Eat breakfast every morning, be healthy

Breakfast on the go can be a quick fruit smoothie, a banana or an apple and a muffiffin. 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: “Refrigerator Soup.” Cheap and nutritious, soup can be made from lots of difffffffffffferent and flflavorful ingredients. 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 offff — Heloise

Dear Heloise: When opening a container of yogurt or dip or other similar foods, should the plastic fifilm 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