eat sparingly

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Ribbons of caramel, chocolate and ingredients most adults should only eat sparingly — such as bubble gum, cake frosting and rainbow sprinkles.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2017

They were all day on the long black road, stopping in the afternoon to eat sparingly from their meager supplies.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

I know that, unfortunately, a lot of people with "nerves" have started to chew their food carefully and to eat sparingly, but the minute they found themselves losing weight they were frightened and quit.

From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)

They eat sparingly but drink often; and when they are invited to a banquet, they are asked not to eat but to drink.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Usually the sufferer with "nerves" is the only one in the household who will eat sparingly and chew his food slowly.

From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)