How do you measure pasta?

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SweetieBsMom
SweetieBsMom Posts: 16 Member
in Food and Nutrition
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

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  • AndreeT
    AndreeT Posts: 191
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    I was about to ask the same thing. Rice too! Do you measure before or after it's cooked?
  • ColoradoGirl
    ColoradoGirl Posts: 423 Member
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    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
    SweetieBsMom Posts: 16 Member
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    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
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
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    I usually measure before it's cooked..usually it says on the packet 'uncooked' so....

    Edited a typo
  • bbblue92
    bbblue92 Posts: 108 Member
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    I always measure after it's cooked.
  • imdamom
    imdamom Posts: 42
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    Fom everything I have read and heard:

    Pasta: 2 oz dry or 1 cup cooked
    Rice: 1/2 cooked
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
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    2 oz )dry) on a scale = serving (usually)
  • StrengthInPain
    StrengthInPain Posts: 155 Member
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    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
    kelly_a Posts: 2,010 Member
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    ok, what about beans, legumes.....same thing?

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