How to properly measure rice, couscous, lentils, etc
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I'm so glad you posted about this?
Does the same apply to popcorn? Weigh it before popping?
What a nice photo, Caryn. I just popped a kernel.
Any friend of Kari's is a friend of mine :-)
AWWW I feel so speeeeeeeeeeecciiall lol0 -
one cup of dry popcorn would fill a room! :laugh:
Best I go and fix my food diary then.... for saturday (I think it was) I put down that I had 5 x cups of popcorn! :bigsmile:
Caryn,
I actually measure my popcorn both ways... if I'm popping it at home I measure the kernals - if it comes already popped (like skinnypop popcorn in a bag) I measure it as it is... popped...
When I measure kernal I use a measuring cup - usually 3/4 cups of kernals is more than enough..0 -
Measure these foods before cooking.
This isn't practical if you are cooking for more than one - I cook a big pot of pasta for the family, and can't really segregate what my portion will be in advance. From what I understand pasta essentially doubles and rice triples in weight from the water it soaks up during cooking.0 -
Alot of times, on things like pasta and rice, the measurement on the box states serving size for both raw and cooked.
This would be why I just go by box on cooked form when cooking for the whole familySo much easier!!!!!
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Measure these foods before cooking.
This isn't practical if you are cooking for more than one - I cook a big pot of pasta for the family, and can't really segregate what my portion will be in advance. From what I understand pasta essentially doubles and rice triples in weight from the water it soaks up during cooking.
Partially this...I can't cook for just me...and not my husband and son...nor will I use two pots.
If you can weight raw...if you can't choose the correct entry...0 -
The nutrition facts listed on all labels refer to uncooked weights.
Example, see the nutrition facts for Jasmine Rice:
Note: You should really weigh these items, especially since they’re calorically dense. A level, sparse, and heaping cup are likely going to vary by a significant number of calories.
As for the popcorn question, most labels look like this:
What I do is pop the bag then pull out and weigh all of the unpopped kernels. So, based on the above label, 39 grams of (unpopped) kernels per serving, 2 servings per bag, which means the front of the bag should say 78 grams of popcorn. The whole bag is 130 cals * 2 = 260 calories. So let's say that 5 grams of popcorn didn't pop (because I pick out the kernels and weigh them). That means I'm going to eat (78 g - 5 g) = 73 g / 78 g = .935 of the whole bag: 241 calories. Usually you have the option of picking "Whole Bag" for serving size in MFP. I usually do portions of the whole bag. Or, since there are 2 servings, you could multiply that number by 2 to get 1.87 servings.0 -
The nutrition facts listed on all labels refer to uncooked weights.
Example, see the nutrition facts for Jasmine Rice:
Note: You should really weigh these items, especially since they’re calorically dense. A level, sparse, and heaping cup are likely going to vary by a significant number of calories.
As for the popcorn question, most labels look like this:
What I do is pop the bag then pull out and weigh all of the unpopped kernels. So, based on the above label, 39 grams of (unpopped) kernels per serving, 2 servings per bag, which means the front of the bag should say 78 grams of popcorn. The whole bag is 130 cals * 2 = 260 calories. So let's say that 5 grams of popcorn didn't pop (because I pick out the kernels and weigh them). That means I'm going to eat (78 g - 5 g) = 73 g / 78 g = .935 of the whole bag: 241 calories. Usually you have the option of picking "Whole Bag" for serving size in MFP. I usually do portions of the whole bag. Or, since there are 2 servings, you could multiply that number by 2 to get 1.87 servings.
^^^This could not have said it any better.!0
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