Oops!

If you read this blog regularly, you probably remember me saying "READ LABELS" many times. Well, please know that bad choices and rushed decisions affect us all. My son and I stopped by a new, locally-owned grocery store after a busy day. I just needed five or six things, but I was also hungry (which is a big no-no while shopping). I bought some mini whole-wheat bagels, because they looked good and we rarely eat bagels. I checked the label to make sure they were in fact made with whole-wheat flour, but I was in a hurry and stopped right there. I knew there were more ingredients than there should have been, but I was rationalizing and telling myself they were ok since I was a hungry shopper (with a tired yet very talkative 7-yr-old) wanting to get home and eat one!

After getting home, I was ready for my snack so popped a bagel into the toaster. As I was putting the bag away my eyes caught the word "fructose." Ugh... I checked and right there was HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (HFCS). How did I miss that? Well, because I didn't READ THE entire LABEL!

Now the dilemma. Throw them out? That's my first reaction, but I don't want to waste food. Give them to someone else? No, can't do that. It's like saying "these aren't good enough for me, but ok for you!" :) Unfortunately they'll probably sit in the kitchen until they get stale, then I'll need to find a use for chemical crumbs!

Action Item: Read. Food. Labels.

For Further Reading: My blog post about HFCS