Oatmeal measurement

lilbumpers
lilbumpers Posts: 3
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
I just started a new nutrition plan and it recommends oatmeal for breakfast. I picked up a carton of oatmeal at the store - the quick cooking oatmeal (just like the quaker oats container but the store brand instead - not the prepackaged, flavored kind). I don't know how to measure it - before or after cooking. I measured out 1/2 a cup dry and then once i cooked it, it was easily over a cup. Does anyone know which measurement I should use?

Thanks for the help!

Hillary

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  • lilbumpers
    lilbumpers Posts: 3
    I just started a new nutrition plan and it recommends oatmeal for breakfast. I picked up a carton of oatmeal at the store - the quick cooking oatmeal (just like the quaker oats container but the store brand instead - not the prepackaged, flavored kind). I don't know how to measure it - before or after cooking. I measured out 1/2 a cup dry and then once i cooked it, it was easily over a cup. Does anyone know which measurement I should use?

    Thanks for the help!

    Hillary
  • SHOPPINGDIVA
    SHOPPINGDIVA Posts: 139
    i had the same dilemma this morning...i just guessed and cooked it then measured a cup of it..lol oh well probably made it more difficult than necessary, but anyways i used splenda and a tiny bit of butter.
  • oregonlady
    oregonlady Posts: 2,743 Member
    ekkkkkkkkkkk:noway:
    i hope it's uncooked or i've been eating too much.

    ~more opinions are desired please:tongue:
  • SGFlyinHi
    SGFlyinHi Posts: 469 Member
    I've noticed that oatmeal seems to double once you cook it. I measure 1/3 dry and it comes to 2/3 cup cooked. That's what I eat almost every morning. On the Quaker oats the nutritional value is based on the dry measurement, so that's what I would use for your diary.
  • yellow_pepper
    yellow_pepper Posts: 708 Member
    The nutrition facts on the container are for the dry oatmeal.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    dry
  • lilbumpers
    lilbumpers Posts: 3
    Thanks so much to all of you! I had a feeling it was dry, but seeing it expand so big just made me worry! :smile:
  • cherapple
    cherapple Posts: 670 Member
    That's what I love about oatmeal. :heart: You get to eat a lot for a little bit of calories. Then I add a sliced apple and sometimes nuts, so it becomes a really big bowl of oatmeal! It just barely fits into the bowl. I eat it nearly every morning.
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