Measurements 1 cup cooked vs. 1 cup dry, need help!

carrollel

So im not sure im recording my measurements right. I eat lentils often and i measure one cup dry and cook only that, when i eat it i susually eat one cup cooked which is about half the original one cup dry.

do i record im eating one cup lentils, regardless cooked vs dry bc i end up eating one cup regardless?

yarwell

the nutritional data will be for the dry / uncooked ingredients, so you should record the amount of that you eat - if you use 1 cup of stuff and then only eat half of what is cooked then you record 1/2 a cup - irrespective of the volume of the cooked material.

SweetPickle007

Hi..well amount of calories in half cup dry is going to be the same as one cup cooked..so I would record dry..either way its going to be the same calorie count...hope this helps.

mturgeon05

I recently went through this myself, and I was told:

nutritional info for things like rice, pasta, beans, etc. is before you cook (dry), and for meat it is after you cook it (unless it specifically says "precooked weight" on it).

carrollel

thank you all for your help! that makes a HUGE difference. 300 calories vs. 115....ugh the world finally makes sense and i can stop beating myself up eating "too many calories"....

81Katz

Yes, you record the dry, doesn't matter if it appears to be more wet. For example, Oatmeal. I measure down to exact grams what it comes to the 1/2 cup dry serving, when I cook it, it expands turning that 1/2 cup into what looks like about 1 cup. I am still only eating calorie wise 1/2 cup. Water doesn't make it higher in calories.

Weigh dry aka before cooking: pasta, oatmeal, dry beans, rice, etc.
Weight after cooking: Meat.
Some say before, I do after because some food such as pork chops or steak I trim off any fat, I obviously don't eat the fat so why include the extra fat weight in my counter?

Hope this helps a bit more, sorry if I am repeating.

Lissette_Brooks

thank you all for your help! that makes a HUGE difference. 300 calories vs. 115....ugh the world finally makes sense and i can stop beating myself up eating "too many calories"....

I often wondered the same thing. Thanks for asking!