It became fashionable among the British aristocracy to copy the French and eat a light meal in the evening.

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My breakfast consists of just coffee, I eat very light lunches, such as salads, and dinner is usually a healthy home-cooked meal with the family.

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Even as late as the 1990s, salmorejo was the light way to eat on a budget.

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My brother and I were both kind of dry cereal junkies because that was an easy, light thing that we could carry home from the store and eat a lot of and fill up on.

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Inflation for April came in on the light side, that is, if you don't drive or eat.

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It is also a time for the community to light candles, dress in their best clothes, invite friends for parties and eat traditional foods, including Indian sweets such as barfi, a milk-based candy, and ghoogra, a pastry made of cereal and sugar.

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