(audience cheers) - We've gone to dinner before.
- Yes, and it was at a fish restaurant.
- We did, and you talked - Yes.
About your cooking.
I was like, "I really want you to cook for me one day,"
and here we are.
- And we finally get to do it. - Yes, (laughs) yes.
Let's do it, this one's good. - So we're gonna make
a cheesy crab and artichoke,
no, this is not artichoke, this is spinach,
by the way.
(audience laughs) It's not artichokes.
- She's been drinking,
everything's fine.
(audience laughs) - I'm just kidding!
I'm kidding!
- I only had a little bit. - No, wait a sec.
- I know, okay. (laughs)
So, this is spinach,
and it's been frozen, and then it's been thawed,
and then it's been drained.
So what we have right now
is the onions and the garlic - Sizzle.
- Are getting nice and translucent,
they're beautiful, - It smells so good.
- They're starting to smell great,
so I'm gonna start adding flavor to this.
- Okay, let's do it. - We're gonna start
building the dip in the pan,
and then put it into here, and it goes into the oven.
- And then put it in your mouth.
- Yes. (laughs) (audience laughs)
So what we want next is the cream cheese,
- We're gonna put the cheese in.
I'm ready. - The whole thing.
- The whole thing. - By the way, the whole thing.
- You are so a friend of mine.
- Yes. (audience laughs)
- All right. - Cream cheese is your friend.
By the way, I'm turning 60 in April,
- What? - I think I should come out.
(audience cheers) - Yes!
Your birthday's a day before mine.
- Yes.
- Yes! - Yes.
- 'Cause we're both Tauruses.
- Yes we are.
- Yes, that's why I love you.
- So I think I should go to Vegas in April.
- Yes you should! (audience cheers)
Yes!
I'm telling you. - I love.
- You both need to come. - The last time I saw you live
well, the first time I saw you live,
you were winning American Idol.
- Oh my gosh! (audience cheers)
You know it, and it worked out!
- I was there.
- That's so crazy. - I was actually there
in the audience, Wolfie was there with me, we loved you,
- I remember you
telling me that. - We voted for you every week.
- Oh, because Wolfie is actually a musician as well.
- Yes he is. - Yes, yes.
- But we loved you, and I started sobbing when she won.
(gasps) - Me too,
it was embarrassing. - Because she was sobbing too.
And someone turned around in the audience
and went, "That's so sweet, is that your daughter?"
(audience laughs)
- No!
Oh, my God.
- We do look similar! - I would be happy,
to have her be my daughter.
(both laugh)
- Okay, so. - What do we do next?
- The cream cheese is melting, - Mine's good.
- Let's get all the - Is it?
- flavor in there. - Yeah, look at that, girl!
- So we have some cayenne, we have some paprika.
- I can work
some cream cheese. - We have some mustard,
Worcestershire sauce.
- [Hailee] Oh wait, what?
Okay. - I always wondered
how you say that, worstesure. - Worstesure, worstershire.
- Put all of that, oh my. - Right?
- Every time I order a bloody Mary, I mean,
never mind, my friend does. (Valerie laughs)
(audience laughs)
- Who's been drinking?
- Not me! (laughs)
- Everything's fine. - And then we wanna get
a little salt and pepper in there, too.
- Okay. - I just season,
as you go along. - Do you just do it all?
Okay.
- No no, whoa, Kelly. - Oh.
- Oh, shoot. (audience laughs)
- I don't know,
usually they fill it up with a glass,
so it's not you're 'sposed to do.
- Just get a little bit in there,
You wanna season as you go. - Woo!
(Valerie laughs)
- Yeah, I sing when I cook. (laughs)
- Yeah. (laughs) - It's weird.
- No, hey, listen.
- All right, now you wanna get spinach in there.
- [Kelly] Spinach!
Not all of it?
- Yes, all of it. - Okay, see?
All the glass. - Yes, all of it, all right.
- Yes all the veggies. (audience laughs)
- Acting like I'm crazy.
- Did ya? (laughs)
Veggies are good.
