Sometimes I hate serving sizes

Colorscheme

So, I have a bunch of mac and cheese boxes from Annie's and I'm looking at the box trying to figure out what a serving size of cooked mac and cheese is supposed to be because I want to make some tomorrow. All it says is one cup. That's a useless measurement! And the box says it makes 3.5 servings.

How is it that the box can say what a serving size is uncooked in grams, but nothing about a cooked portion in grams. Serving sizes drive me nuts sometimes.

Anyway, anyone have an idea of what a cup of cooked mac and cheese is supposed to be, weight wise?

ForeverSunshine09

I just weigh the whole dish and then divide it by the amount of servings that are suppose to be in the box. It isn't perfect but, it seems close.

Alatariel75

ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »

I just weigh the whole dish and then divide it by the amount of servings that are suppose to be in the box. It isn't perfect but, it seems close.

Yup. cook it, weigh the lot, divide by 3.5, voila.

RoxieDawn

Weigh out the grams of the serving. For example it may say 100 grams is 1 cup. Put a dish on the scale, and use the tare button to zero it out and put 100 grams or the number of grams you want to eat, then log it.

Colorscheme

gia07 wrote: »

Weigh out the grams of the serving. For example it may say 100 grams is 1 cup. Put a dish on the scale, and use the tare button to zero it out and put 100 grams or the number of grams you want to eat, then log it.

It doesn't say what the serving size is cooked, just 1 cup. I like the suggestion of weighing the finished product then dividing. Why didn't I think of that?

Colorscheme

Alatariel75 wrote: »

ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »

I just weigh the whole dish and then divide it by the amount of servings that are suppose to be in the box. It isn't perfect but, it seems close.

Yup. cook it, weigh the lot, divide by 3.5, voila.

Thanks, I'll do that!