Valerie's Home Cooking

An interesting approach to a cookbook. First off, the recipes are easy and tasty. Especially liked the tuna melt. The ingredients are not too complex, and she gives tips and ideas for using other ingredients as substitutes, which I appreciate. So many cookbooks have such exotic ingredients, and it doesn't make sense to buy something to just try one recipe. I also like how she talks throughout the book, and makes me feel like I am there in her kitchen with her. Fun, friendly, and overall a great read, besides the delicious recipes of course. Highly recommend this book.

Amazing book. Beautiful photography to go with yumy recipes. The Blueberry Banana Oat muffins are delicious. Valerie's writing style is smooth and relaxed, and it's just like watching her on the tv. Definitely going to use many recipes from this book. Highly recommended.

I'm a huge fan of Valerie and this cookbook did not disappoint! There are so many delicious looking recipes in this book and I wanted to try every one of them!!

Another beautiful cookbook by Valerie Bertinelli, complete with color photos and really delicious looking recipes. I can't wait to try some of the dishes in this book. It has so many terrific recipes with simple ingredients, I am sure this will be a very popular addition to the library cookbook collection!

What a great foodie book. More than just recipes, Valerie shares thought and tips throughout the book. The format is easy to read, ingredients are listed on the side and the directions are clear. Pictures show what the final dish will look like. My favorite chapter is Finishing Sweet with the Smores popcorn and Peanut butter chocolate pretzels coming in a close 2nd. There are also a lot of Broccoli Salad recipes around but this one has a great flavor base with lots of crunch and sweet. Can't wait for the physical hardbound book to be published in October. Will be a perfect Christmas gift for the novice or experienced cook on your list.

Valerie's Home Cooking is a fun, fresh cookbook which contains tasty recipes you could serve to both family or company. You will find the following chapters in Valerie Bertinelli's cookbook:

Rise & Shine
Getting Through the Day
Happy Hour
Around the Table
A Side Note
Finishing Sweet

Some of the recipes you'll find in her cookbook include:

Hamburger Helpa
Chicken ala King Crepes
Tuna Noodle Casserole with Potato Chip Topping
Slow Cooker Pasta Bake
Root Vegetable Gratin
Microwave Potato Chips
Mom's Christmas Bells
Lemon Icebox Cake

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley

I am a big fan of Valerie Bertinelli and I love this cookbook, it is filled with so many great recipes. Each recipe begins with a paragraph or two about the recipe and from reading these I felt like I got to know Valerie a little bit and they made me even more anxious to try some of the recipes. Lots of great pictures are included, and none of the recipes were too difficult that I wouldn't feel comfortable trying them. Some of my favorite recipes from the book include slow cooker beef sandwiches with giardiniera aioli, quinoa salad with cilantro-lime dressing, and chicken with lemon-lime sauce. There is even a chapter with fun cocktails for a party. I know I will be using this cookbook often.

A beautifully put together cookbook.
Not just lovely recipes and beautiful photos, but I loved the witty stories before each recipe. So fun to look through and read even when you aren't planning on cooking anything. You'll find delicious recipes you'll want to try out though!
I have a long list of things to try out but let me tell you the Bacon-Caramel Scruffins with Caramel Clotted Cream are worth buying the book for! We also really enjoyed the Mom's Amped up Snack mix. A twist on our favorite party snack that I had never ran across.
I can't wait to try out the Mom's Risotto, Chickarina Soup (Have the ingredients to make this for dinner this week), and Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes.
This is a book I can't wait to add to my kitchen cookbook shelf. It takes a lot for me to add a copy there!

This is a great cookbook from Valerie Bertinelli. She has a TV show with the same name, and the recipes in this book were either created by Valerie or have been passed down from her family and friends. Beautiful full color photographs of each recipe are included. This book has a personal touch as Valerie opens up her home and her kitchen to you like a long lost friend. Most recipes contain a section with cooking tips and/or variations to help you get the most out of the recipe.

The chapters are broken down as follows:
1. Rise & Shine
2. Happy Hour
3. A Side Note
4. Getting Through the Day
5. Around the Table
6. Finishing Sweet

I recommend this book to anyone looking for simple, elegant recipes, something other than your basic cookbook, and, of course, fans of Valerie. I received this as a free ARC from Time Inc. Books, Oxmoor House on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Valerie’s exuberant personality shines in this book. I appreciate all the beautiful photos, which are a major factor in purchasing a cookbook. The photos are colorful and make the food look appealing. My eyeballs almost shot out of my head when I saw the Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons. That is sheer brilliance. The Egg White Frittata, Slow Cooker Sauerkraut and Country Style Ribs, Flatiron Steak Marinade, and Blueberry Cake are a few of my favorites. They are also easy to make. The Green Goddess Dressing can go on anything - salad, sandwich, any type of burger. You can even dip tortilla chips into it! It really is an enjoyable book.

I’ve been a fan of fellow Delaware girl, Valerie Bertinelli since One Day at a Time. And I adored her on Hot in Cleveland. I was flipping channels one day and came across her show, Valerie’s Home Cooking on The Food Network. I haven’t missed a show since. So I was beyond thrilled when I had the chance to check out her new cookbook VALERIE’S HOME COOKING: More than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family. I’m so glad I did!

I got to learn more about Valerie from her wonderful narrative throughout VALERIE’S HOME COOKING. Her stories are enjoyable to read, and they struck me as very heartfelt. I could tell the love she has for family, friends, and food.

The photos in this book are magnificent. Vibrant and sharp, the photos of the dishes Ms. Bertinelli prepared made my mouth water. I could almost smell each dish. The photos of the actress cooking in her home, and often outside, are simply stunning. Valerie Bertinelli is a beautiful woman who seems to look better every year. In the photos of her cooking, her happiness at what she is doing is very clear not just on her face, but in her eyes as well.

