Do you eat pudding?

MandM90

I'll only make pudding twice a week, if that, but at least once; I like to make a big cake or crumble on Saturdays.

At the weekend we usually only have soup/salad/toasted sandwiches for lunch, so sometimes we have pudding with it to fill us up and then a big dinner with none.

My wife doesn't have a sweet tooth and DD gets puddings at school for lunch plus their morning snack is often sweet (flapjacks, fruit etc) so I think anything else would be excessive. I'm happy with a small square of dark chocolate after a meal.

I doubt it does kids any harm as long as portions are low, but seeing as it's not 'necessary' then maybe it's a good thing if kids don't become accustomed to puddings every day?

YORKSHIRELASS

Thanks for the ideas, encouraging to know that other people dont see puddings as always being a bad thing. I have a lovely neighbour who gives me lots of cooking apples every autumn so I am going to experiment with healthy ways of serving them. I am not sure if the kids have ever had baked apples but I used to love them.

We sometimes do a soup and pudding night in the winter which is always a winner, or do hot sandwiches/toasties with a pudding.

oldtractor

I do puds most days,sometimes its HM cake with custard or scones with jam. pancakes are easy to make and are cheap and filling. fruit salad, HM rice pudding,steamed puddings eg golden syrup apple pies fruit cobbler,plums are ripe at the moment,trifle,jellies.

MandM90

Mmmm rice pudding. I do a lovely baked one that my LO loves with stewed fruit. Ashamed to say I've let her have it for breakfast too!

Need2bthrifty

I think it has more to do with the lifestyle that you have and the balance of meals throughout the day.

When I was younger my parents were of the "old school" when you ate your biggest meal in the middle of the day and teatime was lighter - filling up on bread and jam or hm pancakes/scones, etc.

I have worked in full daycare nurseries for years and we always gave the children a freshly cooked 2 course lunch. Latterly due to the concerns over children's health/obesity we were expected to closely monitor the type of food we provided and follow the guidance produced by the Scottish Government, which does provide useful information on portions and menu plans.

I know the guidance I speak of is geared more to children under 5yrs but it does give some useful. I'm not sure how to post link but you can find it by searching "Nutritional guidance"

Evie74_2

I usually make a "traditional" pud such as a fruit pie or crumble for Sunday dinner, and we eat any left overs through the week. Once it's gone, it's usually fresh fruit and/or yogurt for pud, or sometimes stewed fruit and custard if it's cold.

I find puddings useful for filling the troops up, and a good way of sneaking extra calcium into DD1's diet, as she doesn't like milk, but will happily eat yogurts and custard.

Evie

Flibsey

I've never thought of making puddings as an extra filling, they're always a treat here!
might try it!

adelight

stewed fruit with an oat based topping or rice pudding is actually quite healthy! An easy way to get fruit, fibre and calcium into them if you can rely on cinammon or the natural fruit sugar for sweetness.

mardatha

I love pudding! I fed my kids soup and pudding often instead of a main course. I like the idea of a proper meal of two courses, and then no rubbish like crisps or juice or sweeties, just another proper meal later. It's a different way of feeding kids but we weren't so fat or overweight in the 50s and 60s so it must be ok!

joe_purdy

we mainly just have pudding on a sunday but sometimes we'll have during the week too like strawberries and cream or my auntie dropped off some banana cake and fruit cake yesterday!