Harvest Squash Soup

1 small to medium butternut squash peeled, seeded
1 small onion chopped
2-3 stalks of celery chopped
2 large carrots peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons of butter
 6 cups good chicken stock
1/2-3/4 cup half and half
salt and pepper to taste
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Directions

Cut squash into 1 inch chunks.  In a large pot melt butter, add onion, carrots and celery cook until softened. 
Add squash and stock.  Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is tender, about 15 mins to 20 mins.  Remove the vegetables and put into blender or use stick blender and puree.  Return the blended squash to pot.  Stir and season with salt and pepper and pinch of nutmeg.  Add half and half and heat a little longer and serve with crusty bread.

Cream Cheese Almond Bars

1 cup butter (softened)
2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
8 oz. Cream cheese (softened)
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp.pure almond extract

Frosting
1/4 cup butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Milk or cream
1 tsp pure almond extract
Sliced almonds (optional)

Directions
Combine butter, flour, and powdered sugar, beat until well blended. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan. Bake for 20 mins at 350. Beat cream cheese until smooth, add eggs, sugar, and almond extract until well blended. Spread on top of crust and bake 15-20 mins more. Allow to cool before frosting.
Frosting:
Combine softened butter, powdered sugar and small amount of milk and beat until smooth. Add more milk if it is too thick or more powdered sugar if too thin. Add almond extact. Spread on top of the bars and enjoy!
These bars are so good! Perfect for graduation parties or heck anytime!

Macaroni Salad

1-6oz. Pkg corkscrew pasta
3 cups cooked chicken chopped up
1 cup italian dressing
1 cup miracle whip
3 T sweet pickle juice
3 green onions chopped
1 cup celery chopped
Salt to taste
Mortons Nature Seasoning- few shakes

Cook pasta, drain and cool. Mix everything else together and add pasta.
And of course Enjoy!

Cornaroni

2 cans of whole kernel canned corn
2 cans creamed corn
2 sticks of butter
2 cups uncooked macaroni
1 med jar of cheese whiz.

Put everything in a crockpot. Do not drain the corn!!
Cook in crockpot on high for 3 hours, stir and check noodles for doneness. You may want to turn down to low depending on how fast noodles are cooking.
This can easily be cut in half to serve less people.  Serve as a sidedish.  Maybe even think about adding bacon, hamburger or some other kind of meat.