Lighten Up Y'all

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>James Beard Award winner for Best in Health </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A collection of classic Southern comfort food recipes--including seven-layer dip chicken and gravy and strawberry shortcake--made lighter healthier and completely guilt-free.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Virginia Willis is not only an authority on Southern cooking. She's also a French-trained chef a veteran cookbook author and a proud Southerner who adores eating and cooking for family and friends. So when she needed to drop weight and lighten up her diet the most important criterion for her new lifestyle was that all the food had to taste delicious.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The result is </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lighten Up Y'all</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> a soul-satisfying and deeply personal collection of Virginia's favorite recipes -- even 8 years later in this newly revised paperback version. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All the classics are covered-from a comforting Southern Style Shepherd's Pie with Grits to warm melting Broccoli Mac and Cheese to Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie. Each dish is packed with real Southern flavor but made with healthier more wholesome ingredients and techniques. Wherever you are on your health and wellness journey </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lighten Up Y'all </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>has the recipes tools and inspiration you need to make the nourishing down-home Southern food you love.</span></p>