Salted Pretzel Caramel Dip

I absolutely LOVE anything salted caramel! This delicious sweet treat has all the sweet and salty goodness that I crave. And it's so super simple! You could take the time to make your own caramel sauce, but I just bought the jarred stuff, since you're mixing it with cream cheese anyway.

Ingredients:

• 8 oz. block cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup caramel sauce (I bought the glass jar kind made for ice cream toppings)
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• sea salt
• chocolate sauce (optional)
• pretzels

Mix all of the ingredients (except pretzels) together with a hand mixer. Top with chocolate sauce (optional) and sea salt. Serve with pretzels. Yum!

Harvest Corn Chowder

This is a super easy soup recipe for Autumn. Hopefully we'll start getting some chilly evenings that are just perfect for a hearty bowl of warm soup!

Ingredients:

• 4 slices of chopped bacon
• 1 small sweet onion, chopped
• 4 peeled Idaho potatoes
• 1 can cream style corn
• 1 can cream of celery soup
• 1 cube vegetable bouillon
• 1 tsp. cajun seasoning
• salt and pepper to taste

In a large pot, cook the bacon and onions until soft. I take my potatoes and quarter them, then place them in my manual food processor so I can get them into very small pieces, but you can just cube them into small sizes. Add the potatoes and just warm a bit, then add the remaining ingredients and stir well. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down and simmer, covered for 30 minutes.

Tonight we served with Ham and Cheese Calzones. Delicious!