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
Save the Flavors: Easy Summer Ratatouille
A recent evening’s garden harvest rewarded me with the ingredients for a vibrant, tasty, and easy summer ratatouille — as well as the realization that
Salmon Fishing in Alaska + Salmon Recipes
For the past two weeks I have been on a working vacation in Alaska. I was offered the opportunity to be the guest celebrity chef
How to Fry Chicken – Southern Fried Chicken
When my dear grandmother was alive and I would come home to visit, it did not matter if it was 2:00 in the morning or
Eat Wild: Elderflower Cordial
Recently, I’ve been studying a couple of foraging books and trying to use more wild food in my kitchen. Serving locally foraged ingredients has become
Frozen Treats: Avocado Popsicles and Coconut Ice Cream
Homemade ice cream and sorbets are some of my favorite summertime sweet desserts. (Peach is undoubtedly my favorite!) I like ice cream, I mean who
Celebrate Summer with Sustainable Seafood
The Fourth of July means fireworks, fun, flags, and of course food. It’s time to celebrate summer! Nearly 80% of Americans will be grilling this weekend, making
Blueberries: Berry, Berry Good
Blueberries are the Doris Day of summer fruit – happy-go-lucky, bright bouncing balls of flavor. Blackberries are moody, musky, and more complex. Watermelon is refreshing,
Old-Fashioned Caramel Cake
Layer cakes are joyful, towering celebrations. Even in these super busy times, bake a layer cake at Christmas. I love Coconut Cake and Hummingbird
Food Photography: Friendship, Inspiration, and Opportunity
I’ve got two big announcements to share: Lighten Up, Y’all is now available for pre-order and will be in stores in March. My dear friend Angie
The World’s Best Salad Dressing
Did You Know that Price Per Ounce, Salad Dressing is One of the Most Expensive Items in a Grocery Store? Learn How to Make Vinaigrette