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Let’s talk about brunch for a minute. Do you guys do brunch?
Here in NYC it’s kind of a big deal. Come Saturday and Sunday afternoon, if you’re strolling around any hopping neighborhood you’re sure to bump into bustling crowds of people lined up eagerly awaiting their chance to plop their tired bottoms down for some eggs and bottomless mimosas.
Sounds pretty dreamy, eh?
And it is.
My only issue with the whole brunch scene is – and here’s the part where I start sounding like a jaded New Yorker – that after a week of subways, strangers, and not a moment of quiet to be found (thank the LORD for sound machines), I don’t always feel in a people mood. There, I said it! Sometimes the idea of random noisy people makes me cringe. Does that make me a bad person…?
To battle the whole brunch debacle once and for all I’ve found the 50/50 balance works out delightfully. About twice a month we go out (which is in all honesty lovely and inspiring) and the other 50% of the time we make brunch a special occasion at home.
A few weekends ago we hosted some friends and made these adorable little sliders boasting smoked salmon, capers, red onion, and whipped dill cream cheese.
With some fresh squeezed OJ, a crisp bottle of bubbly, and a little Sinatra to swoon us in the background, brunch at home sounds pretty damn dreamy too, right?
Smoked Salmon Sliders with Whipped Dill Cream Cheese – Baker by Nature
4 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
8 ounces smoked salmon, divided into 8 even pieces
2 tablespoons capers
1/4 cup red onion, sliced very thin
8 slider rolls (if you can’t them use hawaiian rolls or even cut hot dog rolls in half)
For the whipped dill cream cheese –
In a blender combine the cream cheese and dill and pulse until light and fluffy. Taste and add more dill if needed.
Assembly –
Toast your slider rolls if desired. Spread a small amount of the dill whipped cream cheese on each bun, then top with salmon, onion, and capers. Go get your brunch on!
OMG!!!! I just bought a slab of organic salmon today to make gravlax! Not quite like smoked salmon, but the ingredient list is silimar…capers, dill, red onion…and delish salmon! I’m so craving right now…
These sliders look so good! I’m going to have to make them!
Love the combination of dill and smoked salmon…great little sandwiches Ashley.
Hope you are having a great week my dear 🙂
My husband loves smoked salmon (lox) but I am not a fish eater, so I don’t buy it very often. He would really enjoy these sliders. I may just have to surprise him. 🙂
If you can make this awesome sliders at home, there is absolutely no need to eat brunch outside! It’s nice once in a while to get new inspiration and all, but we can eat great food at home, especially your cooking!
These sound so perfect Ashley. I love dill and salmon together. These are perfect! So glad to be back and seeing my blogging family again 🙂
Growing up in Europe (Germany) brunch was a big deal on the weekends. In Western Canada I never heard about it but with these yummy sliders brunch at home would be awesome!
Hi Ashley! I am a brunch person — in fact I prefer it to having breakfast. I totally know what you mean about not always being a people person, and there’s nothing wrong with that because a little quiet does us good. Your sliders look fantastic! I love smoked salmon and this would be a great brunch or lunch.:)
I have done brunch once in NYC and loved it. I felt like such a grown up. When we do brunch here in Sacramento, I usually feel like a hungover twenty-something who doesn’t have her sh*t together (which is usually the case)!
Making something like this at home would be a perfect middle ground: you don’t have to have it together enough to leave the house…just enough to shmear some whipped dill cream cheese and assemble your sliders 🙂
drooooooling.