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Yo-Yo lays out a Sunday dinner; it's a homestyle recipe for slow-simmered short ribs and gravy served along with collard greens and cabbage mix that's tender and well seasoned.

Downright Delicious With Yo-Yo

Sunday Dinner

Yo-Yo kicks things off with a penne pasta with spicy Italian sausage and a garlic tomato sauce; she shows off her skills with her version of fried rice, complete with eggs shrimp and more.

Simple and Delicious

Yo-Yo lays out small bites that are packed with flavor; the menu is stuffed portobello mushrooms, BLT skewers with scallops and pesto, and the cocktail of the day is a blood orange Margarita.

Small Bites and Kicked Up Cocktails

Yo-Yo cooks up bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs that are seasoned with curry and coconut milk; she serves it with wild rice with onions, garlic, almonds, and jalapeños; she brings it on home with her version of a Sbagliato.

My Heart Is in This Chicken Dinner

When you are cooking meals that are family favorites you are definitely cooking with love, and in this episode of downright delicious Yo-Yo and her Mama Mia lay out smothered pork chops with white rice served with braised cabbage and cornbread. It's a meal that not only a family will love, but you the viewer will love it too.

Family Favorites With Mama Mia

A big turkey burger that Yo-Yo's family and friends love; preparing a burger topped with turkey bacon, turkey sausage, Pepper Jack cheese, honey mustard jalapeño peppers and a more, all served with hand-cut Yukon gold fries.

The Big Hits

Yo-Yo shows viewers her family's comfort food, coconut braised oxtails in a savory sauce served with red beans and rice makes her family love pulling up a seat to the table.

Comfort Foods

Yo-Yo lays out a seafood menu that she prepares on Seafood Sundays, making lobster pasta and fresh salmon cake served over mixed greens.

Seafood Sunday

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S2 E5 | My Heart Is in This Chicken Dinner