day 11: a recipe

Every recipe worth spreading has a backstory. Here's mine.

My mom made this for breakfast one Christmas morning, and I literally couldn't stop eating it. No idea what it was, and I didn't care, I just focused on my watering mouth. A couple years later, when Matt and I got married, I adopted the recipe as a newlywed and transformed it into me and Matt's traditional Christmas morning breakfast.

Since then, the recipe's spread through Matt's family like wildfire. We make it for our friends, and I even had it set as an appetizer at Carter's first birthday party.

It works as a breakfast dish or as a delicious dip for guests.

Yes, the ingredients sound odd together. The final product doesn't look like anything that deserves a spot on the page of a glossy magazine. Just trust me, and try it. It's so simple, you really have no excuses.

Ingredients

8 oz. block cream cheese

Can of Rotel tomatoes & green chiles, drained

1 lb. ground breakfast sausage

Brown sausage in a skillet, drain excess grease. Return sausage to skillet.

Add cream cheese and cook over medium heat until melted.

Add Rotel (make sure you've drained it) and mix well.

Serve warm with flaky french bread, croissants or even tortilla chips.

I soo wanted to keep in the baby blog spirit and post a favorite toddler/baby food recipe of Carter's. But in his entire life, he's liked nothing but noodles. Buttered.

xox Thank you guys so much for all the votes lately! xox

Day 1. I have a three month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. A YouTube video
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe.
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. Write a blog thanking someone who's made your heart come alive.
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over 10 years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Want to take the challenge with me? Link up so I can read your blog! (You only have to link once, not daily.)