Sweet dreams? Healthy ways to put pudding back on the menu | Kitchen aide

Our expert panel delivers the answers to levelling up your dessert without undoing your healthy eating efforts

I eat healthily, but my meals are never really complete without pudding. Yoghurt and stewed fruit aside, do you have any suggestions for what will hit the spot without verging too far into the unhealthy?
Wendy, by email
The truth is, you can’t often have your cake and eat it – or not a big piece, anyway. “My main piece of advice, which maybe isn’t all that welcome, is to keep to small portions,” says Brian Levy, author of Good & Sweet, in which his recipes contain no added sugar. “My grandma would keep many chocolate bars and have just one, but that’s never really worked for me.”

’Tis the season for stewed fruit, but have you tried Melissa Hemsley’s banana slices sandwiched together with peanut butter, half-dipped in melted chocolate and put in the freezer? (FYI the same tactic also works like a dream with dates.) “You can’t beat frozen grapes, either,” says baker Lily Jones, who’s behind the London by Lily Vanilli afternoon tea at the Four Seasons Tower Bridge. To “level them up a notch”, she sprinkles those with chilli flakes, salt or freeze-dried sour cherries.

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