Green Onion Salad with Chili-Lime Dressing

The green onion, often referred to as, scallion, has hollow green leaves similar to an onion. It's small onion with long leaves. It's harvested for it's milder taste. It can be added to a recipe or enjoyed raw. Green onions are often part of a salad, soups and salsas.

In Mexico and the Southwest United States, a type of scallion called cebollitas are often sprinkled with salt, grilled whole and added to cheese and rice recipes.

Food Portion: Serving Size vs Portion Size

Once I reduced the amount of some of the food I ate, I discovered I could eat anything I want, and being a diabetic, I proved it by eating and testing my blood glucose. Now, I still use common sense, but I can eat whatever I want as long as I am careful with portion size.

First, it's important to know the difference between "serving" size and "portion" size.

A serving size is a recommended measurement of food. A portion is how much food you put on your plate and eat, which isn't to mean an obnoxious amount of food.

Blessing Breakfast- Melt-in-Your-Mouth Chilaquiles

"Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen."

This is a Mexican meal that could be made like a casserole to serve a crowd. My dad used to make Chilaquiles every Thanksgiving and Christmas.

When I'm making it, the good-food smell makes me feel like I am six years old standing next to my dad in the kitchen waiting to put a spoonful of this concoction in my mouth. 

Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich

The famous BLT. No lunchbox should be without the traditional bacon, lettuce, tomato (BLT) sandwich. Here's the easy recipe. It's good any time of year, any time of day… for lunch, brunch, dinner — and you can enjoy this BLT for breakfast, too. It's just too good to resist!