Valerie's Home Cooking

Valerie Bertinelli is cooking for her friend's firefighter nephew and his wife, a nurse, to thank them for keeping their community safe and healthy; her menu includes smoked turkey sandwiches, blistered shishito peppers and s'mores bars.

Valerie Bertinelli is hosting an outdoor movie night with her son and his girlfriend, and she makes some food for them to enjoy, including an onion ring wedge salad with homemade ranch dressing and movie theater bark for dessert.

Valerie Bertinelli makes asparagus goat cheese puff pastry; Mediterranean chicken thighs with potatoes, peppers and feta, herby couscous and a cantaloupe gin fizz.

Valerie Bertinelli makes dishes that remind her of her favorite on-screen roles; there's lemony Cacio e Pepe and steakhouse shrimp cocktail with Sister Sauces, and for dessert, she bakes an orange vanilla bean angel food cake.

Valerie Bertinelli hosts a fondue party for her friends, actors Melissa Peterman and John Brady; her menu includes four cheese fondue with assorted dippers, everyday sheet pan roasted veggies and chocolate dessert fondue with fried bananas.

Valerie Bertinelli is sending a care package to Duff Goldman and his wife, Johnna, to celebrate the arrival of their baby; she makes quinoa, sweet potato and black bean bowls with parsley yogurt dressing and no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars.

Valerie Bertinelli is working on new recipes and twists on burgers; her efforts include salmon sliders with spicy quick pickled vegetables; buffalo chicken sliders with celery blue cheese slaw; lamb burgers with charred tomatoes and feta.

Valerie Bertinelli makes a few dishes that remind her of trips to the Mediterranean.

Valerie Bertinelli is hosting a beach-themed brunch as the official summer party, and her menu includes lemon ricotta waffles with lemony mascarpone cream and berries, smoked white fish salad with bagel chips and boozy pink lemonade.

Valerie Bertinelli tests the boundaries of what a cookie can be by making cookies that are good for any time of day, including breakfast-sandwich cookies, chocolate and orange hazelnut cookies, and thyme and Gruyère savory cookies.

Valerie Bertinelli shows her friend and Today Show co-anchor, Hoda Kotb, a great summer meal she can make for her family; the menu includes flank steak with lemon-lime herb sauce and smoky tomato eggplant dip with grilled sourdough.

Valerie Bertinelli digs up some of her favorite recipes and remembers all the places that she has called home.

Valerie Bertinelli invites her friend over to give her some tips on wrapping edible gifts.

After receiving a letter from a visually impaired fan who needs help in the kitchen, Valerie Bertinelli reaches out to Chef Christine Ha, who is blind, for help with recipes that use all the senses.

Valerie Bertinelli is crushing her weekly meal prep by making big batches that can turn into different dinners throughout the week; she makes easy milk bread, spinach and ricotta grilled cheese, creamy coconut tomato soup and turkey curry.

Valerie Bertinelli coaches three superfans as they cook dinner in their own kitchens; prosciutto-wrapped chicken involtini with peas and ricotta, homemade pesto with pasta and tomatoes and charred broccoli with spicy garlic butter and Parmesan.