1 lb Neese’s Hot Sausage
1 can Ro-Tel
1 8 oz. package Philadelphia cream cheese
1 box frozen chopped spinach
2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
Brown and crumble sausage in frying pan and drain.
In same frying pan, follow directions for preparing box of spinach then add cream cheese and melt.
Add Ro-Tel and sausage and heat until bubbly.
Serve as appetizer with tortilla chips or crackers.
— The Roost at Bentley Knob, Blowing Rock, NC
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