Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 15:47     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.


I also did!!!


Same.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 15:46     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Anonymous wrote:I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.


I also did!!!
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 15:46     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
This is my dream and I would do this every night if I lived alone. I loathe cooking “proper” meals.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 15:45     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Girl dinner is just not cooking and eating light. Crackers, cheese, dips, olives, bread.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:39     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:34     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Gendering food now?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:33     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
I live alone, so suppose I eat girl dinners every night. Last night I had a quarter of a pound of roast beef, carrot sticks and cucumber slices, popcorn, and cherries.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:31     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Crackers and soft cheese
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:29     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
My favorite kind of dinner
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:19     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Popcorn is what I eat for dinner on the rare occasion my husband and kids are away.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:16     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
What are you having?


Asking him as I plow through whatever cronchy thing that suits my fancy.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:13     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Huh. I just call this “I’m not making dinner tonight”.

Aged cheddar, crackers, pre-sliced soppressata, nuts. Maybe hummus and pita. Another easy one is frozen dumplings with gyoza sauce.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:10     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
Wow, this makes me hate that sometimes I enjoy some combo of raw veggies, hummus, cheese, and olives as a meal. I thought I was just eating.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:09     Subject: Re:Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
The dinner described sounds tasty, but I loathe every other word used in your post. It’s just food to eat. Not everything has to be a thing.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2023 13:03     Subject: Post your “girl dinners” - nyt
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/style/girl-dinner.html

girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal. Or so the thinking goes.

Typical girl dinners may include some kind of fruit, a block of cheddar, sliced salami, a sleeve of fancy crackers and a dish of olives. Girl dinner is “both chaotic and filling,” as one TikTok commenter put it, requiring none of the forethought, cooking or plating demanded by an actual meal. As another commenter observed: It’s “no preparation just vibes.”