Pasta portions
tledoux1913
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Do the calories per serving represent uncooked or coked pasta? I measured 3/4c dry pasta and have a very large portion of pasta.
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It's usually uncooked - did you look on the package?
A cooked portion of pasta is a little less than a cup, usually.
Weigh it raw on the food scale.0 -
The box said 200 calories for 3/4 c. I measured uncooked and my final product is huge. I added a cup of broccoli rice and 2 cups of broccoli to the pot after draining and I barely made a dent before I was full.0
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I hate measuring pasta too because I always get so confused 🤦🏻♀️0
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measure by weight using USDA instead of the box. dry weight.
There are some "cooked" option in the MFP database tho.1 -
2 ounces (by weight) of uncooked pasta is 200 calories3
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tledoux1913 wrote: »The box said 200 calories for 3/4 c. I measured uncooked and my final product is huge. I added a cup of broccoli rice and 2 cups of broccoli to the pot after draining and I barely made a dent before I was full.
dont measure use a food scale. measuring cups arent accurate for solid and semi solid foods. cups and spoons are way off when it comes to solids/semi solids. I learned that the hard way
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tledoux1913 wrote: »The box said 200 calories for 3/4 c. I measured uncooked and my final product is huge. I added a cup of broccoli rice and 2 cups of broccoli to the pot after draining and I barely made a dent before I was full.
3/4 cup dry should be correct. Nutrition labels in the US usually show the information for the serving size as packaged (in this case dry) unless they specify otherwise. You'd want to check the label laws in your area to be sure if you're outside of the US.0 -
Weigh it dry. Volume measurements don't work because rotini and penne weigh about 2/3rds as much as spaghetti. Get a scale and don't fool around with cups.
Pasta is 100 cal per ounce, more or less. Start your journey by fixing 4 oz of pasta and put a little tomato sauce on it. Then do the same with 3oz. Try 2 oz. No one can tell you how much is a serving for you. Try to cut back on oil in the dish. Broth fortified with bouillon and thickened with the starch from the pasta will make pasta dished affordable, calorie wise.0 -
I don't know it should specify on the box.. It should say number of oz or grams of dry weight. I actually am a freak and created a recipe in MFP for plain pasta. I weighed out the pasta dry, added it to my recipe, then weighed it cooked. So in the future anytime I make pasta I can weigh it cooked on my plate :-p0
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