Weighing Pasta

tayteetots

Okay, I'm new at this and just worried I did this wrong. On my box of pasta it indicated 85g for 310 calories, so I weighed it out dry and cooked it. It turned into a giant bowl of pasta and looked like way too much for 310 calories. It didn't indicate on the box if it was 85g dry or cooked, did I do it wrong? (If it helps at all it was Barilla Bowtie Pasta)

GypsyRose25

I believe it is dry...

aippolito1

It should say dry. Usually about 50g is 210 calories and 50g is 2 oz so try weighing it that way? So I imagine 85g would be about 3 oz - which is a big pasta serving. 50g/2 oz ends up to be about 1 cup COOKED pasta and that's enough for me!

peachNpunkin

You did it right. You always want to weigh your pasta dry. Most boxes will tell you that. Most of the time a serving is 2 oz dry, or something like that. It does swell up and give you a really good serving.

melon_e

Bump....I would like to know how others do this too.

tigersword

Always weigh pasta dry.

Janie5605

one other thing you might try is weighing the whole box...and compare the servings per box to the weight per serving. that would answer it for sure. if its way off then clearly its wet. If its spot on its dry! but i want to say dry is acurate

McKayMachina

Always dry. In the future, be sure to use the search feature in the forum, too. Tons of helpful answers will pop up! :drinker:

TheYoungRetiree

A tip I do when I get a box of pasta and it says x servings... I get "x" baggies and divide it dry... usually the dry weight is the serving they suggest.

astovey

I weigh mine dry

menacingsprite

I weigh it dry and yea it does seem like a lot -- but that's a good thing I would think.