Pasta and rice!!!

Leanne8198
Leanne8198 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 18 in Food and Nutrition
Hiya. I am 10 days in to MFP and am finding it great!!! 4lbs gone in 1 week :)

However I can't get my head around cooked pasta an rice :/ I eat pasta twists and white basmati rice. I weighed out a pathetic 150g of cooked pasta tonight and it can up over 500 cals!!! I think I am getting dried vs. Cooked mixed up. What should I be counting?

Thank you :)

Replies

  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    dried.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    weigh it dry, and use the entry in the database for dry
  • Leanne8198
    Leanne8198 Posts: 5 Member
    It's tricky as the hubby cooked it so I have no idea :/
  • Karen_DisneyFan
    Karen_DisneyFan Posts: 130 Member
    edited May 2015
    2 ounces, of dried pasta (elbow macaroni, for instance) is 210 calories. 2 oz = 1/2 cup = 56.69 grams. It pretty much doubles in size when cooked... so if you start out with 1/2 cup, you end up with about 1 full cup cooked - not a bad serving size.
    Good luck :)
  • mizzlarabee
    mizzlarabee Posts: 134 Member
    Leanne8198 wrote: »
    Hiya. I am 10 days in to MFP and am finding it great!!! 4lbs gone in 1 week :)

    However I can't get my head around cooked pasta an rice :/ I eat pasta twists and white basmati rice. I weighed out a pathetic 150g of cooked pasta tonight and it can up over 500 cals!!! I think I am getting dried vs. Cooked mixed up. What should I be counting?

    Thank you :)

    I weigh mine cooked because I cook for more than myself -- just find an entry that is for cooked portions and use that. Fair warning though, rice and pasta are really high in carbs so your "pathetic" portion unfortunately may be correct haha

  • Leanne8198
    Leanne8198 Posts: 5 Member
    Yeah it was all wrong! Saved 200cal by basing it on 200g of cooked pasta twists! 200g of dried would have fed the whole family! Phew!
  • jessica22222
    jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
    Try making cauliflower rice. It's amazing and so low cal.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    i weigh my pasta dry, in 2 oz portions. Sometimes 4 oz if I am super hungry. For rice, I used a "cooked" entry, and weigh out portions after the rice is done cooking.
  • cafetyko
    cafetyko Posts: 8 Member
    @ajwilson412 - this made me think of you. :)
This discussion has been closed.

Categories