Pasta serving sizes

Marcytampa
Marcytampa Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
Two oz is a serving dry, but is it really after cooked? I know it is more like a cup. To stay within a 2 oz serving, should I be eating only the 2 oz after cooking or is this taken into account when they decided serving portions?

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  • Ludka13
    Ludka13 Posts: 136 Member
    Measure 2 oz dry per serving. After it's cooked it will weigh more because of water weight, which will vary depending on much it's cooked.
  • Firehawk734
    Firehawk734 Posts: 132 Member
    Or if the box has 6 servings, cook the whole box and divide it into six portions.

    Water is very heavy. A cooked serving of pasta can weigh 10 or more oz
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    The manufactures assume that most people eat their pasta cooked ;-)

    Depending on the shape of the pasta, usually 2 oz dry equals one cup cooked.


    http://pastafits.org/pasta-cooking-tips/

    For short pastas and egg noodles, like elbow macaroni, shells, spirals, wagon wheels, ziti, etc., 2 ounces uncooked is roughly equal to 1/2 cup dry and about 1 cup cooked (Larger, bulkier shapes such as bowties, penne rigate, rigatoni, and wide noodles may yield more, while smaller shapes such as Stars or Alphabets may yield less).For long goods such as spaghetti, angel hair, vermicelli, linguine, etc., 2 ounces uncooked equals 1/2 inch bunch dry and 1cup cooked.
    To make a single portion of pasta use approximately 1/2 cup dry pasta or measure 1/2 inch diameter of dry long pasta (1 cup or 2 grain servings cooked). A single portion of sauce is ½ cup as well. For fast meals – freeze ½ cup portions of sauce, defrost, and add to any dish.

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