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
Quick and Easy Garlic Shrimp
Shrimp are perhaps the original fast food. A few years ago while visiting the Low Country I stopped at the pier in Mount Pleasant, SC
Make-Ahead Almond Crumble Peach Tart
It’s peach season! I grew up in Macon County, adjacent to Peach County, home to The Big Peach, a glorious seventy-five-foot tall peach mounted on
Plant Forward BBQ: Sweet Heat Pulled Butternut Squash
Wait, what? I can hear folks now. Vegetarian BBQ? Has she lost her mind? Yes! Well, it’s not a pit-cooked pig, that’s for sure, but
Easy Butter Cookies
This recipe is so simple and quick! And, best of all during these trying times, it’s flexible. I baked them three ways: immediately after assembling,
Chocolate Peanut Butter Soft Serve Frozen Dessert
Believe it or not, I am hesitant to call this decadent bowl of delicious dessert chocolate ice cream. It looks like chocolate ice cream, scoops
The Time is Always Right to Do What is Right
I read earlier this week that 4 of the 5 counties in the US with the highest death rates per capita due to Covid-19 are
Sheet Pan Supper: Panko Crusted Fish Filet with Asparagus and Tomatoes
Who doesn’t love a sheet pan supper? One pan and you’re good to go. It’s an easy and healthy meal that your family is certain
How to Plan the Safe and Perfect Picnic
As a kid, my Southern summers were spent fishing at our family pond and swimming in the ocean, pool, or lake and catching fireflies with
Baked Risotto
Classic Italian risotto is creamy and comforting. Tender rice flavored with wine and nutty-rich Parmesan cheese and sweet butter. Do you love risotto, but
Mama, Faith, and her Classic Poundcake
Mama, it’s a word that is veritably primal, one of the very first words tiny human baby mouths and brains can conjure. I am a