Giving Up High Fructose Corn Syrup

Over the summer I read some information about HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and decided that we should stop eating anything with this product.  That was harder than I thought it was going to be.  I lasted about a month and then stopped reading labels, mostly because I got too busy and didn't feel like I had the time to spend reading labels at the store and I felt like I wasn't getting the support at home with this change.  This past week my husband read the same information that I had and suggested that we should stop eating the products made with HFCS.  Great Idea!  Now that he is on board with this concept we are putting it into full swing.  This is not going to be an easy change for us but it will be a great change.  

The first step for us is to rid our home of the products that are made with HFCS.  I am not going to throw out these products, however we are going to use up the products that we currently have in the house and then replace them with HFCS Free products.  As a part of this challenge I will not be buying anything at the grocery store unless it is fresh produce and dairy products. The idea behind this is to eat everything that is currently in our pantry and freezers.  This is going to be an interesting challenge.  

I plan to take an inventory of what we have in the house that needs to be used up and come up with some menu ideas for these items.  Check back in a couple of days for my inventory and menu ideas.