Valerie's Home Cooking

Valerie surprises her husband with some of his Ohio favorites; Ohio turkey chili; fried bologna bites; tomato and bibb lettuce salad; for dessert, vanilla and coffee cream cuffs.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie surprises her husband with some of his Ohio favorites; Ohio turkey chili; fried bologna bites; tomato and bibb lettuce salad; for dessert, vanilla and coffee cream cuffs.

Valerie serves a menu of Delaware classics like steamed clams with spicy garlic bread[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie serves a menu of Delaware classics like steamed clams with spicy garlic bread

[Food Network]Baked mac and cheese with hidden cauliflower; jazzed up sweet potato fries; spinach and red pepper stuffed chicken; zucchini and ginger naked cake with ginger cream cheese frosting.

Baked mac and cheese with hidden cauliflower; jazzed up sweet potato fries; spinach and red pepper stuffed chicken; zucchini and ginger naked cake with ginger cream cheese frosting.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli invites three of her best friends over to celebrate two decades of friendship; hot spinach and crab dip; grilled eggplant parm; warm Brussels sprout salad and apricot Manhattans and more.

Valerie Bertinelli invites three of her best friends over to celebrate two decades of friendship; hot spinach and crab dip; grilled eggplant parm; warm Brussels sprout salad and apricot Manhattans and more.[Food Network]

Valerie Bertinelli loves the holiday tradition of making tamales, so she invites over the best tamale makers she knows: Christy Vega Fowler, Lisa Ashley and Jo Stougaard.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli loves the holiday tradition of making tamales, so she invites over the best tamale makers she knows: Christy Vega Fowler, Lisa Ashley and Jo Stougaard.

Valerie Bertinelli recreates the warm holiday feeling she grew up with, when her mother and aunts traded cookie recipes around the holidays, by hosting a festive cocktail party with cookies and small bites.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli recreates the warm holiday feeling she grew up with, when her mother and aunts traded cookie recipes around the holidays, by hosting a festive cocktail party with cookies and small bites.

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli is traveling to Chicago to give a keynote address at a women's expo so she creates some healthy food to keep her energy up for this quick trip.

Valerie Bertinelli is traveling to Chicago to give a keynote address at a women's expo so she creates some healthy food to keep her energy up for this quick trip.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Following a trip to Spain, Valerie Bertinelli has developed a love of Spanish foods, especially the small plates, or tapas, that the Spaniards do so brilliantly.

Following a trip to Spain, Valerie Bertinelli has developed a love of Spanish foods, especially the small plates, or tapas, that the Spaniards do so brilliantly.[Food Network]

Valerie Bertinelli loves a good slow-cooked dish, and she's making a French classic, Cassoulet, for her friend, Chef Ludo Lefebvre.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli loves a good slow-cooked dish, and she's making a French classic, Cassoulet, for her friend, Chef Ludo Lefebvre.

[Food Network]Valerie Bertinelli prepares a game-day feast for local first responders; four-alarm chili; spicy cheesy pull-apart bread; smokey bacon jalapeno poppers; a flaming dark 'n' fiery cocktail...

Valerie Bertinelli prepares a game-day feast for local first responders; four-alarm chili; spicy cheesy pull-apart bread; smokey bacon jalapeno poppers; a flaming dark 'n' fiery cocktail...[Food Network]

Valerie creates a Hawaiian-inspired feast for her husband, Tom, and his brother's family. Her menu includes pineapple salsa with taro chips, a poke bar, roasted pork sliders and Valerie's spin on the mai tai.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie creates a Hawaiian-inspired feast for her husband, Tom, and his brother's family. Her menu includes pineapple salsa with taro chips, a poke bar, roasted pork sliders and Valerie's spin on the mai tai.

Valerie serves a treat-filled luncheon in appreciation of her best girlfriends; green pea arancini with herby lemon dipping sauce; a whole roasted side of salmon and escarole salad with roasted Meyer lemon vinaigrette.[Food Network]

[Food Network]Valerie serves a treat-filled luncheon in appreciation of her best girlfriends; green pea arancini with herby lemon dipping sauce; a whole roasted side of salmon and escarole salad with roasted Meyer lemon vinaigrette.

Valerie treats her brother Patrick and his wife to some traditional New Orleans flavors; muffaletta bruschetta, quick rotisserie chicken gumbo and braised mustard greens.[Food Network]