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Wow. It's been a long week. We are in New York to roast Betty White at the Friars Club... but I didn't think I'd ever get here. We had a flat tire and missed our plane, so we had to take a (yawn) red-eye. But Betty is worth it!
Suffice it to say, I'm a little discombobulated. I hope you enjoy tonight's Hot in Cleveland, where Dan and Laura Dotson from Storage Wars will be guest stars - along with hunky James Denton and fan favorite Jon Lovitz. The Dotsons were such warm and delightful people. It was a treat having them on the show!
I can't wait to get back to work in August - and if you'd like to be a part of our "live studio audience," tickets are free, but they are a hot commodity. Learn more here!
My very best to you, 
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Written by Stacy Bertinelli
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Jalapeño poppers took a beating in Valerie's first book, Losing It, and with good reason: The fried, cheese-filled snacks ladle on the fat and calories with questionable nutritional content. She readily admits that the poppers were a trigger food when she was eating her emotions (and gaining weight), rather than finding productive, healthy ways of handling stress and losing it!
Because Jenny Craig has yet to introduce a low-calorie jalapeño popper snack, we at the ValerieBertinelli.com test-kitchens (OK, her brother Patrick and I) took it upon ourselves to give her once-favorite, but now-maligned, treat a healthier makeover. For her birthday this year, we presented Valerie with the Jalapeño Popper Redemption Recipe! As with any snack, please enjoy in moderation - even low-calorie treats can add up, if you eat a whole box of them in one sitting!
Warning: The actual cooking of these peppers involves knife-handling skills, open flames and spicy substances. Don't put an eye out, don't rub your eyes and don't let your kids make them unsupervised. According to my husband Pat, I'm not allowed to make them unsupervised either.
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Written by Valerie Bertinelli
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 I had the overwhelming pleasure of reuniting with my "second family" - the cast of One Day at a Time - at the the 10th annual TVLand Awards. Believe it or not, the awards ceremony was the first time that we had all been together in the same room in many, many years! Mackenzie Phillips and Pat Harrington attended my wedding in 2011, but Bonnie Franklin was unable to make it, though she sent me a very special, very personal gift. Still, Bonnie and I were able to work together on Hot in Cleveland during Season 2, which brought back so many memories. Through the years, we have all stayed in contact, and of course, we got together for the One Day at a Time reunion special in 2005.
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