Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cubed into 1/2 in. pieces
2 carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
3 cans chicken broth
1/2 tsp salt
2 T butter

Put squash, carrots, onion, broth, and salt in saucepan. Simmer for about 40 minutes uncovered, or until squash is very tender. Pour everything into a blender, including butter, and puree until smooth. Serve with fresh cracked pepper. Yummy!

Sweet Fall Chex Mix

Yum! I'm making this for our road trip, but I plan to make it for our fall party and as fall teacher gifts in cute bags also!

4 c. Corn Chex
2 c. Wheat Chex
2 c. Pretzels
1 c. cashews
1 c. raisins
6 squares white chocolate baking squares
Candy Corn

Mix first 5 ingredients in bowl. Melt white chocolate in bowl in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. Drizzle melted chocolate over mixture, stirring while dong this so that everything gets coated. Lay out on wax paper to let chocolate harden. Once hardened, mix together with candy corn.

Fall Off the Bone Ribs

1 slab of pork ribs

Dry Rub:
1 T paprika
1 tsp each of salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, seasoned salt
1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper

Favorite BBQ sauce

Pat dry rub onto ribs and rub with your fingers so it really gets into the meat. You can do this ahead of time, or right before you cook them. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil and set on a baking sheet. Cook for about 3 hours on 300 degrees. Take out of oven, brush with BBQ sauce, and grill on low (about 300 degrees). We cut ours in half and do it with the rib rack. Grill for about 25-30 minutes, or until the sauce has formed a nice carmalization. AMAZING! They will fall of the bone when you eat them.