI love veggie cream cheese and never knew how easy it was to make!
Wisconsin Mommy says
January 6, 2012 at 9:24 pmWow – that’s a lot easier than I thought it would be!
tricia Nightowlmama says
January 11, 2012 at 8:18 amoh yummy now that looks good
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June 20, 2012 at 12:29 amNow 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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