Coverting Oz to cups?!?!

cischo104
cischo104 Posts: 28 Member
edited September 21 in Food and Nutrition
Ok, So I was making a homemade meal last night and tried to measure out everything so I can calculate proper calories. Most of the things I used had a serving size of 2 oz or 3 oz. What is the conversion to cups So I can better understand what I'm doing?

Thank you!! :)

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  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    1 Cup = 8fluid ounces
  • 8oz = 1 cup, so 2 oz. would be 1/4 cup.
  • cischo104
    cischo104 Posts: 28 Member
    Is that the same for solid food like pasta and shrimp?
  • Maybe getting a food scale would be helpful with the pasta and shrimp. I LOVE using my food scale.
  • epa422
    epa422 Posts: 1,009
    2 oz of dried pasta = 1 cup cooked pasta
  • For solids, it's better to weigh them if you can since 2oz of liquid compared to 2oz of solid is a lot different (ie, a 1lb brick takes up a different amount of space than 1lb worth of feathers -- crap analogy, but I hope you get the idea).
  • cischo104
    cischo104 Posts: 28 Member
    Thanks eneryone for the input...By the way how much do the food scales usually run?
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