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

We however bought our knowledge by experience, which we might have had cheaper; for though all our people who tasted this fish, eat sparingly, they were all soon afterwards dangerously ill.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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)

Gathering brush and stones, they made a barricade and settled behind it to eat sparingly of their rations.

From Star Hunter by Norton, Andre