As for the recipes . . . Oh wow! She has covered such a range of dishes, from super easy, to a bit more complex, using plain, simple ingredients, as well as items home cooks may not readily have in their pantries, but can certainly find at the local market. There is something for everyone. Even those with finicky tastes like mine will find many dishes to try. There are many that will certainly become new favorites in my house!

Readers will find recipes such as . . .
Four-Cheese Crab Mac ‘n’ Cheese . . . Slow Cooker Beef . . . English Lemon Cake . . . Quick Rotisserie Chicken Gumbo . . . Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms with Chile-Lemon Salt . . . Valerie’s Irish Coffee with Lemon-Vanilla Whipped Cream . . . Spicy Killer Shrimp Soup . . . and Homemade Cannoli!
Those don’t even come close to the many amazing recipes within the pages of this incredible cookbook.

In my opinion, there is no wrong person for VALERIE’S HOME COOKING: More than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family.

This recipe book is fab! Easy to use, nice colourful pictures and some unique ideas. Love the egg in the bagel hole! ;-D The drink section is great too- Margarita with chilli and ginger is going to be a regular at parties.

This is a terrific cookbook with lots of personal details about how Valerie cooks. The photos alone are very pretty and make the food look scrumptious. A great book to add to a cookbook collection.

Who did not love Barbara ( Valerie's character from a famous TV show on the air in the '70s? ) Valerie's bubbly personality comes through this cookbook and her passion for cooking actually tends to make you want to cook. Pictures are wonderful, recipes are so easy to follow and she does not use ingredients hard to find. Every chapter and a few pages in between she tells the story of why this recipe reminds her of something which just jumps right off the pages to the reader. Definitely a cookbook you could refer back to from time to time.

Valerie Bertinelli manages to do what most cookbook authors set out to do but do not achieve, she makes the book feel like an extension of herself so that the readers feel like they are in her home and want to make her recipes. The recipes are rustic, comfort food recipes many have grown up with but elevated just a notch to excite taste buds with just a bit of new flavors. There is nothing that would put off even a novice chef, making this book a perfect present for those just starting out on their own to those with many years of hosting experience.

This is everything I want in a cook book. The pictures are beautiful and showcase the recipes. Valerie comes across in this book as sweet and nice as she appears on her show, and the recipes are truly "home cooking". When it comes to trying new recipes I want something easy, with fresh ingredients and that everyone enjoys. That's exactly what you get in Valerie's Home cooking. I am looking forward to getting the print edition as soon as it's available.

Most celebrities aren’t shy about releasing a cookbook with recipes they claim are theirs. Many are co-written by some stranger, and it’s really doubtful that the celebrity in question actually cooks. Not so with Valerie Bertinelli. Although many of us remember her as an adorable actress in long-ago sitcoms, it seems that cooking is really one of her passions. Not only does she have her own cooking show, but the vignettes and stories in her cookbook, Valerie's Home Cooking: More than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family, tend to bring her down from someone famous and inaccessible, to someone who cooks from family recipes for her husband, son, friends and neighbors just like we do. She’s still adorable, however, and that attribute is definitely reflected in this fun cookbook.

Every recipe in this book is pictured, and most of the recipes are suitable for everyone from beginning cooks to those who are experts. The emphasis is on recipes that can be made in home kitchens without help from sous chefs and other behind-the-scenes people who support professional cooks.

One of the best parts about this excellent cookbook is that the recipes are for dishes people actually want to make. And, the dishes actually turn out picture-perfect. Favorites already include Spicy Killer Shrimp Soup, Chicken with Lemon-Wine Sauce, and a quick Avocado and Grilled Corn Salad with Green Goddess Dressing. She’s included some delicious breakfast breads like Bacon Caramel Scuffins (a cross between a scone and a muffin) with Caramel Clotted Cream, and Egg-in-a-Bagel Hole. We loved the Brown Sugar Sriracha Bacon Bites, and there are several other appetizers that I’m hoping to try very soon.

Bertinelli has included down-to-earth desserts, including some family Christmas cookies. Many of her recipes have an Italian influence from her childhood, like the Ricotta Cookies with Sour Cream Glaze; these turned out soft and luscious.

This cookbook is well-organized, the instructions are easy to follow, and most of the dishes call for ingredients that are readily available. The book is also beautiful and is one you’ll want to display in your kitchen.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Valerie Bertinelli is well-known name in my household, so given the chance to check out her cookbook and review it, I couldn't resist! As the current star of her Food Network show, Valerie's Home Cooking, and co-host of the network's Kids Baking Championship, Valerie is comfort in the kitchen, cooking up dishes that will please anyone's taste-buds. There is a story behind every recipe, whether it was created by Valerie or passed down her through her family.

There are six chapters in this cookbook.
1. Rise & Shine
2. Happy Hour
3. A Side Note
4. Getting Through the Day
5. Around the Table
6. Finishing Sweet

The dishes are a mix of simple and complex, but all elegantly put together, and presented with beautiful visuals throughout that showcase the dishes. I thought this is a great cookbook to reach for during the holidays, family gatherings, or special occasions, but wouldn't exactly fit in everyone's budget when it comes to using this to cook from on a weekly basis.

I've always been a huge Valerie Bertinelli fan and was a bit sad to learn she has a cooking show unavailable to me. Now I have her cookbook to explore.

Photos are lovely of meals and her home making it feel like I am enjoying a visit with an old friend as she shares family favourite recipes.

This will make a lovely Christmas gift for anyone loving food, drinks and entertaining