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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oops, didn't get the memo. Ate a full lamb stew dinner with saffron rice. I don't like eating cold meals unless the weather is boiling. I think people might get confused over one thing - grazing doesn't necessarily mean less calories or healthier meals. It really depends what you're eating.

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It’s not about cutting calories. It’s about snacks for dinner when no one is looking. [/quote]

For you, maybe. But the implication behind the term "girl dinner" is that women look for less caloric options, or healthier options. Snacking by its very nature can be a slippery slope because while your brain is thinking "oh, I'm just grazing", your body is picking high-calorie foods and eating too much of it, and then you may end up eating too fatty or too salty. A cheese or charcuterie board for example, isn't a great choice. The OP's only healthy suggestion was yogurt of hummus with crackers.

Sorry for taking a lecturing tone. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I've seen women think they're eating healthy and then wonder why they're gaining weight and feeling blah.
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No, the implication behind "girl dinner" is that I am freed from the burden of cooking for a night, and I want to make as little effort as possible.[/quote]

If that were the case, there would be no need to genderize the term. Society believes men don't like to cook or clean up! "Girl" dinner clearly implies "girl eats like a bird, and grazes on minute amounts of healthy things". That is the idea behind girl dinner, and most people end up not making their snack/grazing plates in that way. PPs have suggested pretty unhealthy things on this thread.
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This is why I don't like it either. Just call it snack dinner or breakfast for dinner as the case may be. This makes it sounds like "women slave away cooking for the family but when they're on their own just nibble and subsist on whatever is in the fridge." I don't object to the concept and recognize some people relate to it, but why does it have to be associated with girls? I'm a girl and I like a hot cooked dinner even if it's meal prepped and reheated.
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