To reduce the amount of sth we eat or drink (CUT)
Cut down on: (I need to cut down on the amount of alcohol I drink)
To remove sth from your diet completely. (CUT)
Cut out: (After cutting out fast food for 2 months, people are flocking to fast food restaurants)
To combine different ingredients together. (MIX)
Mix in: (Mix in the flour sugar and egg in the bowl)
To cut vegetables into smaller pieces. (Chop)
Chop up: (Chop up the onions, garlic and, peppers)
To eat a very large quantity of food. (PIG)
Pig out: (I love pigging out on the sofa on a Friday night!)
To make a quick meal. (Whip)
Whip Up: ( Sit down and I'll whip up an omelette for you)
To increase your weight. (PUT)
Put on: (I have put on a few pounds this week)
To only eat a small quantity because you aren't hungry/don't like the food or are eating small bits of food during the day. (PICK)
Pick at: Don't make me anything to eat I have been picking at the leftovers from last night.
To refill your drink. this is also commonly used as a noun (TOP)
Top up: ( could you top up my glass please?) (I'm going to get a top-up!)
To cook with oil on a pan: Also used as a noun to signify the best breakfast in the world. (FRY)
Fry up: Fry up the onions on the pan before adding the stock). I'm having a fry up for breakfast!
To make something hot. typically the leftovers from the night before. (WARM)
Warm up: (If you're hungry warm up that pizza in the fridge we had last night)
To go to a restaurant for dinner instead of eating at home . (EAT)
Eat out: (I fancy eating out tonight!)
To have nothing left because you have eaten/drank it all! (RUN)
Run out (of): Oh no!! We've ran out of beer. i'm just popping out to the shops to get some more.
To buy more of sth than usual because you entertain a lot of people/ or need sth for a specific situation e.g pandemic. (STOCK)
Stock up on: (We need to stock up on beer for tonights bbq)
To eat something very quickly! (WOLF)
Wolf down: (Rob you've wolfed down your sunday dinner..it's like you haven't eaten in a week!)
