Bagels with Smoked Steelhead + Dill + Cream Cheese - 5 stars

this is one of my all time favorite breakfasts! SO easy to make, but it always feels really indulgent and satisfying.

for this batch, i bought some fresh smoked steelhead from the town & country grocery store on bainbridge island by my work. i have to be honest - i just researched on wikipedia to figure out exactly what steelhead is! when i bought it, i thought it might be some type of salmon. it was pink, you know, like salmon. :)

anyway, come to found out, it's the ocean-dwelling version of rainbow trout! i had no idea. i ate lots of trout when i was a kid, but i haven't really had much as an adult. steelhead is pinker than trout - like salmon - and tends to be more flavorful (according to wikipedia, at least - i can't personally attest to this, since it's been too long since i've had rainbow trout). compared to salmon, i thought it had a sweeter taste - though that could be attributed to the way it was smoked. whatever it was that made it so good, however, made this the best "smoked salmon" bagel breakfast i've made.

i used thomas' NY style everything bagels - toasted them, smothered cream cheese on each half (soy "it's better than cream cheese!" for me, regular plain cream cheese for tony), put a bunch of fresh dill on them, and topped them with the smoked steelhead. YUMMY! we had awesome bloody mary's with them as well - if you can ever get your hands on Stirrings Bloody Mary Mix, buy it. spend the money on it. it's super, super expensive, but was better than any mix i've ever had or made. YUM!