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Valerie Bertinelli’s “One Dish at a Time” Recipes

Aired on: October 18, 2012

Valerie Bertinelli gained a generation of fans on her hit show One Day at a Time, and now she's borrowing the phrase for her One Dish at a Time cookbook. "How many times am I going to take advantage of that?" she jokes, while starting to whip up her family recipe for Thursday Turkey Meatloaf. "These recipes are very personal to me, this is how I grew up," she says. "Food for me was always love and I passed that on to my son!"

Her hit series Hot In Cleveland returns for its fourth season next month with her single character getting a handsome new love interest. "He's 10 years younger than me," Valerie gushes. "Does that make me a cougar?"

Extra recipe: Valerie's Gumbo!