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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

Red Chile Fire and Ice Sauce

Baked Lemon Sole with Sauteed Swiss Chard

Apple Cider Chicken

Interstate Chili

Cerveza-Battered Fish Tacos with Quick-Pickled Onion and Cucumber

Creamy Stove-top Mac and Cheese

Grapefruit Grilled Chicken

Plantain Chips

Grilled Fennel with Grilled Jalapeno Sauce

Cherry-Lemon Relish

Triple-A Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

Sunny's Twice Baked Potatoes

Grilled Chicken with White Wine Mushroom Sauce

Sop-tastic Garlic Bread

The Real "Dill" Chicken Sandwich

Garlic Green Bean Salad

Easy Salmon Pie

Strawberry Applesauce

Grown-up Bologna Sandwiches

Honey Glazed Carrots

Fruit Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

Hoppin' Jason: Cannellini and Rice with Andouille Sausage

Bacon, Onion and Cheese Stuffed Burger

Pumpkin Spice-Rubbed Pork Loin

Zesty Chicken Meatballs

Watermelon Mojito

Balsamic-Glazed Apricots with Ricotta Clouds