Is this a Sandwich Worth $10,000?

Does this sandwich good enough to crave? Would it turn a rainy Saturday around for you, putting a smile on your face?

Imagine two slices of buttery Challah bread topped with thinly-sliced honey ham folded lightly over blue cheese mayonnaise and all topped with caramelized roasted butternut squash. I hope it looks good to you.

Because it's my entry in the Hillshire Farm Most Wanted Sandwich contest.

Twelve bloggers from across the country submitted their recipe for the most craving-inducing deli meat sandwich. The sandwiches had to be cold and had to contain a Hillshire Farm deli meat. Creativity juices flowed and sandwiches with apples, potato chips, sweet potatoes, and even butternut squash were proposed.

Everyone then flew to Chicago and spent an exciting day at the Hillshire Farm headquarters talking about feeding healthy lunches to our children, structuring sandwiches (folded meat on the bread, condiments in the middle!), and spending time with food stylists and photographers getting invaluable tips for our blogs. It was an amazing, inspiring day, but now our work is done.

It's now your turn to vote, take a look at the 12 entries and choose your favorite. Head on over to the Hillshire Farm Facebook page to get more info or straight to the contest website to vote. Your vote will entitle you to some valuable coupons on Hillshire Farm deli meat. Voting will be open until March 20th, and you'll only be able to vote once.

And what's in it for me? The competition is fierce, but the reward is great. The winning sandwich will receive $5,000 to keep and $5,000 to award to a charity of their choice.

I'll use my winnings as a deposit to make a dream come true: a culinary school degree, either at the Cordon Bleu Academy or Kendall College in Chicago. Eighteen months dedicated to becoming a true chef. Bliss.

And I'll donate the other $5,000 to a charity committed to ending childhood hunger: Save the Children. Think of how much they could do with $5,000. They could build latrines for a school, provide water points for a school, and still have enough money left over to give five cows that would feed and nourish a village.