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Sunny's Chopped Success

Besting three fellow chefs, Sunny earned Round 1 glory.

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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.

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All Cooking for Real Recipes

Lonestar State Cheesecake

Upside-Down Cornbread Cake

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

Balsamic-Glazed Apricots with Ricotta Clouds

Garlic Red Bliss Mash

Sop-tastic Garlic Bread

Honeydew Tropic Freeze

Caribbean Chicken Wings

Open-Faced Plum Tart

Creamy Potato and Prosciutto Salad

Lime Italian Ice

Chunky Chicken Chowder

Baked Pumpkin Spice Tortilla Chips

Crispy Potatoes with Roasted Pepper Sauce

Quick Tomato Salad

Black-Eyed Peas Pulao

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

Raspberry-Apple Juice Twist

Mango and Peach Salsa

Easy Pimento Cheese

Sauteed Broccoli and Almonds

Plantain Chips

Mean Green Cucumber Juice

Spinach Pesto Scrambled Eggs on Garlic Brioche with Country Ham

Easy Garlic and Olive Bows

Pineapple Spritz

Quick Artichoke Salad

Huevos Rancheros with Black Bean Puree

Apple, Pear and Walnut Salad

Coconut Flan

Sunny's Saturday Special Hash Browns

Catfish Sticks

Shepherd's Pie with Mushroom Onion Gravy

Spicy Boiled Peanuts

Thick Bananas Foster Shake

Breakfast Enchiladas with Red Sauce

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

Fast Succotash

Corny Mango Salmon

Happy Trails Granola

Asian Lettuce Wraps

Grilled Sweet Potato Wedges with Maple Butter

Tangy Tater Salad

Breakfast Skillet

Quick Apple and Sweet Potato Soup

Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast Stuffed with Pear Hash

Pork-Stuffed Collard Greens

Chicken in Pumpkin-Ancho Mole Sauce

Sunny's Easy Chicken and Dumplings