Barilla Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti

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pmorrison101
pmorrison101 Posts: 72
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I am new to counting calories and measuring things and need help....I am thinking about having spaghetti tonight and do no know how to measure it. One serving is 2 oz. but how do I measure that? Is it 1/2 cup cooked....I do better measuring with things in cups or teaspoons or tablespoons. I do not own a scale. Thanks

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  • amw8675309
    amw8675309 Posts: 95 Member
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    i believe that 2 oz uncooked pasta equates to roughly one cup cooked
  • RedHotRunner
    RedHotRunner Posts: 850 Member
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    One cup cooked.
  • pmorrison101
    pmorrison101 Posts: 72
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    WOW...Good to know......I get one cup of cooked spaghetti....thanks alot
  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
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    things like this kept messing me up so much I finally broke down and bought a simple food scale. I measure it out dry or however the box reads, whichI think is 2oz dry/56 grams. It's helped alot with all kinds of measuring.

    (Alton Brown is my hero!):blushing:

    It doesn't help though when you have to cook a big pot of dry spagetti for the whole family....then you have to look up "cooked", etc.

    try a food scale, they are fun!
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
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    I see you already got the answer to measuring your pasta, but you might want to consider a kitchen scale. It's the most accurate way to measure by far!

    I have this one and really like it: http://www.amazon.com/EatSmart-Precision-Digital-Kitchen-Silver/dp/B001N07KUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301001169&sr=8-1
  • pmorrison101
    pmorrison101 Posts: 72
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    Ok thanks everyone....food scale will be bought next....lol

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