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How much is a portion?

Iblis_Diei
Iblis_Diei Posts: 10
edited February 19 in Food and Nutrition
I use to cook for myself and on the internet you can find a lot of recipes where the calories and all the rest are already calculated per portion (which is pretty cool). My only problem is: how much is a portion? How many grams?

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  • kyregi
    kyregi Posts: 55 Member
    Most recipes on the internet providing the "calories per portion" information also provide a "serves X" information. Where the X stands for the number of people you can "feed". Most of the time the "portion" is equal to "1 serving". So if your recipes states "serves 4" divide the whole finished dish into 4 equal parts and each of those is one "portion". If it states "serves 8", divide by 8 and so forth. And be astonished how small one portion/serving is....
  • Iblis_Diei
    Iblis_Diei Posts: 10
    Most recipes on the internet providing the "calories per portion" information also provide a "serves X" information. Where the X stands for the number of people you can "feed". Most of the time the "portion" is equal to "1 serving". So if your recipes states "serves 4" divide the whole finished dish into 4 equal parts and each of those is one "portion". If it states "serves 8", divide by 8 and so forth. And be astonished how small one portion/serving is....

    Thanks a lot! This was helpful!
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