Homemade Alfredo Sauce Recipe

This Alfredo sauce recipe is so easy and, in my opinion, tastier than anything you'd buy in a jar. Making this Alfredo sauce was also a perfect excuse to break out my garlic spread recipe.

Homemade Split Pea Soup Recipe

Why did it take me so long to make homemade split pea soup? Probably because I didn't realize how easy it was.

Now, that I've made homemade split pea soup and have seen how easy and tasty is can be, I plan to have it as a staple in my fridge - ready to be heated and eaten. This split pea soup recipe has texture to it so it has a great homemade feel to it.

Homemade split pea soup is low in fat and high in fiber. Here's the recipe:

Homemade Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Up until last week, I was the mom who bought frosting in a plastic can. I got no complaints, but just wanted to try something homemade, especially since I received a copy of Big Book of Cupcakes - a book filled with 150 different cupcake recipes!

Lemon Icing Frosting Recipe

This lemon icing is perfectly tart and sweet at the same time. Personally, lemon icing goes great on yellow cakes, sugar cookies, or even dessert breads, like Trader Joe's Cranberry Bread.

Restaurant Style Buffalo Wings Recipe

Making chicken wings is easy. Making restaurant style Buffalo wings like they do at Buffalo Wild Wings is pretty easy too. You just have to have the right ingredients. This homemade buffalo wings recipe is a takeoff on Buffalo Wild Wings-type chicken wings. I'd grade the hotness factor as mild-plus to medium in terms of spicy. Make your own buffalo wings.

Restaurant Style Buffalo Wings Ingredients:

Why did I think that the delectable cream cheese frosting you find on carrot cake was so out of reach? It took until age 40 for me to realize I could make this stuff in a snap and enjoy it readily on several desserts. I used this recipe on top of a Trader Joe's Gingerbread Cake Mix dessert and it came out really well.

Here's an incredibly simple recipe for cream cheese frosting.

Tips for a Holiday Potluck Brunch Courtesy of Marcela Valladolid

I interviewed Marcela Valladolid of the Food Network to get tips on how to throw a holiday potluck brunch. Marcela Valladolid is a host of her own “Food Network” show “Mexican Made Easy” which debuted in 2010, so you'll see her Mexican flair throughout this interview.

Here are some of my favorite recipes to bring out during the holiday season. It's always nice (sometimes required) to bring a dish to a holiday gathering or Christmas party. These entrees and meals are all slow-cooker or crock pot ready for easy travel. These recipes are either my personal favorites or ones submitted by OCM readers that I've tried (and loved).

I love buttercream frosting, but it's not as useful when it comes to sugar cookies. Unless, of course, you love having all the stored Christmas cookies sticking together and frosting messed up all over the place.

Hence, the invention for sugar cookie icing. This sugar cookie icing dries hard and shiny, so it looks good, and it tastes good.