Off Limits!

Unfortunately, I haven't been doing a ton of cooking lately, but I didn't want to totally neglect the blog.  So, today I am writing about something I encounter on a fairly regular basis: foods I SHOULD be able to eat, except for cross-contaminants.  Sound familiar?  A lot of times I feel pretty frustrated when I approve an ingredient list, only to read further and find out that the produce was manufactured in a shared facility/on shared equipment with wheat.  Why does this have to happen?  After some deep thought, I've come up with an answer: to stop me from eating junk.  Most of the foods that present this problem are things I probably shouldn't eat anyway, like potato chips.  My initial frustration ends up transforming into relief, because there is a more concrete reason I shouldn't eat the chips (besides obvious nutritional ones).  In retrospect, I almost wish this happened more often!  But, then I eventually submit to the cravings and buy the potato chips that I CAN eat.  :)  Oh well, at least I will battle myself internally for a bit longer first...  But I will always be vigilant about checking lables.