How do you measure pasta?

SweetieBsMom

I was just wondering how you measure pasta? Do you measure your serving size before you cook it or do you measure your serving size after?

Michelle

AndreeT

I was about to ask the same thing. Rice too! Do you measure before or after it's cooked?

ColoradoGirl

normally on the package it says "dry" so, I measure it dry unless I am cooking in a broth... Then I add the broth separate in my food log.

SweetieBsMom

I was about to ask the same thing. Rice too! Do you measure before or after it's cooked?

Rice I measure after it's cooked.

The package of pasta I have (Barilla) doesn't say whether it's dry or not.

StaceG1986

I usually measure before it's cooked..usually it says on the packet 'uncooked' so....

Edited a typo

bbblue92

I always measure after it's cooked.

imdamom

Fom everything I have read and heard:

Pasta: 2 oz dry or 1 cup cooked
Rice: 1/2 cooked

stormieweather

2 oz )dry) on a scale = serving (usually)

StrengthInPain

pasta should be measured dry... it is approximately double the weight when it is cooked (in case you are making for more than just yourself)
not sure about rice.

kelly_a

ok, what about beans, legumes.....same thing?