rotini healthy harvest confusion

Fighting4Healthy
Fighting4Healthy Posts: 336 Member
in Food and Nutrition
the ronzoni healthy harvest rotini pkg says a serving is 3/4 cup. I looked it up, that is for a dry measurement. what would it be cooked? I don't want to mess up

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  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    the ronzoni healthy harvest rotini pkg says a serving is 3/4 cup. I looked it up, that is for a dry measurement. what would it be cooked? I don't want to mess up
    I measure dry or raw values.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Measure pasta dry, there's too many variables with cooking to give an accurate cooked weight.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Are you asking b/c you cook the whole box and don't know how much is a single portion then? Ultimately you are better off using the dry measurement and only cooking the amount you need for the number of people you are cooking for. If you choose to make the whole box, generally boxes of pasta are 7 servings, so you can eyeball it from that, splitting it into 7 equal portions.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    You can't get an accurate measurement cooked - it will depend on how long you cook it and how much water it absorbs. If you are cooking 3 cups, that would be 4 servings. So, eat approximately 1/4 of what you prepare. If you have a scale, you can weigh all of the cooked macaroni and then weigh yourself a portion that is 1/4 of the total weight.
  • Fighting4Healthy
    Fighting4Healthy Posts: 336 Member
    okay thanks guys. I did cook the whole box and that was why I was asking. lol. now I know to measure it dry from now on.

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