This book includes over 185 delicious recipes to feed the family. Valerie Hockert loves to cook; and although she has never owned a restaurant or catering service, she learned to cooks for her family. Interesting enough, she didn't know how to cook when she left her parents' home to be out on her own, and learned as she had children. People would ask for her recipes, and since she only had them in her head, she learned to write them down as she made them again. She is sought for her food fare of cooking, as she has recipes that are healthy, interesting, for those who are crunched for time, and even recipes for kids. Since healthy eating, healthy cooking, and healthy recipes are in demand, Valerie has made it her mission to write all her recipes to share with others who are also interesting in getting back to basics and doing their own healthy cooking. Valerie' other recipes books include Healthy Recipes for the Family: 2012 Edition, and Recipes from the 70s and 80s.