Fruits and Vegetables Archives

Fruits and Vegetables are the star! Good and good-for-you recipes – with a smattering of indulgence – for fruits and vegetables from James Beard award-winning cookbook author, chef, and weight loss success story Virginia Willis.

Butternut Squash and Ground Turkey Gratin

Cooking with Virginia: How to Cook Dried Beans

What’s in Season: Winter Squash

New Year’s Food Traditions: Peas and Greens

What’s in Season: Savory Eggplant Dip

Creamed Corn with Bacon

What’s in Season: Best Corn Recipes

Best Tomato Recipes

Turkey Meatballs with Zoodles

Southern Recipes: Spicy Pickled Okra

Easy Grilling Recipes: Grilled Gumbo

I'm Virginia Willis, a French-trained Southern chef and James Beard award-winning cookbook author.

As a post-menopausal woman, I lost 65 pounds and have kept it off for 4 years. Good and Good For You Living is my real-life approach to health and wellness initiated by lifelong struggles with weight and body image. I quit dieting and changed my life.

Each Good and Good for You newsletter shares encouragement and support to help you thrive with real-life information, motivation, and tactics that work.

If I can do it, you can, too!