Some people eat their bagel like a sandwich.

Others like to enjoy it in an open-faced capacity.

Martha Stewart does neither of those things.

“Taught years ago by my daughter Alexis Stewart,” she explained her unconventional method for consuming the New York staple in a Dec. 12 Instagram post .

She buys a poppy seed bagel from PopUp Bagels, a Connecticut-founded bagel chain known for its “rip and dip” experience.

She cuts it in half.

She takes a half of a half (aka a quarter) and breaks it into “sweet little pieces.”

She tops those “sweet little pieces” with a “modicum” of flavored or unflavored cream cheese.

This experience, she says, leaves her “always satisfied” and “never too full.”

Here’s what those “sweet little pieces” look like:

Martha Stewart's "sweet little pieces" of

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