Dear Readers:
The old saying “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is still true — even more so for young and growing children, and adults, too!
Children who eat a healthy breakfast tend to perform better academically and stay more focused during the day.
“Breakfast” means “break the fast.” A body needs some fuel to get going! Here are some hints:
Try to plan or think about breakfast before 6 a.m.Plan extra time in the morning to eat.
Preset the table: bowls, utensils, napkins, boxes of cereal or grab bags of granola, bagels or muffins. Oh, if you have “inquisitive and hungry pets,” put the food stuff on a counter they can’t get to!
Breakfast on the go can be a quick fruit smoothie, a banana or an apple and a muffin. Eat something rather than nothing! —
Heloise Dear Heloise:
I wanted to remind your readers that soup is a super way to use up leftovers and get a second free meal. We “clean out” the refrigerator the night before grocery shopping and make what we call “Mixed-Up Soup.” After shopping and restocking the refrigerator, we have soup and sandwiches. —
F.W. and family in Little Rock, Ark.
Have you been looking into my kitchen? I like your term “Mixed-Up Soup” rather than mine: Today is Wednesday, March 15
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in the Waxhaw settlement along the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
ON THIS DATE
Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
Maine became the 23rd state.
Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, who declined the crown, marking the end of imperial rule in Russia.
Sultan Fuad I proclaimed himself the first king of modern Egypt.
America’s first hospital blood bank was opened at Cook County Hospital in Illinois.
during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.
the Lerner and Loewe musical play“My Fair Lady,” based on Bernard Shaw’s“Pygmalion,”opened on Broadway.
actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second. (They divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975, then divorced again in 1976.)
the U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day closed-circuit test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on television. The situation comedy “Three’s Company,” starring John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers, premiered on ABC-TV.
the first internet domain name, symbolics. com, was registered by the “Refrigerator Soup.” Cheap and nutritious, soup can be made from lots of different and flavorful ingredients. For quick, easy-to-make soup recipes, including many from family and friends, order my soup pamphlet. Please visit www.Heloise. com to order, or send a stamped (70 cents), long, self-addressed envelope, along with $5, to: Heloise’s Spectacular Soups, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. To quickly and easily remove grease from soup, put several ice cubes on top; the grease will stick to the ice. Or put the “cool” pot — NOT a hot pot of soup — into the refrigerator, and the fat will congeal on top. Then scrape off! —
Dear Heloise:
When opening a container of yogurt or dip or other similar foods, should the plastic film sealing the product be kept or thrown away? —
Doris A., via email
Doris, there’s no real rule on this. Some yogurt and cottage-cheese foil or plastic sealers say to leave this on. It can’t hurt, and it may help keep the food fresher a bit longer. —
Heloise Dear Heloise:
I buy the large bags of frozen peas, corn and sweet-potato fries for various recipes.
To let me know where I am on the amounts, I open the bags and pour the frozen vegetables into gallon freezer bags. This way I can stack them neatly in my freezer, and I don’t lose any vegetables with loose closings. —
Pam in Lubbock, Texas Dear Readers:
It can be hard to see salt coming out of the shaker, especially if salting an egg, potato or rice. Mix a little pepper into the salt so you can see how much salt you’re using. —
Heloise
Symbolics Computer Corp. of Massachusetts.
an Amtrak train slammed into a steelfilled truck at a crossing in Bourbonnais, Illinois, killing 11 people.
the Syrian civil war had its beginnings with Arab Spring protests across the region that turned into an armed insurgency and eventually became a fullblown conflict.
Senate Republicans easily turned back Democratic legislation requiring a troop withdrawal from Iraq to begin within 120 days.
Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich walked into a federal prison in Colorado, where the 55-year-old Democrat began serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow as the Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide.
Democrat Hillary Clinton triumphed in the Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri presidential primaries; Donald Trump strengthened his hand in the Republican race, winning in Florida, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri, but falling in Ohio to that state’s governor, John Kasich (KAY’-sihk), while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ended his campaign after his homestate loss.
TODAY’S THOUGHT Heloise
“The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.” — President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).