second helping
Another plate, please
A second helping is an additional portion of food taken after finishing the first: Anyone want a second helping of mashed potatoes?
The phrase implies returning for more of the same dish, typically at a meal where food is served family-style or buffet-style.
Highly pleasing to taste
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
- tastyGood to eat
- scrumptiousExtremely pleasing to taste
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
mouthwatering · flavorful · yummy · compliment · appreciation · favorite · crowd-pleaser · encore
Existing in abundance
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- bountyReward for capture
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- extraAdditional, beyond necessary
surplus · overflow · endless · bottomless · replenished · never-ending · fully-loaded
Willing to give freely
plenty · sharing · warmth · welcome · urging · insisting · heaping · ladling
Wanting to eat
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- peckishMildly hungry
voracious · starving · unsatisfied · insatiable · eager · ready · thirds · refill
Moral self-reproach
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- treatSomething pleasantly special
excess · weakness · decadence · gluttony · binge · self-control · willpower · regret
delicious
Highly pleasing to taste
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
- tastyGood to eat
- scrumptiousExtremely pleasing to taste
savory · mouthwatering · flavorful · yummy · compliment · appreciation · favorite · crowd-pleaser · encore · praise
plentiful
Existing in abundance
extra · surplus · overflow · endless · bottomless · replenished · never-ending · fully-loaded
generous
Willing to give freely
guest · plenty · sharing · warmth · welcome · urging · insisting · heaping · ladling · passing
hungry
Wanting to eat
peckish · voracious · starving · unsatisfied · insatiable · eager · ready · thirds · refill
guilt
Moral self-reproach
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
treat · excess · weakness · decadence · gluttony · binge · self-control · willpower · regret · irresistible
casserole
Slow-cooked oven dish
mac-and-cheese · roast · stuffing · potpie · meatloaf · biryani · jollof · tamales · dumplings · curry
- dinner timesupper, evening meal, family dinner, main course, appetizer
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- portionsportion, serving, half portion, serving size, single serving
- eating effectsfullness, satiety, bloating, heartburn, indigestion
- seconds pleaserefill, top-up
second helpingrefusal
Act of declining
abstinence · fasting · moderation · restraint · dieting
second helpingnothing more
empty plate · abstention · fasting · single serving · half portion
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