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

<p>Our expert panel delivers the answers to levelling up your dessert without undoing your healthy eating efforts</p><p><strong>I eat healthily, but </strong><strong>my meals are never really complete without pudding. Yoghurt and stewed fruit aside, </strong><strong>do you have any suggestions for </strong><strong>what will hit the spot without verging too far into the unhealthy? <br></strong><em><strong>Wendy, </strong></em><em><strong>by email<br></strong></em>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 <a href="https://guardianbookshop.com/good-sweet-9780593330463/">Good &amp; Sweet</a>, 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.”</p><p>’Tis the season for stewed fruit, but have you tried <a href="https://www.melissahemsley.com/frozen-chocolate-banana-bites">Melissa Hemsley’s banana slices</a> 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 <a href="https://www.fourseasons.com/towerbridge/dining/lounges/rotunda-bar-and-lounge/london-by-lily-vanilli/">London by Lily Vanilli afternoon tea at the Four Seasons Tower Bridge</a>. To “level them up a notch”, she sprinkles those with chilli flakes, salt or freeze-dried sour cherries.</p><p>Got a culinary dilemma? Email <a href="mailto:feast@theguardian.com">feast@theguardian.com</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food