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Sunny's Cookbook

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Sunny's Chopped Success

Besting three fellow chefs, Sunny earned Round 1 glory.

Exclusive Interview with Sunny

Sunny's Signature Dishes 39 Videos

Find out how Sunny puts her spin on classic comfort foods.

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About the Show

With an understanding of everyday life and the belief that real people deserve down-to-earth, delicious meals, Sunny Anderson offers real food for real life. Cooking for Real serves up solutions for easy-to-prepare, fantastic-tasting menus. Sunny elevates the everyday meal by taking affordable, easy-to-find, easy-to-use ingredients and infusing them with diverse influences and rich, rewarding flavor. Sunny's fresh, uncomplicated approach to classic comfort foods, along with her passion for interpreting the flavors of her unique travels, brings a bright style to delectable, down-home dishes.

About the Host

Sunny serves as a fun-loving host on The Kitchen and dishes out down-to-earth recipes on Home Made in America and Cooking for Real.

Most Popular Recipes

All Cooking for Real Recipes

Garlic Hasselback Potatoes with Herbed Sour Cream

Quick Pear Tart

Loopy Lime and Lychee Gelatin Parfait

P. R. Pernil

Choc-Nanner-Nut Custards

Fried Goat Cheese Salad with Grilled Sweet Corn

Black Forest Cupcakes

Minty Mocha Affogato

Sweet Potato Hash

String Bean "Casserole" Salad

Sunny's Avenue J Pizza

Bacon and Green Chile Cornbread

Open-Faced Breakfast Sandwich

Sweet Roasted Acorn Squash

Sunny's Tuna Noodle Casserole

Meatloaf Is the Way to My Heart As Long As It Has Kick and Potatoes Are Around

Grandma's Red Velvet Cake

Hunter's Veal Chop with Southern Cheese Grits: Jaegerschnitzel with Southern Cheese Grits

Sweet 'n' Corny Hoecakes

Sunny's Latin Lasagna

Vegetarian "Southern-style" Collard Greens

Sunny's Fake Crepes

Roasted Turkey Breast with Peach Rosemary Glaze

Chicken Fried Pork Chops with Chunky Pear Chutney

Korean Yaki Mandu

Cheesy Mushroom and Broccoli Casserole

Crispy Cauliflower Florets with Citrus Salt