Pasta Serving

nkswans

So I have avoided making pasta at home just because I know it is so calorie dense. However, I have some delicious homemade bolognese I froze before I started this healthy life makeover and really want it!. So I have Barilla spaghetti and it says on the box a serving size is 2 oz. I've done some research and read it is about 1/2 cup. Is this right?

Atlantique

2oz dry is the typical serving size for pasta, yes. How much that correlates to when cooked depends on the shape of the pasta and how long you cook it (it absorbs more water, which means it assumes more volume, the longer it's cooked). It usually turns out to be more like 1 cup, but yo ualso have to factor in your Bolognese sauces ingredients.

Bridgetc140

Usually the half cup is the dry measurement and how do you measure spaghetti? I think pasta is more of a cup serving cooked. I have a digital scale which I use for pasta, but I'm pretty sure it's about cup cooked.

Spaceechik

That one always trips me up, too. What I've done is to look up the stats for 1/2 cup of cooked pasta here, and then compare the calorie count with the label. The reason they give the dry stats is because the volume of al dente paste will be less than pasta cooked a little longer (and be a little softer).

If memory serves, 2 oz of dry pasta will get you about 2/3 to 3/4 cup of cooked pasta.