Bread with Cream Cheese, Salmon & Radish
Smoked salmon draped over cream cheese on whole wheat, finished with thin radish slices for a peppery snap. The kind of open-faced sandwich you would find at a Scandinavian breakfast table, except this one takes five minutes and uses exactly four ingredients.
The salmon delivers 21g of protein, the bread handles the carbs at 26g, and reduced-fat cream cheese keeps the total fat at 14g. 309 calories, assembled in the time it takes your coffee to cool down.
Smoked salmon draped over cream cheese on whole wheat, finished with thin radish slices for a peppery snap. The kind of open-faced sandwich you would find at a Scandinavian breakfast table, except this one takes five minutes and uses exactly four ingredients.
The salmon delivers 21g of protein, the bread handles the carbs at 26g, and reduced-fat cream cheese keeps the total fat at 14g. 309 calories, assembled in the time it takes your coffee to cool down.
Ingredients
- radishes 4 pieces
- cream cheese, reduced fat 2 tablespoons
- bread, whole wheat 2 slices
- smoked salmon 2 ounces
Method
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Slice the radishes.
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Spread the cream cheese on the slices of bread and top with the salmon and radishes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Mix a teaspoon of horseradish puree into the cream cheese before spreading. It adds a warm kick that pairs naturally with the salmon and amplifies the peppery bite of the radishes. Fresh chives scattered on top round out the flavor.
Behind this recipe
Does the bread make this too high in carbs for fat loss?
Two slices of whole wheat deliver 26g of carbs. A large analysis of 5,192 participants found that when total calories and protein were matched, the specific number of daily carbs changed fat loss by just 16 grams per day. In that context, the carbs from the bread sit well within the range where the research found minimal difference.
Read the full evidence reviewIs 21g of protein enough for one meal?
A 12-hour isotope tracer study found the body processes protein well beyond the old 30g-per-meal ceiling that circulated in fitness culture for years. At 21g from the salmon, nothing is going to waste. Whether that amount covers your daily target depends on how the rest of your meals are distributed across the day.
Read the full evidence reviewCan I use regular cream cheese instead of reduced fat?
Yes. Regular cream cheese adds a few extra grams of fat per serving. The recipe was built with reduced fat to keep the total at 14g of fat and 309 calories, but the swap works fine and the taste is a touch richer.
