How to measure veggies

limzzz
limzzz Posts: 21 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Tonight I would like to have some asparagus but I have no clue how to measure bigger vegtables. Would I just cut them up and put them in a measuring cup? Lol Thank you in advance.

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  • MalcolmX1983
    MalcolmX1983 Posts: 214 Member
    Get a digital kitchen scale, they're cheap and easier to use than a measuring cup.

    Srs
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    This is one reason weighing your portions is better! Because the size and shape of the food, along with how much you pack it down into the measuring cup, will affect the outcome. You can get a decent digital food scale on Amazon or in Walmart for @ $15, but it is worth it's weight in gold :)
  • OfficialDSXIII
    OfficialDSXIII Posts: 91 Member
    MalcolmX1983 wrote: »
    Get a digital kitchen scale, they're cheap and easier to use than a measuring cup.

    Srs

    Yeah, food scale is best.

    Until the battery dies then I'm like :angry:

    Most of the time though I don't even bother counting vegetables. Unless I'm eating potatoes or something similar.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I generally like a ruler- make sure I'm getting the full 8" out of my cucumber and such. No one likes a short cucumber.




























































    otherwise.
    a food scale.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Yup. Food Scale.
  • JenHuedy
    JenHuedy Posts: 611 Member
    Another vote for scale.

    But in the meantime, plain asparagus is so low in calories you'd be fine with a wild guess.
  • limzzz
    limzzz Posts: 21 Member
    Thank you everyone:) I'm new to this and I'm trying to learn all the tricks of the trade. @JenHuedy @Ready2Rock206 @JoeRocka @OfficialDSXIII @Kimny72 @MalcolmX1983
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    You could guess.
    I just had much more than half a pound of veggies and it was only 77 calories.
    If you guess wrong, it's really no big deal.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    When I had asparagus recently, I found a food database listing that stated the serving size was '4 spears'. Good enough.
  • Kib13
    Kib13 Posts: 38 Member
    With veggies you're pretty good to guess. With fruit, definitely weigh it.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    Just a token of advice, I first bought a cheap scale and now I wish I had forked over the 50 for a good one. Being able to see the screen, high weight maximum, and the fact that it stays active for 6 mins (so it doesn't turn off between items). It's so much easier. I had nightly arguments with the old one and now that it's easy I do a much better job.

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