And as this starts to blend together,
then we wanna get the crab in there,
and you wanna turn the heat up,
but I don't think we need to worry about that right now.
- Dude, this is so good. - Not that high.
So get your crab meat in there.
- Good God. - And the reason I wanted
to do this, is because (Kelly groans)
- We just finished seafood month,
and now we're on to cheesy fondue month,
and this is the perfect of both worlds.
The best of both worlds.
- Hailee, do you cook as well?
- I (snorts).
- And when I say "as well" I mean, I don't.
I don't know why I said, "as well."
Like, I just mean, "Hailee, do you cook?" (laughs)
- By the sounds of this?
No, it's the one thing--
- Well you're cooking now, Hailee.
- Yes you are!
Look, this looks good. - And then get--
We want some Monterey jack, and some Parmesan in there.
Get all the cheese in. - Oh, yeah.
Yeah, see! - The more the merrier.
- All the glass!
- The more the merrier. - That's what I'm saying.
'Cause I'm bringing it back.
- The whole thing. (audience cheers)
- Okay.
I actually can cook. - Yes you can!
- I just don't like doing it, that's the difference.
- You don't? - Why?
- But if you tell people, "Oh I can't cook",
then you don't have to. (audience laughs)
- Oh, my God. - Oh!
- Then you just show up at holidays and you eat.
(Valerie laughs) That's all you do.
Yeah. (laughs)
- That's why I'm always asked to cook,
and I actually love it. - This is amazing.
- This is.
But there's one final step
and we wanna get it in
to this dish. - Okay.
- And it's gonna get a little - Oh, thought I
forgot something. - bit of crunchy on top.
- Sorry.
- Can you--
What's the matter?
- I'm just real stressed. - She thought she
missed a step.
- I'm trying to--
- You're stressed? - No, it's okay!
I'm doing it. - So we put--
- You have it, look. - We put this in?
- Honey! - No!
Oh no. - Honey.
- Yes.
- Oh yes, no it's good! - Oh, God.
- You're doing very well. - Yes.
- Thank you. (audience laughs)
- Check this out! - Okay.
- Mine's good. - Now get it into.
- Oh, was that yours?
No, this is mine, okay, cool.
- Yeah yeah yeah. - Yeah yeah.
- Valerie, how long have you been cooking?
I mean, if you've been acting since you were 12,
like, when do you fit this in?
- Way younger than when I started acting.
I've been cooking longer than I've been acting.
- [Kelly] Oh, yeah, it's a family thing.
- [Valerie] It's a family thing, yeah.
- By the way, not struggling at all.
If anyone's wondering. - Yeah, look.
- All good, yeah yeah, cool.
Cool, cool, cool.
- Okay, so we put this on top?
- Then you wanna put the panko right on top.
- Yes!
- And that's gonna crunch it up, when you put it
in the oven. - Voila!
- And then it goes into the oven for about 425 degrees.
- Skrrt.
- For about 15 minutes, get a nice brown-- (laughs)
- Yeah, I like to make sounds when I cook.
- I do too!
(both laugh)
Whenever I take anything out,
it's like "bloop, bloop", yeah.
- Yeah, bloop bloop.
- So this goes-- (laughs) - We're so the same person!
- So this goes into the oven,
- Look at this magic from TV that's about to happen.
(audience laughs) - Look at this.
Here, I'll get yours.
- Yeah!
- Voila! - Woo!
(audience cheers) - That's what
I'm talking about!
Yes!
I'm trying it. - Try it.
- Try it, really? - If I'm feeling healthy,
I'll eat this with veggies. - Om!
- Or if I wanna stay low-carb,
I'll take the panko off and I won't do,
is that good?
- Yeah, it's good! - Yeah.
- I'm gonna body roll.
(Valerie laughs) (audience cheers)
- [Kelly] That is so good!
- [Valerie] It's tasty.
(audience clapping)
- What do you think?
- Well, I'm very proud of myself.
- Yep, great hug. - Yay, Hailee!
- Hug it out, hug it out!
We're both chefs. (audience cheers)