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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 Anderson

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

Spinach Pesto Scrambled Eggs on Garlic Brioche with Country Ham

Easy Garlic and Olive Bows

Pineapple Spritz

Quick Artichoke Salad

Apple, Pear and Walnut Salad

Huevos Rancheros with Black Bean Puree

Coconut Flan

Apple and Onion-Stuffed Pork Chops with Orange-Pineapple Gravy

Coconut Cod

Cipollini Onions Braised in Red Wine

Peas and Pasta Salad

Kale-llaloo

Mango and Jicama Slaw

Pork-Stuffed Collard Greens

Chicken in Pumpkin-Ancho Mole Sauce

Mango and Peach Salsa

Easy Pimento Cheese

Happy Trails Granola

Chicken-Stuf't Potato Puffs: Rellenos de Papa con Pollo

Maple Butter

Crispy Potatoes with Roasted Pepper Sauce

Quick Tomato Salad

Corny Mango Salmon

Fast Succotash

Apple-Raisin Cole Slaw

Sunny's Saturday Special Hash Browns

Catfish Sticks