Cream Cheese Sausage Dip

I’m sure there’s a more eloquent name for this dip somewhere, but I don’t know what it is.  This was a recipe my hubby picked up from a coworker, I think.  Either way it’s a nice change from the traditional rotel dip and keeps well in a small crock pot if you have one. It certainly disappears fast whenever we serve it.  Hubby prefers Fritos Scoops with it, and I like regular tortilla chips.  This is a bit lighter than the original version because, well come on, this is me.

Ingredients:

• 2 8 oz. blocks of 1/3 less fat cream cheese
• 1 pound bulk turkey breakfast sausage
• 1 can rotel

Directions:

1. Start the turkey sausage browning in a skillet.
2. In a separate baking dish, dice the cream cheese and add the rotel.
3. Pop the dish with the rotel and cream cheese in the microwave uncovered and nuke in 1 minute increments, stirring each time, until melted and well combined.
4. Meanwhile, finish browning the sausage, drain and rinse well before adding to the dip.
5. Stir until well combined.
6. Serve with corn chips of choice (something stiff or they’ll break).

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