
Original title
Cooking for Real
Released
4/6/2008
Origin country
US
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
8
Number of episodes
72
Cooking for Real is a cooking show starring Sunny Anderson.


Southern dishes are made. Included: stuffed pork chops with apple and onion; vegetarian collard greens; blueberry-peach cobbler.


Tex-Mex dishes are made. Included: huevos rancheros with black-bean puree; homemade churros; Mexican street corn.






A recipe for homemade pizza is featured. Also: Caesar salad; chocolate pudding and pretzels.

A kid-inspired breakfast includes PB&J pancakes and green eggs and ham.



Pork burgers are topped with spicy ketchup and served with homemade root-veggie fries. Also: A peaches-and-cream dessert is prepared.

Oyster po' boys, peel-and-eat shrimp, and orange-lime meringue pie are prepared.

A fail-proof recipe for oxtail stew is featured.


The host prepares chicken-sausage rigatoni in a spicy vodka sauce and serves it alongside crispy cauliflower florets with citrus salt. Lime Italian ice is made for dessert.

A speedy meal includes mango salmon, zucchini hash, garlic red-bliss mashed potatoes and an open-faced plum tart.

Glazed turkey and mini pies are made.


A Caribbean-inspired chicken dish is made.


On the menu: lomi-lomi salmon; chicken skewers with peanut sauce; chilled Asian noodles.


A Southern dinner, featuring apple-cider sautéed chicken, upside-down cornbread cake, pan-roasted Brussels sprouts and a spiced apple toddy.

Dishes from the West Indies are featured. Included: codfish puppies; sans souci punch.

Three sauces for chicken wings are prepared.



An inexpensive meal is made.







Latin lasagna, a spring salad and pomegranate margaritas are prepared.




Creamy chicken, crispy okra strips and buttery succotash complete a Southern meal.






An elegant and affordable dinner menu features a recipe for coq au vin.










Red hook ceviche; Southwest quesadilla; Mexican mango on a stick.




Finger foods are prepared for a cocktail party. Included: beef empanadas; chicken-stuffed potato puffs; ancho-chili dipping sauce.





Prepared: braised chicken with pumpkin seeds and ancho chilies; molten-chocolate cake.













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