Kardea Brown cooks up light, classic Southern dishes; veggie soup bunch inspired by Grandma; flaky pecan and panko-crusted baked fish with mashed parsnips; blackberry lavender cornmeal cake.

Kardea Brown makes a Mediterranean-inspired lunch for a play date at the dog park, with grilled chicken shawarma gyro, delicious couscous and chickpea salad, bundt pan baklava and peanut butter pup cakes.

For a night of backyard camping with her nephews and nieces, Kardea Brown is cooking brisket and bean chili with sweet mini corn muffins and vegetable medley sauté; s'mores cereal treats are perfect for everyone to enjoy around the fire.

Kardea Brown is cooking up some Tex-Mex flavors to celebrate her friend's birthday; she makes a cheesy birria dip, elote burger sliders and summer squash salad with a smoky agave vinaigrette, with pineapple upside-down cupcakes for dessert.

Kardea Brown is joined by pal Nancy Fuller to make a meal with farm-fresh ingredients; the menu includes lemony herb shrimp scampi over Middlins Risotto and Collard Green Salad with a BBQ vinaigrette.

Kardea Brown hosts a Mother's Day lunch for her childhood best friends; she is cooking up Scalloped Potato-Stuffed Chicken, Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Roasted Grapes and a Lemon Meringue Pie.