The Whole Wheat

As 2007 gets underway, I am going to do an experiment. For 30 days I am cutting out high fructose corn syrup from my diet. This means that if I am not sure – then it is out. I will also be cutting out dextrose and all other forms of sugar chemically derived from corn.  I’ll post what I eat each day and any discoveries I make along the way. I also weighed in this morning so we’ll see if there is any effect on weight along the way too. ( this is x-posted to the about page)

January 1: New Year’s Day

I had a cooking bug all day so I went a bit crazy but we have a fridge full of great things to eat this week now:

• huge batch of oatmeal
• carrot ginger soup
• shrimp & pork potstickers
• baked tofu patties (these are full of veggies and are delicious – even Brad likes them!)
• sauted pear with cinnamon
• fresh potato gnocchi
• tarragon tomato sauce
• fresh black eyed peas – if you have never had these fresh they are a real treat!

And my food tracker for the day:

• Breakfast: oatmeal with almond butter, milk, & protein powder
• Lunch: potstickers and tofu patties
• Dinner: gnocchi with tarragon tomato sauce and fresh Dungeness crab, fresh black eyed peas
• Dessert: milk chocolate made only with cane sugar
• Drinks: champagne and red wine

There were a few interesting surprises during the day of cooking as I investigated every item I used for high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

1. I had 2 bottles of rice wine vinegar – once contains HFCS, the other does not
2. Panko bread crumbs are full of all kinds chemical ingredients. I can’t remember if HFCS was one of them but I know the chemical content startled me enough I opted not to use them.
3. Finding a milk chocolate bar made only with cane sugar in our house was quite a treat! Of course that is gone now…