Meanings
plural sometimes foods
- informalA food that should be eaten in moderation.
As you know, junk food is a 'sometimes' food.
2011, Karen Fischer, Karen Fischer Dip Nut, Healthy Family, Happy Family: The Complete Healthy Guide to Feeding Your Family (Large Print 16pt), ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 555 more examples
Put pictures of “sometimes foods” in some of the student bags. Tell the students that if they have a “sometimes food” in their bags or receive one in a trade, ...
2011, Laura L. Borsdorf, Lois A. Boeyink, Physical Best Activity Guide: Elementary Level, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 182While the mandarins in this recipe are amazingly healthy little packages of antioxidants and polymethoxylated flavonesxxvii, the refined sugar content makes these cupcakes a sometimes food.
2012, Hannah Sforcina, Adam Morris, Love Thy Food: An Intimate Traverse into Mindful Eating, BookBaby, →ISBNSo make it your goal to eat mostly whole foods and relegate anything in a package to a sometimes food.
2015, April Peveteaux, The Gluten-Free Cheat Sheet: Go G-Free in 30 Days or Less, Penguin, →ISBNIn 2005, it was reported that Cookie Monster would start eating a more healthful diet. Instead of his signature song, “C is for Cookie”, he would now sing “Cookie is a Sometimes Food.”
2016, Gary C. Dreibelbis, The Gospel According to Sesame Street: Learning, Life, Love, and Death, WestBow Press, →ISBNAs a “sometimes” food, sure, but for a cleaner, more everyday version that offers ...
2016, Krista McLellan, World Food for Student Cooks: Healthy, delicious, easy-to-make dishes for the food-truck-loving, noodle-slurping, taco-crunching, mac-n-cheese–loving student!, Formac Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 39
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