Pasta portions i always get confused.

lovinmamaxo
lovinmamaxo Posts: 368 Member
edited September 26 in Food and Nutrition
So my pasta says servings is 1 cup dry i am cooking it for my whole family so i didn't pre measure. How much cooked is 2 cups dry so i know what i can eat??? I need to get better with these things lol

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  • Nikstergirl
    Nikstergirl Posts: 1,549 Member
    Usually a serving is 2 oz dry or 1 cup cooked.
  • CaseyBee
    CaseyBee Posts: 163 Member
    Additionally, 1c. pasta (cooked) is roughtly the size of a tennis ball, so you can eyeball it that way too.
  • louisvillelady
    louisvillelady Posts: 54 Member
    I look at the back of the box . Usually the box is 8 servings so I figure it by that . If you need four serving you make half the box and you would get a fourth of it when its cooked . Its a pain to figure it out but after a while you can eyeball it .
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    I just avoid it all together and eat lots of veggies instead. I have not touched pasta in 7 months and I don't miss it one bit.
  • kim_mc
    kim_mc Posts: 321 Member
    Such a pain-
    We make 4 servings. So we premeasure out 4 servings. Then when it is done, weigh it again and divide by 4 (or however many servings you made)!
  • MissEmDizzle
    MissEmDizzle Posts: 20 Member
    I usually cook my pasta separate, but im guess 3/4c cooked
  • angelaplaxton
    angelaplaxton Posts: 61
    :flowerforyou:
    I haven't read the other posts, i just pushed reply! :)
    But try one day when its just for you, mesure out a portion for youself, and do it dry before you cook. keep that mesurment.
    Measure again when its cooked. Log that info somewhere. That way, next time you have cooked stuff and then mesure it, you can calculate, or vise versa.
    I mesured 1/4 of dry rice, and it came out to 3/4 cooked
    :happy: Keep at It!!!
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