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.
Who wants sad food? No one. Recipes have to taste good!
Here you’ll find a mix of indulgent and healthy recipes — food that I eat and make in my own kitchen (and sometimes on TV.)
As a result of my own wellness journey, 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
How to Cook Winter Vegetables: Rev it Up!
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The Dark Side: Five Recipes for Winter Greens
Vegetable Prep Summer produce is easy. Summer produce is the embodiment of an easy, breezy sunny day. Tomatoes are sliced. Okra only needs a short
Paris Cookbook Fair: Pulled Pork with BBQ Sauce
Paris Cookbook Fair 2013 Bonjour! Sending out a quick post from the Paris Cookbook Fair, Festival du Livre Culinaire from Le Carosel du Louvre. There
Lady Luck: Black Eyed Peas and Greens
Winter Greens Eating black eyed peas and greens on New Year’s Day is a special Southern tradition, and folklore says it brings luck and money
SPOILER ALERT: Chopped, Nuts, & Ice Cream Fiascos
SPOILER ALERT!! Nuts. There’s the whole nuts thing to begin with… I know you’re glad those are pecans featured in the photo above and not
Sippin’ on Southern Comfort
This week I was in Athens, GA taking classes at the University of Georgia Food Sciences Department.The weather today was glorious. The leaves have all
Bowls of Goodness
I collect bowls. I’ve got dinted and dinged up enamel bowls hanging in my kitchen. One of the older ones has a tiny hole in
Paris + Texas: Fall Recipes & Change is Good
Fall Produce While there’s absolutely nothing like a summer vine-ripe tomato or fresh sweet corn, have you ever considered that perhaps they wouldn’t be so
My day in NYC on 9-11
NYC on 9-11 This picture of my sister was taken in August, just a few weeks before the horrible tragedy in 2001. In 2010, when
Surprises & Sweet Corn Ice Cream
Sweet Corn Ice Cream Corn is technically a vegetable, a grain, and a fruit. Wait, what? According to the Cooperative Extension Service, corn seed is