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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

Bacon, Onion and Cheese Stuffed Burger

Pumpkin Spice-Rubbed Pork Loin

Sunny Lomi Salmon

Spring Goddess Salad

Easy Salad with Creamy Roasted Tomatillo Dressing

Open-Faced Plum Tart

Creamy Potato and Prosciutto Salad

Balsamic-Glazed Apricots with Ricotta Clouds

Garlic Red Bliss Mash

Sop-tastic Garlic Bread

The Real "Dill" Chicken Sandwich

Garlic Green Bean Salad

Easy Salmon Pie

Strawberry Applesauce

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

Grilled Sweet Potato Wedges with Maple Butter

Asian Lettuce Wraps

Apple-Raisin Cole Slaw

Creamy Stove-top Mac and Cheese

Grapefruit Grilled Chicken

Plantain Chips

Cheese and Guava Pockets

Curry Pork Burgers with Spicy Ketchup

Curry Coconut Chicken Breasts

Sunny's Deviled Eggs

Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Wings 3 Ways

Cider-Brined Fried Chicken

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

PB and J Pancakes

Fresh Spa-ocktail

Blackberry Gin Fizz Float

Sauteed Plantains

Grown-up Bologna Sandwiches

Honey Glazed Carrots

Fruit Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

Zesty Chicken Meatballs

Watermelon Mojito

Interstate Chili

Summer Corn Salad

Crisp Salad with Spicy Ranch Dressing

Sunny's Simple Crabcakes with Celery Root Remoulade

Ricotta Ravioli with Spinach Pesto

Bangin' Bruschetta

Sunny's Fish Escovitch

Sunny's Easy Glazed Cinnamon Buns