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
Comfort Food: One Pot Pasta
I hope this finds you and your family safe and well. I feel like I have started every email with that sentence for the past
Cooking with Virginia: Crunchy Creole Ranch Salmon
Ranch dressing is as American as apple pie and baseball. Americans love ranch dressing. Everyone loves ranch dressing. Even snooty chefs and foodies that look
Easy Clementine Marmalade
How to Make Marmalade Making marmalade can be a long and tedious process. I love to make jams and jellies, but the bitterness of citrus
Stress Baking: Button Shortbread
My first baking experience was making biscuits with my grandmother, standing on a chair all of three years old. Before the home was air-conditioned an
Stovetop Low Country Boil
Think Spanish moss hanging from live oaks and pluff mud and you’re thinking Low Country. Think benne seeds and Carolina Gold rice and you’re thinking
Skillet Suppers: Pork Chops with Cabbage and Sweet Potatoes
Skillet suppers, one-pot meals, sheet pan suppers — I’m sure you hear these terms all the time. They’re popular not only for their simplicity
Butternut Squash and Ground Turkey Gratin
Butternut Squash is one of my favorite winter vegetables. I treat them as a multi-purpose vegetable “roast.” It’s actually rare that I cook an
Valentine’s Day Dark Chocolate Raspberry Pastry Flowers
Valentine’s Day often means bouquets of beautiful flowers and luscious boxes of chocolate. What about combining the two?! With a store-bought pie crust, you can
Cooking with Virginia: How to Cook Dried Beans
Beans in some way, shape, or fashion are fundamental in many cuisines. Healthy and economical, they are a go-to in my kitchen. I’ll often cook
Turkey and Black Bean Chili
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