Valerie's Home Cooking

Valerie Bertinelli cooks an Italian meal for her husband, Tom Vitale, consisting of bruschetta, herb-roasted baby beets, chicken cutlets with arugula and lemon dressing, and a chocolate mint sundae with homemade chocolate sauce.

Valerie invites her Hot in Cleveland co-stars Betty White, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick for some girl talk and a cozy lunch.

A holiday buffet, featuring Neapolitan holiday cookies, lasagna alla besciamella, cheesy sausage snacks, a salad with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil in creamy vinaigrette, and sparkling berry Kir Royales.

Crazy easy quickbread; sliced cauliflower steaks with raisins and pine nuts; baked salmon with honey mustard sauce; Tom's summer Manhattan; Valerie's berries with limoncello and basil.

Kale and quinoa salad; cherry-coconut scuffins; leftover veggie frittata; open-faced avocado toast; blueberry smoothie.

Cream cheese crab spread with homemade crostini; butter lettuce salad with hazelnuts and bacon bits; spicy arrabiata penne; Helen's black pepper walnut biscotti.