So if you don't eat added sugar then what on earth do you do for pudding?

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It's all very well this no-added-sugar healthy eating lark, but three days in and I am at a loss for my pudding options.

Am I destined to a lifetime of Greek yoghurt and fruit for afters??

Have you tried Claudi and Fin lollies? I think they're a great alternative to the mainstream ice creams. They're really low in sugar and less that 57 calories and the kids love them so they tick all the boxes for me :)

I think the difference in opinions on here largely comes down to different interpretations of the word pudding. To me a pudding us something like you get on the dessert menu of a restaurant, not necessarily cooked ( as in the traditional definition that I posted above) but would also include things like ice cream or sorbet. But they are all sweet and therefore high in sugar and calories ( and often fat too). I wouldn't think of a plain apple as a pudding, but if you cook it and add custard, Greek yoghurt or cream, then you're talking. but probably not something you'd want to eat every day.

Shoot you???
Because I said that my interpretation of a pudding is something that is high in sugar?
When did this turn into a war?

When did this turn into a war
No, I was trying to be funny about the magum... which IS high in sugar and fat!

I think you're right nennyrainbow. In our family "pudding" just meant dessert / something sweetish that you eat after your main course. Having said that, I would have been outraged if my mum had produced fresh fruit for pudding whereas my kids don't seem to mind. Different era!

My family have not eaten puds since I was a child, and that was a long time ago. We like yoghurt and fruit at breakfast, not in the evening. At a celebratory Sunday lunch when we are all together (perhaps every six/nine months), otherwise a little Magnum lolly some weeks (if I have remembered to replace them). Desserts are for posh meals out, although we are more likely to choose cheese. We're a bit tubbier than vanity would wish, not fat, for the statisticians.