I am a creature of habit…
I have my daily routines. There are appetizers and dinners that I make on a regular basis. If you look in my closet, it’s filled with jeans and MAYBE two or three colors of shirts and sweaters.
Maybe that makes me boring. Definitely not trendy! I think predictable is a more positive way of thinking about it 
I was reminded today, though, that things do change, whether you want them to or not!
As I’ve mentioned before, we have a nut allergy in our house. After the initial AHHHHHH, and spending 2 hours at the grocery store scouring the shelfs for nut-free items, I found my list of things I would be regularly buying for him.
And I’ve stuck to that list for about 5 years, with minor tweaks here and there.
But today, as I was picking up a loaf of bread, glancing quickly at the ingredient list as I always do to make sure there aren’t any new nut warnings, I found one!
It seems that MANY bread companies have nut warnings now. Brownberry and Arnolds were safe a few weeks ago. Now they are made in a facility with walnuts and almonds.
Were they always make in the same factory with nuts and someone called them out on their labels? Maybe.
All I know is that I now have to buy a different kind of bread (as of today, Natural Ovens and Pepperidge Farms were still nut free) and I’ll have to reprogram reaching for the old loaf of bread for the next few trips to the store
If you are shopping for someone with a food allergy, please remember to check labels every time to buy an item. Things can change overnight….
Yikes, that’s actually sort of scary. Good thing you pay attention!
Yup. I’ve seen some pretty crazy warnings…fish (anchovies) in marinara sauce and popcorn and wheat in ice cream and ketchup. Certainly not where you’d expect to see those things
we’ll all have to pay really careful attention. maybe I’ll start making bread again with a good kind of flour.
Would be healthier without all those extra ingredients none of us can pronouce too