Welcome to Cooking with Virginia!
Need inspo for healthy recipes? Cooking with Virginia is packed with real-life tips, cooking techniques, and good and good-for-you recipes.
Each post has easy-to-follow instructions and helpful hints. It’s a mix of indulgent and healthy recipes — food that I eat and make in my own kitchen (and sometimes on TV.)
Here, you’ll find chef-driven recipes for home cooks yet still made with real-life ingredients. Let me tell you what you won’t find. An over-obsession with WW points or restrictive dieting. I believe you’ve got to mix it up. Sometimes you need to eat the ding dang cake. Who wants to eat sad food? Who wants deprivation? Nobody.
Hopefully, you’ll feel like I am by your side! I promise my recipes are rigorously tested and are essential, foolproof dishes you actually want to make and eat.
Because of my own journey with health gain and weight loss, I am an enthusiastic cheerleader for others seeking to make lifestyle changes in the interest of feeling healthier and happier, too!
Bon Appétit, Y’all!
Virginia Willis
Swordfish Steaks au Poivre with Tomatoes and Basil
World Oceans Day It’s World Oceans Day! On June 8th each year, we celebrate the ocean, its importance in our lives, and how we can
Quick and Easy Drop Biscuits
Three Ingredient Biscuits! Drop Biscuits Drop Biscuits are like biscuits with training wheels — you don’t have to worry about overworking the dough. The recipes
Cooking with Virginia: Chocolate Pots de Crème
Deliciously Decadent Chocolate Pots de Crème are undeniably creamy and indulgent — these are the French version of pudding cups. Typically, lunchroom fare certainly
How to Cut a Butternut Squash
How to Cut a Butternut Squash Today I was chopping butternut squash for a recipe project for an international media brand. The assignment has been
Valentine’s Day: Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
Chocolate and Valentine’s Day are meant to go together. To help celebrate Valentine’s Day I’m sharing my recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites. You got
What’s in Season: Cooking with Citrus
Winter is citrus season and the produce departments are overflowing. There are the diminutive Tangerines, Clementines, Tangelos, Mineolas, and Satsumas in the “cutie” citrus club. Down the
Sinless Seven Layer Dip for Your Super Bowl Party
The Atlanta Falcons are in the Super Bowl — and there’s going to be a lot of tailgating. Falcon and Patriot fans alike will be
Chicken Wings for the Dirty Birds
Other than the recent reports concerning Georgia’s Fifth District, the big deal right now in The ATL is that the Falcons are playing the
Ground Corn 101: Cornmeal and Grits
The importance of corn in the Southern diet cannot be overstated. Corn was eaten fresh in the summer, and dried and ground into meal for
Rotisserie Chicken Means Quick Satisfying Soups
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