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Aiming for less dietary sugar? In addition to checking food labels, adjust your home cooking using the following tips: 

1. Plan to make more savory dishes and sides (rather than sweet) to re-calibrate your taste buds  

• • Go nuts! Roast almonds with olive oil and rosemary, or try toasting cashews with ginger and cayenne pepper
  • Topping swap: Instead of jelly, jam or cream cheese, spread a dollop of Greek yogurt and items such as sliced cucumbers, avocado, poached eggs or roasted red peppers
  • Sides that add protein: Consider cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, black beans, kidney beans or lentils

2.  When recipes call for granulated sugar, try halving it or substituting a portion of the sugar with mashed banana or applesauce

3. If you consume canned fruit, aim for fruit packaged in water instead of syrup

4. Customize your own delicious yogurt blends by adding fruit (fresh, frozen or canned) to plain, unsweetened yogurt

5. Boost the appeal of oatmeal or granola by opting for more nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla extract in lieu of sugar or syrups

6. Still craving something sweet? Think fruit first!

• • Try fresh chopped fruit as a side dish
  • Add strawberries, grapes, or blueberries to salads
  • Consider grilled pineapple, watermelon or peaches