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Sunny's Cookbook

Order your copy of Sunny's first-ever 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

Grilled Fennel with Grilled Jalapeno Sauce

Cherry-Lemon Relish

Plantain Chips

Fresh Spa-ocktail

Blackberry Gin Fizz Float

Sauteed Plantains

Creamy Stove-top Mac and Cheese

Grapefruit Grilled Chicken

Cheese and Guava Pockets

Curry Pork Burgers with Spicy Ketchup

The Real "Dill" Chicken Sandwich

Garlic Green Bean Salad

Easy Salmon Pie

Strawberry Applesauce

Interstate Chili

Hoppin' Jason: Cannellini and Rice with Andouille Sausage

Garlic Red Bliss Mash

Sop-tastic Garlic Bread

Curry Coconut Chicken Breasts

Bacon, Onion and Cheese Stuffed Burger

Pumpkin Spice-Rubbed Pork Loin

Red Chile Fire and Ice Sauce

Baked Lemon Sole with Sauteed Swiss Chard

Apple Cider Chicken

German Dumplings

French Toast with Caramelized Pecans, Strawberries and Cream

Fruit Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing